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Can mindful eating help lower risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 09 16
Given the high stress levels, extended periods of screen time and regular social outings many Americans experience day-to-day in environments where high-calorie foods are…
Drinking more water associated with numerous dietary benefits, study finds
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Mar 02 16
For people who want to control their weight or reduce their intakes of sugar, sodium and saturated fat, tap water may be what the…
Can virtual reality help fight obesity?
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Feb 24 16
Virtual reality offers promising new approaches to assessing and treating people with weight-related disorders, and early applications are revealing valuable information about body image.…
Worked-based wellness programs reduce weight
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Physical activity -exercise • • Weight Loss • Mar 30 15
A new study shows that workplace wellness programs can be effective in helping people lose weight by providing healthier food choices and increasing opportunities…
Will your child be a slim adult?
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Feb 05 14
Will your child be a slim adult? A novel new study published in PLOS ONE asked 532 international English speaking adults to submit or…
Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 10 14
A new U.S. study adds to growing evidence that nuts - once considered too fattening to be healthy - may in fact help keep…
African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as caucasians
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Dec 19 13
African-American women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than their Caucasian counterparts to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to…
Weight Watchers better than self-help for weight loss
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • Oct 15 13
Compared to going it alone, using the Weight Watchers diet program helps people shed extra pounds, says a new study.
What’s more, the company-sponsored…
Diet high in a certain fat may help weight loss
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • Oct 07 13
Scientists say that following a diet high in a particular type of fat may increase metabolism and help people to lose weight. This…
A reduction in BMI improves insulin sensitivity in obese teens
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Jun 04 13
Obese teenagers who reduced their body mass index (BMI) by 8 percent or more had improvements in insulin sensitivity, an important metabolic factor related…
Packaged diet foods may spur more weight loss
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • May 09 13
In a head-to-head comparison with a traditional diet, people who stuck to a diet of portion-controlled packaged foods lost almost twice as much weight…
Dieting youth show greater brain reward activity in response to food
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • May 02 13
The story is a familiar one: most people are able to lose weight while dieting but once the diet is over, the weight comes…
When considering bariatric surgery think about bones
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • Nov 03 12
Bariatric surgery, which significantly curtails the amount of food a person can eat, is the most effective treatment against obesity and is being recognized…
Fewer food choices don’t help weight loss: study
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 01 12
Reducing people’s options for junk foods helps them to cut back on the amount of calories they take in, but it doesn’t reduce their…
The Get Lean Diet: Baby Steps To Healthy Weight Loss
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Apr 19 12
The countdown to Memorial Day has begun. With just a month to get their beach bodies back, many resort to strict calorie-cutting, cleanses or…
Fructose not linked to extra weight gain: report
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • Feb 21 12
A little extra simple sugar in your diet probably won’t make you pack on the pounds - as long as you cut down on…
Best Superfoods for Weight Loss
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Feb 01 12
Superfoods build bones, prevent chronic diseases, improve your eyesight, and even keep your mind sharp. But did you know new evidence suggests these foods…
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Good for Overweight Girls?
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Dec 02 11
A low-carbohydrate diet may help prepubescent girls avoid some risks associated with obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, according to research from the…
Overweight people eat fewer meals than others
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Nov 20 11
Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a…
Low-fat dairy doesn’t help kids drop pounds: study
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • Apr 28 11
Kids who swap out regular dairy products for low-fat varieties consume less saturated fat but don’t seem to lose weight, according to Australian researchers.
…Cutting Carbs is More Effective than Low-Fat Diet for Insulin-Resistant Women
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 21 10
Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same…
Low-carb diet effective at lowering blood pressure
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jan 26 10
In a head-to-head comparison, two popular weight loss methods proved equally effective at helping participants lose significant amounts of weight. But, in a…
Forget “fad” diets and eat less, say UK experts
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jan 11 10
Now that you’re discovering all the extra flab from the Christmas and New Year food and booze binge, you’re casting around for the latest…
Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S.
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Aug 12 09
The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.
Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Jun 01 09
The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. In a study of 1,030 Hispanic children…