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(HealthDay) -- Children who wake up at night and are allowed to fall back asleep in their parents' bed are less likely to be overweight than kids put back into their own bed, a new study says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-kids-parents-bed-overweight.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:01 EST news255775546 (HealthDay) -- Eating too quickly may raise your risk of diabetes, a small, preliminary study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-fast-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 08 May 2012 10:50:01 EST news255690671 (HealthDay) -- Higher body fat mass is associated with a reduced risk of fracture among women, but not men, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-body-fat-linked-fracture-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 May 2012 16:00:01 EST news255188749 (HealthDay) -- Obesity is associated with reduced memory and thinking skills in adults aged 60 to 70, especially those with greater amounts of abdominal fat, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-obesity-linked-poorer-mental-skills.html Health Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:29:01 EST news251634523 Six weeks into 2012, those who made New Year’s resolutions to lose weight or get into better shape have either started to see some progress, or for others, fallen off track. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-multiple-track-weight-loss.html Health Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:20:01 EST news248690335 Abraham Kovoor was studying a brain protein, called RGS9 2, that he had previously related to the involuntary, random and repetitive body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gene-body-weight.html Genetics Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:30:05 EST news244907666 A new research project conducted at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, shows that dietary fibres from brown algae boost the sensation of satiety, thereby making people eat less and lose more weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-extra-weight-loss-dietary-fibers.html Health Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:26:26 EST news242562376 (Medical Xpress) -- Children with Down syndrome who learned to ride a two-wheel bike were less sedentary overall and had less body fat one year after learning to ride compared to those who did not participate, a University of Michigan study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-kids-syndrome-bike-sedentary.html Health Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:25:20 EST news237623031 While some past studies have shown that persons carrying a few extra pounds in their 70s live longer than their thinner counterparts, a new study that measured subjects' weight at multiple points over a longer period of time reveals the opposite. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-contrary-earlier-excess-body-fat.html Health Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:16:32 EST news232294568 A Yale University-led research team has discovered how reduced expression of a particular gene protects against obesity and type 2 diabetes, possibly prolonging lifespan by mimicking the effects of calorie restriction. The study appears in the August 3 issue of Cell Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mimicking-calorie-restriction-obesity-diabetes.html Medical research Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:20:01 EST news231598858 Experimental results to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that dietary supplementation with molasses extract may provide a novel approach for weight management in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-molasses-decreases-obesity-high-fat-diet.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:48:21 EST news229657677 Having a lower percentage of body fat may not always lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a study by an international consortium of investigators, including two scientists from the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-genetic-body-fat-heart-disease.html Genetics Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:23:52 EST news228324150 Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high amount of body fat, regardless of the mother's weight before pregnancy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-excessive-pregnancy-weight-gain-fat.html Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:28:29 EST news226664863 A modest reduction in consumption of carbohydrate foods may promote loss of deep belly fat, even with little or no change in weight, a new study finds. Presentation of the study results will be Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-carbs-body-fat-authors.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:31:49 EST news226571491 Low testosterone levels and symptoms of male sexual dysfunction due to obesity may be reversible with weight loss after bariatric surgery, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-surgery-related-weight-loss-men-reverses.html Medical research Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:00:03 EST news226413989 ST. LOUIS - When Keith Hunter competes in a bodybuilding contest, he actually wants to have a polygraph test and urinalysis. That way he knows he'll get a fair shake. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-all-natural-bodybuilders-dont-performance-enhancing-drugs.html Other Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:36:23 EST news226326961 Liposuction has become one of the most popular plastic surgeries in the country. It has been around since 1974 and there are now more than 450,000 operations a year. But does the fat come back? A recent study by Teri L. Hernandez, PhD, RN and Robert H. Eckel, MD, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that the fat eventually returns within one year, and is redistributed to other areas of the body, especially the upper abdomen. There was further redistribution around the shoulders and triceps of the arms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-liposuction-fat.html Medical research Mon, 09 May 2011 12:29:27 EST news224162945