http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The story is a familiar one: most people are able to lose weight while dieting but once the diet is over, the weight comes back. Many of us can personally attest that caloric deprivation weight loss diets typically do not produce lasting weight loss. Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scientist Eric Stice, Ph.D., and colleagues provide results in a recent issue of NeuroImage that further our understanding of how and why most weight loss diets fail and provide a more comprehensive description of the impact of caloric restriction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dieting-youth-greater-brain-reward.html Neuroscience Thu, 02 May 2013 15:00:58 EST news286725650 (HealthDay)—Few situations can trip up someone who is watching their weight like an all-you-can-eat buffet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-gorging-buffet-table-tactics.html Health Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:40:01 EST news285603361 Dieters may want to forget episodes of falling off the wagon, but researchers say an attentive memory for what is eaten could help people eat less at their next meals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-food-memories-aid-weight-loss.html Health Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:20:01 EST news281972779 Two academics from The University of Manchester have come up with a new diet which they believe can help lower the risk of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-academics-clinically-diet-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:00:01 EST news280146463 When it comes to losing weight, a popular New Year's resolution for many, people often focus on eating less and exercising more. But results of a new survey of psychologists suggest dieters should pay attention to the role emotions play in weight gain and loss if they hope to succeed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-poll-psychologists-cites-emotions-obstacle.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:38:37 EST news276946693 The author of a new RSC book on the science behind obesity is urging Christmas diners to stack their festive plates high with food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stack-plate-high-christmas-consideration.html Health Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:01:26 EST news275209271 (HealthDay)—When it comes to eating pasta, bread and potatoes, timing could be everything. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-carbs-dinnertime-weight.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:30:02 EST news274618761 Australian study has found warnings intended to dissuade women from over-indulging in chocolate can actually prompt increased consumption. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-dissuade-women-overindulging-contradictory-effect.html Health Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:38:52 EST news274437523 Would you take part in a weight-loss program in which you were explicitly asked not to lose any weight for the first eight weeks? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mastering-weight-maintenance-skills-embarking-diet.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:50:01 EST news270818690 (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 commercial weight loss programme called Itrim, and found it to be effective. After one year, participants had lost 11 kg on average. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-commercial-weight-loss-programme.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:29:35 EST news267344969 Dieters often use online calorie calculators to stay true to their weight-loss plan. Translating the concept to the population health arena, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health created the Caloric Calculator to help policymakers, school district administrators, and others assess the potential impact of health policy choices on childhood obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-math-childhood-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:45:18 EST news264246311 Dieters have less hunger and cravings throughout the day and are better able to keep off lost weight if they eat a carbohydrate-rich, protein-packed breakfast that includes dessert. These findings come from a new study that will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dessert-breakfast-diet-weight-regain.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:40:01 EST news259844603 A pre-diet measurement of two hormones related to weight regulation can help predict which dieters will be more likely to maintain their weight loss and who will not, according to a new study. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ratio-appetite-regulating-hormones-marker-successful.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:40:01 EST news259838524 US regulators will decide in July whether to approve Qnexa, the first obesity drug in more than a decade, extending the initial deadline by three months, the California-based drug-maker VIVUS said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-obesity-drug-july.html Medications Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:15:20 EST news253278870 In the war to lose weight it may be something other than willpower or junk food that's preventing victory: it could be faulty use of mathematics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-obesity-mathematical.html Health Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:30:01 EST news249210399 Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-dieting-wrong-scientists.html Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:10:01 EST news248936148 When it comes to diets, cookies and cake are off the menu. Now, in a surprising discovery, researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that dessert, as part of a balanced 600-calorie breakfast that also includes proteins and carbohydrates, can help dieters to lose more weight — and keep it off in the long run. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-breakfast-chocolate-cake.html Health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:14 EST news247834441 The math formula for weight loss isn't hard to understand. There's calorie input and calorie output - what you eat and what you burn. When the energy input is less than the output, you lose weight. But as simple as it looks on paper, putting that formula into practice can be maddeningly complicated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-latest-gadgets-diets-workouts-high-tech.html Health Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:10:01 EST news246286210 Women dieters who grab a snack between breakfast and lunch lose less weight compared to those who abstain from a mid-morning snack, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-mid-morning-snacking-sabotage-weight-loss-efforts.html Health Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:22:07 EST news241712521 Ditching the diet for Thanksgiving? Turkey with all the fixings isn't the only temptation causing would-be dieters to miss their goals, according to a new Cornell University review article that finds powerful environmental cues are subconsciously bending willpower every day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-gobbling-extra-stuffing-willpower-cheap.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:01 EST news240674756 Any dieter knows that it's hard to keep off weight you've lost. Now a study finds that even a year after dieters shed a good chunk of weight quickly, their hormones were still insisting, "Eat! Eat! Eat!" http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-fault-hormones-linked-weight-regain.html Health Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:54 EST news238869646 Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition -- the amount of fat relative to muscle -- in better proportion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-protein-muscle-physical-function-dieting.html Health Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:16:08 EST news232208154 Dieters may not need as much willpower as they think, if they make simple changes in their surroundings that can result in eating healthier without a second thought, said a consumer psychologist at the American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mindless-weight.html Health Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:40:01 EST news231773963 What’s in a name? Plenty, according to a University of South Carolina study in the Journal of Consumer Research that found that dieters eager to make good food choices are more at risk of being misled by food names than non-dieters http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-dieters-duped-food.html Health Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:01:47 EST news226746098 Yo-yo dieters may be healthier and live longer than those who stay obese, a new Ohio University study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-yo-yo-dieting-obesity-dieters-healthier.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:42:32 EST news226593737