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Strict maternal feeding practices not linked to child weight gain
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • May 26 09
A new study published online in the journal Obesity provides further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits – such as determining how…
NYC chain restaurants posting calories on menus
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jul 21 08
A new rule requiring New York chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus took effect on Friday, marking a first for a…
Slow eating trims calorie intake: study
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jul 08 08
Your mother was right when she told you to take the time to chew your food. Eating slowly, research suggests, can encourage people to…
Fast food eaters risk liver damage, weight gain
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Feb 14 08
Too much fast food and too little exercise can wreak havoc on the liver, according to results of a small Swedish study.
In the…
Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 08 07
Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey…
Computer-Tailored Health Messages Change Eating Habits
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Apr 27 06
Personalized education messages may nudge people toward healthier habits, according to a new review of studies. The analysis found that computer-tailored health education is…
Beauty Foods: How Diet Can Improve Appearance
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Oct 06 05
Until recently, most dietary advice has focused on weight management and disease prevention. That focus is now expanding to specifically look at how what…
Atkins Diet Damaging to Heart
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 25 05
A doctors’ group has announced what it calls the second heart-related death in a person on the Atkins diet, and is calling for a…
U.S. dietary guidelines get personal
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Apr 19 05
The US Department of Agriculture today presented its new guidelines that for the first time advise consumers to personalize their diet and exercise, geared…
Sweet drinks help some preschoolers pack on pounds
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Feb 08 05
Preschoolers who drink at least one serving of soda, fruit juice or other sweet beverage every day are likely to become overweight, new…
Atkins diet can harm
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Nov 14 04
PEOPLE who stay on the high-protein Atkins diet for too long could be harming their heart, kidneys and bones, Australian doctors have warned.
The…
DHEA cuts abdominal fat in elderly
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Nov 11 04
DHEA is a popular dietary supplement among older people, but its positive or negative effects are unclear. Now, there’s scientific proof that DHEA has…
Dutch dioxin scare spreads to France and Spain
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Nov 09 04
France and Spain were hit on Tuesday by a dioxin contamination scare that has forced the closure of almost 200 Dutch farms after the…
Low-carb diet best at producing weight loss
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Oct 28 04
An Atkin’s-type diet that is low in carbohydrates produces much greater weight loss than the low-calorie, low-fat diet currently endorsed by the US National…
Too few use cholesterol-lowering drugs
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Oct 17 04
Perhaps no medicine today is so widely regarded as a wonder drug as the cholesterol-lowering statin. From Zocor to Lipitor to Pravachol, statins are…
To eat less, start meals with a low-cal salad
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Oct 01 04
Sometimes ordering more food helps you eat less - that is, if what you order is a low-calorie salad, new research shows.
Investigators found…
Low-carb diet improves sugar control in diabetics
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 23 04
Following a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet for five weeks led to a marked reduction in blood sugar levels in patients with untreated type 2 diabetes,…
Low-fat diet safe for weight loss by diabetics
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 09 04
A low-fat diet promotes weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes without unfavorable alterations in blood lipids or glucose control, according to…
Weighy Management and Obesity
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 08 04
Obesity increases your risk of many diseases including hypertension, heart disease and even cancer. Obesity can increase your risk of Type II diabetes by…
Inflated diet ads
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 04 04
“Buyer beware” is the message consumers should remember when purchasing dietary supplements for weight loss, says Judith S. Stern, vice president of the American…
Long-term safety of low-carb diets unclear
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Sep 03 04
Too many questions remain unanswered regarding the long-term effects of low-carbohydrate diets for doctors to recommend them to their patients, according to a report…
Cutting fat, boosting fruit may fight weight gain
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Aug 17 04
Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.
The six-year study found that adults…
‘Western’ diet raises stroke risk
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Jul 02 04
Add stroke to the list of health problems caused by a Western diet rich in red meat, white flour and sugar, researchers said on…
Atkins-style diet could damage chances of having a baby
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 30 04
High-protein diets of the kind popularised by Robert Atkins may reduce a woman’s chance of conceiving, according to a study presented at a fertility…
Many dieting girls short on vital nutrients
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 25 04
Many adolescent girls try to control their weight in ways that may leave them deficient in calcium, iron and other essential nutrients, a new…