Archive for the ‘Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness’ Category
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Whether or not you can taste a bitter compound called 6-n-propylthiouracil (or PROP) may help Professor Beverly Tepper identify your risk for becoming obese and/or developing cardiovascular disease. Tepper is a professor in the Food Science Department at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and she's an American Heart Association-funded researcher...
Friday, April 16th, 2010
EVMS scientists recently presented preliminary research findings that identify a specific gene as a potential new target for treating obesity-related diseases...
Friday, April 16th, 2010
To be a truly comprehensive and successful anti-obesity program, First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign must include interventions that target pregnant women, infants, and pre-school-age children, UCSF experts say...
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
A study published on bmj.com today reports that obese women who undergo bariatric surgery before having a baby have a much lower risk of developing serious health problems during pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders during gestation are a common cause of pregnancy complications and infant death. They affect about 7 percent of all pregnancies in the United States...
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Sugary snacks and fatty foods will soon be shown the door at public schools across the city. This nutritional overhaul is part of an effort to implement new dietary standards and create a healthier environment in schools. However, city schools are not the only ones teaching students about healthy eating...
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
A new study published in Nutrition Journal indicates that XanGo® Juice, a market-leading, premium mangosteen beverage, has lowered levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in overweight and obese people in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial...
Friday, March 19th, 2010
The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) reveals results from a survey on NHS maternity provision for obese women and publishes guidelines at a conference today. In 2008, CMACE undertook a survey of maternity service provision for women with obesity on the NHS as part of their national programme on obesity in pregnancy...
Monday, March 15th, 2010
If you're the type of person who invokes the "not enough time" clause when it comes to exercising, it's time to find a new excuse. Researchers who have been studying interval training have found that it not only takes less time than what is typically recommended, but the regimen does not have to be "all out" to be effective in helping reduce the risk of such diseases at Type 2 diabetes...
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome - insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke - are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are...
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communities where fast food prices increased. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published in the March 8, 2010, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, also showed the reverse when fast food prices fell, then consumption, weight and diabetes risks rose...
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Over 60 per cent of Canadians are classified as overweight or obese. This epidemic is a concern for experts around the world. One of the major problems is high levels of lipids in the blood, which can lead to cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. But a University of Alberta researcher has taken a major step in protecting people against these diseases...
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Efforts to prevent childhood obesity should begin far earlier than currently thought - perhaps even before birth - especially for minority children, according to a new study that tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children's first five years of life...
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that obese children as young as 3 years old have elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation that in adults is considered an early warning sign for possible future heart disease...
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Severely obese teenagers in Scotland are to be offered obesity medicine and gastric band surgery as part of a new range of possible treatment options to reduce weight. SIGN , who develop clinical guidelines in Scotland, have recommended new guidelines on managing obesity and have set out a new range of treatments to manage and reduce obesity in children and young people...
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes...
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes...
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The adverse affects of being overweight are not limited to physical function but also extend to neurological function, according to research in the latest issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences (Volume 65A, Number 1). The publication presents a collection of ten articles highlighting new findings related to obesity in older persons...
Monday, February 15th, 2010
New research by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair's "team effort" in regulating obesity and insulin resistance. Jorge Moscat, PhD, chair of UC's cancer and cell biology department, says that proteins p62 and ERK are involved in adipogeneis, (the development of adipocytes, or fat cells)...
Friday, February 12th, 2010
While many adults consider a chubby baby healthy, too many plump infants grow up to be obese teens, saddling them with Type-2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol and high blood pressure, according to an article published this month in the journal Clinical Pediatrics (published by SAGE)...
Friday, February 12th, 2010
GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical, endoscopic treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, announced that its EndoBarrier™ Gastrointestinal Liner and EndoBarrier Flow Restrictor will be highlighted by Alex Escalona, M.D...
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The number of people admitted to hospital because they are obese increased by almost 60 per cent last year, according to new figures released today by the NHS Information Centre. The survey also shows that the number of people having weight-loss surgery rose by 55 per cent...