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An anonymous social networking website, with an accompanying smartphone app, seemed to help obese youths lose weight without fear of public ridicule, a researcher said.
Those who used the site, weigh2rock.com, self-reported a mean weight loss of 7.4 pounds, and those who used the partner app reported losing a mean 10 pounds over 4 months, Dr. Robert Pretlow of the Research Institute at eHealth International in Seattle reported at the European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France.
"While weight loss from social networking is not as much as face-to-face weight-loss programs, social networking is much cheaper and much more widely available," Pretlow said in a statement.
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He said public social networking may promote obesity, especially if it lowers obese teens' self-esteem. Fears of social rejection and isolation may lead to sadness and depression, which can then inspire "comfort eating," especially of highly pleasurable food, Pretlow explained.
But social networking site where participants remain anonymous may help patients who are struggling to lose weight avoid feelings of shame and embarrassment. The idea is modeled after other programs in addiction medicine that emphasize anonymity.
"Programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Drug Addicts Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Food Addicts Anonymous demonstrate that support groups are indispensable in the addiction treatment approach," Pretlow said. "The crucial point is that people remain anonymous."
He added that the group support component helps the obese patients tolerate withdrawal from problem foods and motivates them to continue their weight loss.
So Pretlow reported data on the anonymous obesity website he developed. Weigh2rock.com offers online forums, chat rooms, success stories, a weight-loss "buddy" program, and other tips for keeping pounds off.
Since the site started 11 years ago, Pretlow said, there have been a total of 17,628 users, with a mean age of 14.2, and a mean body mass index of 32.7.
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PARENTS and young people have been warned to be wary of the darker side of social networking sites.
Parents hosting parties have also been urged to ensure young people are supervised and can get home safely.
The warnings follow the arrest of four people in relation to an alleged sexual assault of a girl aged under 16 earlier this year.
Footage of the alleged incident was uploaded on to social networking sites.
A Werribee girl, 16, a Bundoora boy, 16, a Glenroy man, 19, and an Altona Meadows man, 20, were taken into custody last Tuesday.
All were released pending summons and will appear in court at a later date.
It is expected they will be charged with sexual penetration of a child under 16, as well as making and distributing child pornography.
Footscray Sexual Offences and Child Abuse detective Sen-Sgt Jenny Wilson reminded parents and young people of the dangers posed by social networking sites.
The power of the internet when used in negative ways can do untold damage to individuals, ruin reputations and have a life-long impact on employment prospects, she said.
She urged parents to talk to their children about the positive and negative aspects of the internet, to monitor its use and content and advise young people about what was appropriate to post.
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A scientist engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals.
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(CNN) -- A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists.
The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air.
That experiment was funded by the U.S. government, and it has sparked a passionate debate among scientists. Part of that debate is over where this research could lead, and whether it is worth it.
The National Institutes of Health and some scientists say it is worth it. They say it could ultimately protect mankind by trying to anticipate how the virus could mutate to one that causes a pandemic -- like the one in the film "Contagion."
Dr. Anthony Fauci heads the NIH agency that funds infectious diseases research. It funded the controversial Dutch experiment.
"We need as scientists and health officials to stay one step ahead of the virus as it mutates and changes its capability," Fauci told CNN Radio recently. "To anticipate that would be important to determine whether the countermeasures we have available, such as antivirals and vaccines, would actually be effective against such a virus that changed in such a way."
But a number of scientists are stepping forward to say it is not worth it -- and that this research could actually bring us closer to that nightmare.
CNN Radio's Libby Lewis reports on the controversial research
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A scientist engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists.
The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air.
That experiment was funded by the U.S. government, and it has sparked a passionate debate among scientists. Part of that debate is over where this research could lead, and whether it is worth it.
The National Institutes of Health and some scientists say it is worth it. They say it could ultimately protect mankind by trying to anticipate how the virus could mutate to one that causes a pandemic -- like the one in the film "Contagion."
Dr. Anthony Fauci heads the NIH agency that funds infectious diseases research. It funded the controversial Dutch experiment.
"We need as scientists and health officials to stay one step ahead of the virus as it mutates and changes its capability," Fauci told CNN Radio recently. "To anticipate that would be important to determine whether the countermeasures we have available, such as antivirals and vaccines, would actually be effective against such a virus that changed in such a way."
But a number of scientists are stepping forward to say it is not worth it -- and that this research could actually bring us closer to that nightmare.
CNN Radio's Libby Lewis reports on the controversial research
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Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus