that obesity treatment could soon benefit from the use of
thermal imaging. The team at the University of Nottingham used
the heat-seeking technology to identify a person's reserve of
brown fat - which has a vital role in determining how quickly
they burn calories as energy. According to the researchers,
brown adipose produces 300 times more heat than any other tissue
in the body. The technique allows doctors to assess how much of
the calorie-burning tissue a person has and thus enables them to
be more accurate with treatment. Obesity is a major public
health problem in the UK. According to the latest Health Survey
for England, 26.1 per cent of British Adults are obese, meaning
they have a body mass index of more than 30. The Department of
Health states that the condition increases the risk of illnesses
such as type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease. © Adfero Ltd
Obesity surgery news : 23 July 2012