Patients may have to be prescribed higher doses of antibiotics because of rising rates of obesity, say doctors.
The standard “one-size fits all” dose may not clear infection in larger adults and increases the risk that resistance will develop, they argue.
More work is needed to guide GPs on how and when to alter doses, an editorial in The Lancet to accompany the study by doctors from Greece and the US says.
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In addition to consuming nutritional supplements like guarana to help speed up the metabolism, a new study indicates that cutting down television time may help as well. 
Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases. “Overall, women should make an effort to keep their BMI less than 25,” said Marianne Ewertz, M.D., professor in the Department of Oncology at Odense University Hospital, Denmark. “Those who have a high BMI should be encouraged to participate in mammography screening programs for prevention efforts.” 
Scientists have discovered what they believe is a genetic cause of severe obesity in children.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that intermittent access to foods rich in fat and sugar induces changes in the brain which are comparable to those observed in drug dependence. The findings, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may explain how abstinence from these foods contributes to relapse eating among dieters as well as related eating disorders.