Obesity Problem in HIV Population Mirrior Rest of American Trend


	Obesity Problem in HIV Population Mirrior Rest of American Trend

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10-9-2007 1:00 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6ac91b16-3f53-4325-884b-e414455e221b/A5115878-C12C-4669-823E-58D23AA37A43/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/2100AFE6-EA3E-4A40-87B0-6DEADDF2AB38" alt="HOLD FOR RELEASE at 12:01a.m. graphic shows statistics on the number of people living with AIDS; 1c x 4 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 120.7 mm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity"><P>
                        LOS ANGELES - Early in the AIDS epidemic, people infected with the virus often lost a dangerous amount of weight, at times looking gaunt and ghostly. Today, they are facing the opposite problem. Many who have <SPAN id="lw_1191533782_0" class="yshortcuts">HIV</SPAN>, but not <SPAN id="lw_1191533782_1" class="yshortcuts">full-blown AIDS</SPAN>, are struggling with obesity, which has overtaken "wasting syndrome" as the top concern.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity"><P>AIDS researchers and advocacy groups say the waistlines of <SPAN id="lw_1191533782_2" class="yshortcuts">HIV patients</SPAN> are growing right along with the girths of uninfected Americans as the disease shifts from a death sentence to a chronic condition.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity"><P>Exact numbers are hard to pin down. But new research suggests that nearly two-thirds of the <SPAN id="lw_1191533782_3" class="yshortcuts">HIV population</SPAN> may be overweight or obese, mirroring the U.S. population.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity">A turning point in the AIDS crisis came with advances in modern medicine. Powerful drugs that keep the virus at bay also boost the body's immune system.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_he_me/diet_aids_and_obesity">may be prone to poor eating habits and lack of exercise.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A5115878-C12C-4669-823E-58D23AA37A43/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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