http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women with a lean body shape have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than women who are morbidly obese, according to the largest prospective study to investigate the link. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-slim-women-greater-endometriosis-obese.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:01 EST news287773777 As the weather starts to cool down and winter clothes enter rotation in our wardrobes, some peculiar combinations emerge: shorts and scarves; thongs and jackets; T-shirts and beanies. The last is often explained with an old saying: you lose most of your head through your head. But, in fact, scientists know this to be untrue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-monday-medical-myth.html Other Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:49:10 EST news284712541 (Medical Xpress)—Taking part in unhealthy eating behaviors may cause women who are concerned about their diet and self-image to experience a worsening of their moods, according to Penn State researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-unhealthy-bad-mood-worse.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:58:49 EST news282571115 Fashion retailers have seen an increase in demand for maternity wear in recent years, as sales for maternity clothing have increased while overall women's apparel sales have declined. Currently, most retailers produce maternity wear using a standardized size chart that begins with women in their seventh month of pregnancy. Retailers produce garments for women who are earlier in their terms by adjusting the sizes smaller proportionally based on the standardized chart. In a recent study, University of Missouri researcher MyungHee Sohn, an assistant professor of textile and apparel management in the MU College of Human Environmental Sciences, has found that retailers should re-produce the industry standardized size chart to size maternity wear for women entering their fifth month of pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-retailers-re-size-maternity-women-pregnancies.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:02:18 EST news281199726 When people see pictures of bodies, a whole range of brain regions are active. This network is altered in women with anorexia nervosa. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, two regions that are important for the processing of body images were functionally more weakly connected in anorexic women than in healthy women. The stronger this "connection error" was, the more overweight the respondents considered themselves. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-error-brains-anorexics.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:09:04 EST news278248116 People who are "apple-shaped"—with fat more concentrated around the abdomen—have long been considered more at risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes than those who are "pear-shaped" and carry weight more in the buttocks, hips and thighs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-deflates-notion-pear-shaped-bodies-healthy.html Health Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:38:41 EST news277058308 (Medical Xpress)—The ideal male and female bodies according to each of the sexes have been identified by researchers at Newcastle University using a special 3D design programme. The findings, published today in the journal PLOS One, reveal the remarkable similarities and differences in what men and women find attractive but also what they perceive to be attractive in their own sex. The research is part of a bigger project looking at the causes of, and possible treatments for, anorexia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ideal-body-size.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:13:17 EST news273741188 British women's obsession for thin bodies could potentially be changed if advertising showed more plus size models, suggests a preliminary study published today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-plus-size-women-obsession-thin-bodies.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:00:15 EST news271518549 (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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-hip-circumference-inversely-tied-diabetes.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:00:02 EST news267192684 A new study published today in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (APNM) looks beyond the much-feared weight gain common to first-year students and reports on the full 4-year impact of higher education on weight, BMI, and body composition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-school-higher-fat.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:26:27 EST news267099978 Researchers have developed a new metric to measure obesity, called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI, that combines the existing metrics of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference and shows a better correlation with death rate than do either of these individual measures. The full results are reported July 18 in the open access journal PLoS ONE, and the work was led by Nir Krakauer of City College of New York. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-metric-obesity-strongly-premature-death.html Health Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:00:04 EST news261848808 Almost a quarter of men and women in England and over a third of adults in America are obese. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes and heart disease and can significantly shorten a person's life expectancy. New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity shows that improving body image can enhance the effectiveness of weight loss programs based on diet and exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-body-weight.html Health Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:20:01 EST news230180406 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Western Sydney are trialling a new method of treatment for anorexia nervosa, which addresses the role of extreme exercise in perpetuating the dangerous and debilitating cycle of the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-world-trial-anorexia-treatment.html Health Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:06:15 EST news227779559 When researchers had college-age women view magazines for five straight days that only included images of women with thin, idealized body types, something surprising happened: the readers' own body satisfaction improved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-media-focus-ideal-body-boost.html Health Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:50:03 EST news221746039