New IOM report lays out plan to determine effectiveness of obesity prevention efforts
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 02 13

The United States lags behind other international plans to evaluate obesity prevention efforts, and the country needs to know whether these efforts are having…    

 

Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jul 30 13

Taxing sugary beverages may help reduce calories, but the health benefits may be offset as consumers substitute other unhealthy foods, according to a…    

 

Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jul 23 13

Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-fat food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain muscle while still…    

 

Longer Duration of Obesity Associated With Subclinical Coronary Heart Disease
• Heart • • Obesity • Jul 18 13

In a study of adults recruited and followed up over the past 3 decades in the United States, longer duration of overall and abdominal…    

 

US farm subsidy policies contribute to worsening obesity trends
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 09 13

Agricultural subsidies are responsible for making those processed and energy-dense foods that contribute to the American epidemic of obesity the most affordable options…    

 

Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 02 13

When it comes to fitness, experts say men generally want to be bulkier and women want to be trimmer and everyone wants to do…    

 

Can watching an avatar translate to real-life weight loss?
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jul 01 13

An estimated two-thirds of all Americans are overweight or obese and many find it difficult to lose weight and keep it off. They’ve tried…    

 

People with a disability more likely to be obese, have chronic illnesses
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jun 27 13

Adults with a disability are more likely to be obese or extremely obese than those without a disability according to a study led by…    

 

New Data Support Community-Wide Approach to Addressing Child Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 26 13

Community wide interventions hold promise as an effective approach to reducing childhood obesity rates according to new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition…    

 

CNIO researchers discover a new gene involved in obesity
• Genetics • • Obesity • Jun 20 13

The discovery of an unexpected function for a gene that was associated to another process in the organism might be a solution in search…    

 

Similar genetic variation found in overweight newborns and adults
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Obesity • Jun 19 13

Similar genetic variations occur in both overweight newborns and obese adults, a large study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine…    

 

Obesity leads to brain inflammation, and low testosterone makes it worse
• Brain • • Obesity • Jun 17 13

Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results will be presented Monday…    

 

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…    

 

Crash diet tied to increased gallstone risk
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jun 09 13

People who go on an extremely low calorie diet are more likely to develop gallstones than people on a moderately low calorie diet, according…    

 

Neighborhood Features Could Prevent Obesity
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jun 04 13

Living in a neighborhood that supports a healthy lifestyle can make a measurable difference in preventing obesity, according to a longitudinal study recently published…    

 

A reduction in BMI improves insulin sensitivity in obese teens
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Jun 04 13

Obese teenagers who reduced their body mass index (BMI) by 8 percent or more had improvements in insulin sensitivity, an important metabolic factor related…    

 

Obese patients trust diet advice from overweight physicians more than normal-weight physicians
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jun 04 13

When it comes to taking diet advice from a physician - size matters. This is according to a new study led by a team…    

 

C-sections tied to child obesity
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • May 26 13

More babies born via cesarean section grow up to be heavy kids and teens than those delivered vaginally, according to a new study of…    

 

Future doctors unaware of their obesity bias
• Obesity • May 24 13

Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist…    

 

Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns heart expert
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 13

He calls on the UK’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and the Department of Health “to act swiftly” to tackle the rising obesity crisis…    

 

Genetic risk for obesity found in many Mexican young adults
• Genetics • • Obesity • May 21 13

As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who…    

 

Child maltreatment increases risk of adult obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 21 13

Children who have suffered maltreatment are 36% more likely to be obese in adulthood compared to non-maltreated children, according to a new study by…    

 

Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 20 13

Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those who…    

 

Childhood obesity starts at home
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • May 04 13

As parents, physicians and policymakers look for ways to curb childhood obesity, they may need to look no further than a child’s own backyard.

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Newly-discovered human fat cell opens up new opportunities for future treatment of obesity
• Obesity • May 02 13

The body’s brown fat cells play a key role in the development of obesity and diabetes. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden,…    

 

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