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Grape ingredient resveratrol increases beneficial fat hormone
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 07 11
Resveratrol, a compound in grapes, displays antioxidant and other positive properties. In a study published this week, researchers at the UT Health Science Center…
Source of protection against saturated fat found
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 30 10
A new report in the December Cell Metabolism identifies a protein without which diets high in saturated fat lead to a massive inflammatory response…
High-calorie beverages still widely available in elementary schools##
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Nov 01 10
High-calorie beverages not allowed by national guidelines are still available in a majority of U.S. elementary schools, according to a report posted online today…
Burning off fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Nov 01 10
OVERWEIGHT and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate across the world.
Obesity represents a serious health risk, as it increases the risk of…
More Military-Aged Americans Are Too Fat to Fight
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Oct 15 10
At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist, according…
Gorging study shows with fat, location matters
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 05 10
Researchers who persuaded slender volunteers to gorge themselves on sweets to gain weight said on Monday they have overturned the common wisdom that…
Is your job making you fat?
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Oct 05 10
Working nine-to-five may be the way to make a living, but it may be padding more than the wallet. According to a new…
Link Between Fats And Heart Disease Signs Revealed By Gene Network
• Fat, Dietary • • Heart • Sep 17 10
A gene network behind hardening of the arteries and coronary heart disease has been identified by a team of scientists from Australia, Europe and…
Gene network reveals link between fats and heart disease signs
• Fat, Dietary • • Heart • Sep 15 10
A gene network behind hardening of the arteries and coronary heart disease has been identified by a team of scientists from Australia, Europe and…
Delaying fat digestion to curb appetite
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 19 10
Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to…
Health providers need to do more to understand and support lesbians who are overweight
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Sexual Health • Jul 15 10
Healthcare professionals need to develop greater understanding of the specific needs of lesbian patients and adopt a more sensitive approach to the advice they…
Obesity is associated with reduced sensitivity to fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jul 13 10
7/13/10, Pittsburgh, PA. Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society…
Teenage boys really do eat a lot: study
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 15 10
Parents of teenage boys often believe they are being eaten out of house and home. A new study suggests they’re right.
US food guidelines should focus on fat, panel says
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jun 15 10
New U.S. nutritional guidelines should focus on keeping Americans from getting fatter than they already are, with an emphasis on whole grains, fruit and…
2,000-calorie milkshake tops list of worst drinks
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • May 28 10
A milkshake containing 2,010 calories - equivalent to eating 68 strips of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies - has topped a list of…
‘Xtreme’ Restaurant Foods Promote Obesity with Calories and Fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • May 27 10
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - Nutrition and safety watchdogs warn that before you bite into that bacon cheeseburger at…
Abdominal Obesity Linked to Lower Total Brain Volume in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • May 27 10
A significant inverse association between anthropometric and computed tomography (CT)–based measurements of abdominal obesity, especially visceral fat, and total brain volume has been observed…
Abdominal fat at middle age associated with greater risk of dementia
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 20 10
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine determined that excess abdominal fat places otherwise healthy, middle-aged people at risk for dementia later in life.…
Beware of “fat dissolving” spa treatments: FDA
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 08 10
So-called fat dissolving treatments offered by spas do not eliminate fat and the companies should stop saying so, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Cutting fat—and calories—from cakes and frostings
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 29 10
Delicious new cakes and frostings may someday contain less fat and fewer calories, thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists such as…
Your fat may help you heal
• Fat, Dietary • Mar 25 10
It frequently happens in science that what you throw away turns out to be most valuable. It happened to Deepak Nagrath, but not for…
Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute After All
• Children's Health • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 23 10
Schools have banned cupcakes, issued obesity report cards and cleared space in cafeterias for salad bars. Just last month, Michelle Obama’s campaign to end…
Supplement may slow overweight kids’ fat gain
• Children's Health • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 18 10
Supplements containing the dietary fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may help overweight kids curb the amount of fat they gain over time, a small…
Check For 2 Fish Oils That Matter Most
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 16 10
Different brands of fish oil contain varying amounts of the two fats that are showing to offer health benefits.
The Good Housekeeping institute reminded…
Study says fat is the sixth “taste”
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research…