Clinical Nutrition & Obesity

• Vinegar: Medicinal Uses and Antiglycemic Effect Could household vinegar help to control diabetes and other ailments? Read on for a review of the medical literature.
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2006
• Use of Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diets Among Americans: Correlates, Duration, and Weight Loss Little is known about the characteristics of low-carb/high-protein diet users. This study sheds some light on demographics, compliance, physical activity, and more.
  Medscape General Medicine, April 2006
• Calorie Transfer: A New Approach to the Global Nutrition Crisis Can the overnourished help the undernourished? This Irish physician proposes a creative new solution to the global nutrition crisis. Read on.
  Medscape General Medicine, February 2006
• Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load of Popular Weight-Loss Diets Is the glycemic index of foods (prescribed by popular diets) clinically relevant? Read on to find out!
  Medscape General Medicine, January 2006
• Misdiagnosis of Overweight and Underweight Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age Due to Length Measurement Bias The common "paper-and-pencil method" of measuring length in infants can lead to underestimates of overweight and exaggerated estimates of thinness. Read on for details!
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2005
• On the Futility of Dieting Why are all diets doomed to fail? Read on for this author's discussion.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2005
• Symposium Highlights -- Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Recommendations for Therapeutics and Prevention What do you know about fish oils? The President of the United States takes omega-3 supplements daily. Read on to review the current evidence for their use.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2005
• Obesity: Pain and Prejudice As medical professionals, we should examine and work through our own feelings about obesity and the personality characteristics that we have knowingly, or unknowingly, attached to the obese patient.
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2005
• Clinical Nutrition & Obesity eSection Editor's Welcome There has never been a greater need for research in clinical nutrition and obesity. This new eSection invites academic submissions regarding pediatric or adult malnutrition, nutrition, or obesity.
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2005
• Uncle Sam's Diet Sensation: MyPyramid -- An Overview and Commentary The new food pyramid: What is it and where did it come from?
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2005