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Calcium plus vitamin D may help shed body fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 27 09
Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements may help overweight women to lose body fat, but only if their calcium intake from food is…
Healthy diet, exercise ward off deep belly fat
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 23 09
People who follow a healthy diet and regularly exercise tend to have less abdominal fat, including those deep layers of belly fat that are…
Researchers find gene that turns carbs into fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Genetics • Mar 23 09
U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes…
Going Vegetarian? With A Little Planning, It’s Easier than Ever
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Feb 04 09
There’s more to being a vegetarian than cutting meat from the menu. The February issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource offers suggestions for a…
Fast food + nearby schools = fat kids
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Dec 25 08
Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to…
Coffee drinkers may live longer than non-drinkers
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 17 08
Middle-aged adults who enjoy a few cups of coffee every day apparently have a lower risk of dying from heart disease than people who…
4 Steps to Reverse the Damage from a ‘Super-Size Me’ Diet
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 29 08
It was probably enough to make many Americans lose their appetite: A recent study from Europe showed that eating too much fast food –…
How Nutrition Affects the Breakdown of Fats
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 18 07
Scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high…
Impact of Exercise on Body Fat Is Different for Boys and Girls
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 29 07
The impact of exercise on body fat differs for boys and girls, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports…
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…
Smart children “more likely to become vegetarians”
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Dec 16 06
Children with high IQs are more likely to be vegetarians when they grow up, according to research reported on Friday.
A British study of…
Canadian task force targets trans fats
• Fat, Dietary • Jun 29 06
A Canadian government task force is recommending strict regulation to reduce the amount of harmful trans fats in foods.
The Trans Fat Task Force…
Belly fat tied to gallbladder removal in women
• Fat, Dietary • May 08 06
The amount of fat carried around the middle, independent of weight, and a high waist-to-hip ratio, increase the likelihood that a woman will have…
Fitness sausages
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 21 06
German sausage might be very popular, but that tasty exterior conceals a lot of fat. Together with a master butcher, the Fraunhofer Institute for…
Tongues have a taste for fatty food
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 02 05
According to a new study French scientists say our tongues have an ability to detect fat in the diet which may explain our love…
Body fat pattern abnormal in recovered anorexics
• Fat, Dietary • Jun 22 05
Women suffering from Anorexia but who successfully normalize their weight tend to deposit the added pounds around the abdomen, at least in…
Young S. Koreans getting fat on fast food: survey
• Fat, Dietary • Mar 29 05
A lifestyle increasingly centered on Western-style fast food and computer games is making young South Koreans fatter, with a new survey showing the youth…
Healthier fare here to stay - Reuters Food Summit
• Fat, Dietary • Mar 17 05
Growing consumer demand for healthier and more nutritious food is expected to have a lasting impact on major food and restaurant companies, many of…
NFL players may be too fat, study finds
• Fat, Dietary • Mar 01 05
America’s professional football players may be bigger than life on the field but one in four is also so fat they risk weight-related…
Eating breakfast may do a heart good
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 25 05
Mom may have been right when she said breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A small study suggests that skipping that…
Salt should be regulated food additive, group says
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 24 05
A consumer group sued the federal government Thursday, saying that salt is killing tens of thousands of Americans and that regulators have done…
Nutritional info may find a place on menus
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 15 05
Show a group of nutritionists a 10-ounce restaurant hamburger and a side order of onion rings and have them calculate the number of calories…
Too much belly fat may up later disability risk
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 17 04
Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to new study findings presented Wednesday at…
Different exercise makes for different effects
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 08 04
People too fat or too weak to start normal exercise may get surprising benefits from a downhill stroll, Austrian researchers reported on Sunday.
Hiking…
FDA: Olive oil may fight heart disease
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 01 04
The monounsaturated fat in olive oil may reduce the chances of suffering coronary heart disease, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday, opening the…