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Keep an eye on children’s calories, researchers say
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 17 16
Most children overeat significantly when served large portions of calorie-dense popular foods, according to a Penn State study. The results suggest that manipulating calorie…
Is this restaurant making me fat?
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jul 17 15
Is your favorite restaurant making you fat? New research findings identify an effective tool for measuring how well a restaurant is at helping diners…
WSU scientists turn white fat into obesity-fighting beige fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jun 19 15
Washington State University scientists have shown that berries, grapes and other fruits convert excess white fat into calorie-burning “beige” fat, providing new strategies for…
Oil or fat?
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 27 15
Olive oil is universally considered a much healthier alternative to meat fat. Plant-derived oils (such as olive oil, canola oil, and vegetable oil) largely…
Another reason to drink wine: It could help you burn fat
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Feb 06 15
Drinking red grape juice or wine - in moderation - could improve the health of overweight people by helping them burn fat better,…
Eating is addictive but sugar and fat are not like drugs, study says
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Sep 09 14
People can become addicted to eating for its own sake but not to consuming specific foods such as those high in sugar or fat,…
Johns Hopkins heart researchers develop formula to better calculate ‘bad’ cholesterol in patients
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Nov 17 13
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a more accurate way to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called “bad” form of blood fat that can…
U.S. popcorn makers could face long, expensive road to lose trans fats
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 11 13
Microwave popcorn makers could face a long and difficult task ridding their snacks of trans fats, if a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal…
Broccoli salad recalled for possible Listeria
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 28 13
Taylor Farms has recalled more than 5,000 pounds of broccoli salad kit products because of possible Listeria contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
…Fat and obesity gene also affects hip fracture
• Fat, Dietary • • Genetics • • Obesity • • Trauma & Injuries • Sep 25 13
Australian researchers have demonstrated a strong association between the FTO (fat and obesity) gene and hip fracture in women. While the gene is already…
For disappointed sports fans, defeats increase consumption of fat and sugar
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Aug 21 13
On the Monday following a big football game, fans of the losing team seem to load up on saturated fats and sugars, whereas supporters…
The skinny on cocaine
• Fat, Dietary • • Weight Loss • • Cocaine Addiction • Aug 11 13
Chronic cocaine use may reduce the body’s ability to store fat, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests.
The scientists found that cocaine…
Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model, study finds
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 20 13
The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems resulted…
Obese male mice father offspring with higher levels of body fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jun 17 13
Male mice who were fed a high-fat diet and became obese were more likely to father offspring who also had higher levels of body…
Conversion from bad fat to good fat
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 28 13
Scientists from ETH Zurich have shown for the first time that brown and white fat cells in a living organism can be converted from…
Monounsaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 31 13
Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of…
Microorganisms detected via breath test linked to body mass, fat accumulation
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 26 13
The content of a person’s breath may indicate how susceptible they are to weight gain, according to a recent study accepted for publication in…
Mediterranean diet, with olive oil and nuts, beats low-fat diet
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Feb 28 13
In a head-to-head contest, a Mediterranean diet, even drenched in olive oil and studded with nuts, beat a low-fat diet, hands-down, in preventing stroke…
Children in U.S. Are Eating Fewer Calories, Study Finds
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Feb 22 13
American children consumed fewer calories in 2010 than they did a decade before, a new federal analysis shows. Health experts said the findings offered…
Adults cut back fast food, but U.S. kids still eat too much fat: CDC
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 21 13
American adults have made a little progress in recent years in cutting back on calories from fast food, but children are still consuming too…
Effect of taking smaller bites outweighs tendency to eat more when distracted
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 24 13
Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be able to counter this effect,…
No exercise, more than couch, tied to fat in kids
• Children's Health • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 15 13
For kids, time spent inactive seems less of a factor in higher body fat than does a lack of exercise, according to a new…
Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat
• Fat, Dietary • Jan 06 13
Sanford-Burnham researchers show that protein p62 balances metabolism in fat tissue - making it an attractive target for anti-obesity therapies
Fatty food changes brain
• Brain • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 14 12
Eating fatty and sugary foods causes brain chemical changes so removing junk food from the diet may feel similar to drug withdrawal, Canadian researchers…
Globaly Disease Report: The World Is Fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Dec 14 12
Well, shit - it’s not just Americans who are living longer but sicker lives, and it’s not just Western nations, either. The new Global…