AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
FED: Lose only a few kilos to restore "lean" immune system
Researchers say Australia's epidemic of overweight and obese people has reached crisis point.
Associate Professor KATHERINE SAMARAS says half of the nation's adult population are
now well over a healthy weight .. raising their risk of type 2 diabetes .. heart disease
and some cancers.
Dr SAMARAS says being obese is known to spark damaging changes in a person's immune
system .. but losing just a few kilograms is enough to dramatically turn this situation
around.
Dr SAMARAS and colleague Dr ALEX VIARDOT .. from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical
Research .. studied the immune system functioning of obese people with type 2 diabetes
or prediabetes who were put on a restricted calorie diet.
She says the study showed how even minor lifestyle changes could avert the development
of life-threatening illness.
AAP RTV dr/crh
KEYWORD: OBESITY (SYDNEY)
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