Tag: Diet and Weight Loss
Fat-absorbing XX chromosomes raise heart disease risk in women: Research in mice raises potential for new therapeutic targets
Clinical trial shows alternate-day fasting a safe alternative to caloric restriction
Waist size is a forgotten factor in defining obesity: Waist size is just as important as BMI in defining obesity-related health risks
Even in svelte adults, cutting about 300 calories daily protects the heart: Researchers seeking a signal in metabolism or a ‘magic molecule’ to explain this
Even in young children: Higher weight = higher blood pressure
Fat fruit flies: High-sugar diet deadens sweet tooth; promotes overeating, obesity in flies
Anti-inflammatory plant-based diet helps reduce gingivitis
Detrimental effect of overlooking female athletes’ nutritional needs
Higher egg and cholesterol consumption hikes heart disease and early death risk
High-calorie desserts might not be all bad: Choosing indulgent dessert first may lead to eating lower-calorie meals, study finds
Placentas adapt when mothers have poor diets or low oxygen during pregnancy
Maternal programming during pregnancy induces long-term postpartum obesity: In mouse study, researchers find it’s not the added calories but the long-term reduction in energy expended
Exposure to sugary breakfast cereal advertising directly influences children’s diets
Removing sweets from checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases
Food insecurity linked with binge-eating disorder and obesity
What’s behind Mediterranean diet and lower cardiovascular risk? Investigators identify, assess underlying mechanisms that may explain diet’s 25 percent reduction in cardiovascular risk for American women
Parental ‘feeding styles’ reflect children’s genes
Treating obesity: One size does not fit all
Nuts for nuts? Daily serving may help control weight and benefit health
Obese mice lose a third of their fat using a natural protein
Individual stress susceptibility and glucose metabolism are linked to brain function: Perturbations in brain glucose metabolism identified as cause for stress-induced spatial memory impairments
The metabolome: A way to measure obesity and health beyond BMI
Federal task force issues new recommendations for doctors helping patients battle obe
Changes in breakfast and dinner timings can reduce body fat
Parents’ behavior during playtime may affect toddler’s weight later on
Thirty percent increase in risk of fracture after gastric bypass
Fat-blocking effect of nanofibers discovered
Why bariatric surgery wait times have nearly doubled in 10 years: Often driven by insurers, delays in approving weight-loss surgery can deter some patients from the pursuit