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Commercial weight loss programme evaluated

(Medical Xpress)—Anyone who wants to lose weight has a wide variety of diets to choose from, but knowledge of what works is often poor. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have now evaluated a Swedish ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity is major contributor to heart disease, impediment to diagnosis and treatment

Obesity is a major contributor to heart disease that substantially hinders the disease's proper diagnosis and treatment, says a cardiologist researching the impact of obesity and weight loss on the heart.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could the timing of when you eat, be just as important as what you eat?

Most weight-loss plans center around a balance between caloric intake and energy expenditure. However, new research has shed light on a new factor that is necessary to shed pounds: timing. Researchers from Brigham and Women's ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds obese youth have significantly higher risk of gallstones

Children who are overweight or obese face an increased risk for gallstones, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition.

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New triggers for weight gain: Researchers focus on air pollution, sleep deprivation

As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula.

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

STOP Obesity Alliance encourages nonprofit hospitals to address obesity via CHB requirements

The nation's more than 2,900 nonprofit hospitals are facing new requirements to qualify for federal tax-exempt status under the Affordable Care Act, including producing a Community Health Needs Assessment that identifies ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hip circumference inversely tied to diabetes risk

(HealthDay)—There is an inverse relationship between hip circumference and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a meta-analysis published online Sept. 3 in Obesity Reviews.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Timing is everything when it comes to weight loss, research shows

Joint research between the University of Michigan and the Argentina-based National Council of Science and Technology (CONICET) has shed light on one of the most frustrating mysteries of weight loss – why the weight inevitably ...

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight and mortality: Researchers challenge results of obesity analysis

(Medical Xpress)—In January, when the Journal of the American Medical Association published a meta-analysis of 100 studies that probed the relationship between body mass index and mortality—studies that found slightl ...

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study: Self-motivation superior to pleasing others in battle to maintain healthy weight

(Medical Xpress)—Middle-aged women who are self-motivated to eat healthily have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who do so in order to keep others happy, new University of Otago research suggests.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeting childhood obesity early

With childhood obesity now affecting 17 percent of American children, the nation is rallying around the concept that serious action is required. In 2010, President Barack Obama established the first Task ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight adults back weight-loss health benefits

(HealthDay)—Most overweight adults feel that specific weight-loss benefits offered by health plans would be helpful, but few are willing to pay extra for them, according to a study published online April ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gut hormone leads to weight loss in overweight or obese patients

Giving overweight or obese patients a gut hormone that suppresses appetite leads to clinically beneficial weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, finds a study published in the British Medical ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

When teens focus on TV, obesity risk rises

(HealthDay)—It's not how much time teens spend watching TV but how intensely they watch that adds on the pounds, new research suggests.

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds strong genetic component to childhood obesity

Previous research has shown that obesity runs in families, and twin studies suggest that this is largely due to genetic factors, with heritability estimates over 50%. 32 genes have been identified as risk factors for obesity ...

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0