News tagged with body weight

Related topics: body mass index , food intake , obesity , weight loss




Study shows that high-intensity training boosts cognitive function

A regular exercise routine can make you fitter than ever – mentally fit.

Health created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Amish children are 2 times more physically active than non-Amish children

Old Order Amish children are much more physically active and three times less likely to be overweight than non-Amish children, which may provide them with some long-term protection against developing Type 2 diabetes, University ...

Diabetes created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adhering to lifestyle guidelines reduced mortality in elderly female cancer survivors

Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight, staying physically active and maintaining a healthy diet improved survival after cancer diagnosis in an elderly female cancer survivor population, according to data presented ...

Cancer created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Menopause causes 'spare tyre' but no weight gain

Contrary to popular perception, menopause does not cause weight gain, although it does increase fat around the waist, a specialist journal reported Tuesday.

Health created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits of bariatric surgery for sleep apnoea negligible, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—Although bariatric surgery results in greater weight loss than conventional measures, new research shows this does not translate into significantly greater improvement in obstructive sleep ...

Sleep apnea created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Severely obese are fastest growing group of overweight Americans, study finds

The proportion of Americans who are severely obese—those people 100 pounds or more overweight—continues to increase rapidly and much faster than those with moderate obesity, but the rate of growth has slowed, according ...

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pediatric kidney disease tied to abnormal carotid arteries

(HealthDay)—Ultrasound measurements of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) are significantly elevated among children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with healthy controls, according to a study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-image and social interaction help to explain the link between exercise and mental health

We've heard it time and time again: exercise is good for us. And it's not just good for physical health – research shows that daily physical activity can also boost our mental health. But what actually accounts for the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reduced physical activity reduces life span

(Medical Xpress)— A regular exercise regimen will increase life expectancy in the elderly, new research has found.

Health created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lower drug costs 20 years after bariatric surgery

(Medical Xpress)—A new analysis of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study shows that despite considerably greater and sustained weight loss than conventionally treated controls, patients treated with bariatric surgery continued ...

Health created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Over long-term, gastric bypass surgery associated with higher rate of diabetes remission

Severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had significant weight loss that was sustained for an average of 6 years after the surgery and also experienced frequent remission and lower incidence of diabetes, ...

Diabetes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study compares duodenal switch vs. gastric bypass for morbid obesity

A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests that even though undergoing the less commonly used biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) may be associated with higher early risks compared with ...

Surgery created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Back to school: Is higher education making you fat?

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 educat ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone research could have hopeful implications for both underweight and overweight people

The appetite is controlled via a complex system that involves the hypothalamus, the brainstem and the cerebral cortex. Hormones also have an important role to play in this system. Researchers from the Clinical ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Age, not underlying diagnosis, key factor in weight gain in children after tonsillectomy

Potentially worrisome weight gains following tonsillectomy occur mostly in children under the age of 6, not in older children, a study by Johns Hopkins experts in otolaryngology- head and neck surgery shows.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0