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Scientists conclude high fructose corn syrup should not be blamed for obesity
• Dieting • • Obesity • Sep 19 12
A new article published today in International Journal of Obesity found there is no evidence to suggest the current obesity epidemic in the…
Obese adults with excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Sep 19 12
Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body’s internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an…
Government can play important role in obesity epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 19 12
Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to…
Brain neurons and diet influence onset of obesity and diabetes in mice
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Sep 19 12
The absence of a specific type of neuron in the brain can lead to obesity and diabetes in mice report researchers in The EMBO…
Obesity Epidemic Needs Government Rules: NYC Health Chief
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 18 12
Governments should regulate food companies on unhealthy ingredients in products that contribute to obesity, an epidemic that now affects 1-in-3 Americans and costs the…
BPA in Food Packaging Tied to Child Obesity: Study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 18 12
The common chemical bisphenol A (BPA), found in the lining of many aluminum cans and a variety of food packaging, may be adding to…
Obesity in Massachusetts, and related health costs, could rise dramatically, report finds
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 18 12
The number of obese adults in Massachusetts, along with related diseases and health care costs, could rise dramatically over the next two decades if…
New York OKs nation’s first ban on super-sized sugary drinks
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
New York City passed the first U.S. ban of oversized sugary drinks on Thursday in its latest controversial step to reduce obesity and its…
People who read food labels stay thinner
• Dieting • • Obesity • Sep 13 12
An international team of scientists headed from the University of Santiago de Compostela ensures that reading the labels on food products is linked to…
BYU study says exercise may reduce motivation for food
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Sep 13 12
Research challenges assumption that you can ‘work up an appetite’
It is commonly assumed that you can “work up an appetite” with a vigorous…
Age, not underlying diagnosis, key factor in weight gain in children after tonsillectomy
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Sep 12 12
Potentially worrisome weight gains following tonsillectomy occur mostly in children under the age of 6, not in older children, a study by Johns Hopkins…
A carefully scheduled high-fat diet resets metabolism and prevents obesity, in Hebrew University research
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Sep 12 12
New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that a carefully scheduled high-fat diet can lead to a reduction in body weight and…
Older overweight children consume fewer calories than their healthy weight peers
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 10 12
A new study by University of North Carolina School of Medicine pediatrics researchers finds a surprising difference in the eating habits of overweight children…
Prenatal maternal smoking associated with increased risk of adolescent obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 12
Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in…
Obese teens getting gallstones
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 25 12
Children are increasingly suffering from gallstones, traditionally thought of as a problem confined to adults, because they are becoming so overweight, a study has…
Antibiotic use in infants before 6 months associated with being overweight in childhood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 22 12
Treating very young infants with antibiotics may predispose them to being overweight in childhood, according to a study of more than 10,000 children by…
Obesity ‘bad for brain’ by hastening cognitive decline
• Brain • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 12
Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
Experts are…
There may be an “obesity paradox” in diabetes - study
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 13 12
Obesity and diabetes may not be the double whammy people expect, with an analysis of previous studies surprisingly finding that overweight and obese people…
In-utero exposure to magnetic fields associated with increased risk of obesity in childhood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 28 12
In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared…
BUSM study identifies receptor’s role in regulating obesity, type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Jul 26 12
A recent study led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates that the A2b-type adenosine receptor, A2bAR, plays a significant role in the…
Understand Childhood Obesity, Researchers Look to Inactive, Fat Rats
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 24 12
Childhood obesity has nearly tripled in the past three decades, and by 2009, 17 percent of those 2-19 years of age were classified as…
Fighting obesity with thermal imaging
• Obesity • Jul 18 12
Scientists at The University of Nottingham believe they’ve found a way of fighting obesity — with a pioneering technique which uses thermal imaging. This…
Extra weight comes with more knee pain, stiffness
• Obesity • • Pain • Jun 28 12
People who put on weight are more likely to develop knee pain than those who stay the same or lose weight, says a new…
Obese appendectomy patients have fewer complications with minimally invasive operations
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jun 27 12
Obese patients who need to have their appendixes removed fare better after a minimally invasive surgical procedure rather than an open operation, according to…
Phthalate, environmental chemical is linked to higher rates of childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 26 12
Obese children show greater exposure than nonobese children to a phthalate, a chemical used to soften plastics in some children’s toys and many household…