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Could germs be making you fat?
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 05 10

Germs that make their home in the gut may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers… Could germs be making you fat?   

 
 

Different fat types can help or hinder obese girls’ bone health
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 01 10

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a… Different fat types can help or hinder obese girls’ bone health   

 
 

Study fails to link saturated fat, heart disease
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Heart • Feb 05 10

The saturated fat found mainly in meat and dairy products has a bad reputation, but a new analysis of published studies finds no clear… Study fails to link saturated fat, heart disease   

 
 

If you’re 70 and overweight, you may live longer
• Fat, Dietary • • Aging and Gerontology • • Obesity • Feb 03 10

A few extra pounds might help you live longer if you’re past your prime but otherwise healthy, a new study finds.

“Perhaps we… If you’re 70 and overweight, you may live longer   

 
 

Study: Reduce obesity, blood pressure by cutting carbs instead of fats
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 28 10

A unique head-to-head trial of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets in people with chronic diseases such as hypertension revealed that while both regimens helped people… Study: Reduce obesity, blood pressure by cutting carbs instead of fats   

 
 

For some women, trans fats could be deadly
• Fat, Dietary • • Gender: Female • Dec 02 09

For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new… For some women, trans fats could be deadly   

 
 

Kids should get moving to avoid obesity
• Children's Health • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Nov 30 09

Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn’t appear to have a… Kids should get moving to avoid obesity   

 
 

Movie popcorn plus soda can equal 3 McDonald’s burgers
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 20 09

Moviegoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald’s quarter-pounder burgers topped with a… Movie popcorn plus soda can equal 3 McDonald’s burgers   

 
 

Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb diet
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Nov 11 09

A low-fat diet seems to boost dieters’ mood more than a low-carbohydrate diet, Australian researchers have found.

Very low-carbohydrate diets are often used… Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb diet   

 
 

Role of dietary fat in eye disease complex
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Fat, Dietary • Nov 11 09

How much fat you eat - and what kind - may affect your risk of age-related vision loss, new research shows.

The researchers studied… Role of dietary fat in eye disease complex   

 
 

Mediterranean diet tops low-fat diet for diabetics
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Sep 01 09

A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a typical low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for diabetes management, according to a study released Monday.

Not only… Mediterranean diet tops low-fat diet for diabetics   

 
 

Whole Grains = Whole Health
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Aug 31 09

As the days get longer and we inch closer to bathing-suit season, health often takes a back burner to fad diets.

Lona Sandon, assistant… Whole Grains = Whole Health   

 
 

In serious debt? You’re also more likely obese
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Aug 31 09

People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.

“Overindebted” people -… In serious debt? You’re also more likely obese   

 
 

Daylight could help control our weight
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Aug 22 09

Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) — brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies — could lead… Daylight could help control our weight   

 
 

Caltech researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Obesity • Aug 18 09

A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have pinpointed two groups of neurons in fruit fly brains that have the… Caltech researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies   

 
 

Do high-fat diets make us stupid and lazy?
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 12 09

Short-term memory getting worse? Exercise getting harder? Examine your diet. New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) showed that in less… Do high-fat diets make us stupid and lazy?   

 
 

High-fat diet affects physical and memory abilities of rats after 9 days
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Aug 11 09

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days,… High-fat diet affects physical and memory abilities of rats after 9 days   

 
 

New York restaurants nearly all trans-fat-free
• Fat, Dietary • • Public Health • Jul 21 09

Two years after New York City declared war on artificial trans fats, nearly all city restaurants had successfully cut the artery-clogging fats from… New York restaurants nearly all trans-fat-free   

 
 

Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics
• Diabetes • • Fat, Dietary • • Gender: Female • Jul 14 09

Black women ages 20 to 29 are more prone to pack on unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same age, and… Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics   

 
 

Widely Used Body Fat Measurements Overestimate Fatness in Blacks
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jun 12 09

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results, which were presented at… Widely Used Body Fat Measurements Overestimate Fatness in Blacks   

 
 

Adults, Especially Women, Have Calorie-Burning “Brown Fat”
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 12 09

Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is “brown fat”—the kind that burns calories, according to… Adults, Especially Women, Have Calorie-Burning “Brown Fat”   

 
 

Hormone Therapy Plus Physical Activity Reduce Belly Fat, Body Fat Percentage after Menopause
• Endocrinology • • Fat, Dietary • • Menopause • Jun 10 09

Older women who take hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms may get the added benefit of reduced body fat if they are physically active,… Hormone Therapy Plus Physical Activity Reduce Belly Fat, Body Fat Percentage after Menopause   

 
 

Some baby foods worse than junk food: survey
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • May 05 09

Some baby foods contain as much sugar and saturated fats as chocolate biscuits or cheeseburgers, a British food pressure group said on Monday.

Publishing… Some baby foods worse than junk food: survey   

 
 

Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Apr 03 09

Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the… Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits   

 
 

Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 01 09

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store… Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway   

 
 
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