Behavioral weight loss has long-term benefit for teens
(HealthDay) -- For overweight or obese adolescents, two group-based behavioral weight control interventions, combined with either aerobic activity or activity-based peer therapy, produce sustained improvements ...
Pediatrics
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Stepped-care intervention results in weight loss, at lower cost
Although a standard behavioral weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults resulted in greater average weight loss over 18 months, a stepped care intervention resulted in clinically meaningful weight loss that ...
Health
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Testosterone-replacement therapy improves symptoms of metabolic syndrome
Hormone-replacement therapy significantly improved symptoms of metabolic syndrome associated with testosterone deficiency in men, a new study from Germany finds. The results to be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th ...
Medications
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Modified bariatric surgery provides remission of Type 2 diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- Type 2 diabetes often reverses after modified weight loss surgery, especially when the duration of diabetes is less than 10 years, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine ...
Diabetes
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Physical fitness may improve survival among diabetes patients with heart dysfunction
Being physically fit may improve survival rates among diabetes patients with a particular type of heart abnormality, a new study determines. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in ...
Diabetes
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Eating disorder behaviors and weight concerns are common in women over 50
Eating disorders are commonly seen as an issue faced by teenagers and young women, but a new study reveals that age is no barrier to disordered eating. In women aged 50 and over, 3.5% report binge eating, nearly 8% report ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jun 21, 2012 |
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ASMBS: bariatric surgery improves heart disease markers
(HealthDay) -- In addition to weight loss, over the long term, gastric bypass surgery improves biochemical cardiac risk factors, including an 80 percent drop in C-reactive protein, according to a study presented ...
Surgery
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Men and women respond differently to exercise advertisements
(Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that overweight men and women responded differently to advertisements about the benefits from exercise.
Health
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Study: kids who sleep in parents' bed less likely to be overweight
(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.
Overweight and Obesity
May 09, 2012 |
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Insulin may influence body weight gain in former smokers
It is probably safe to say that smokers refuse to give up their vice because they believe their waistlines will only get bigger. And while most researchers have long speculated that a metabolic link exists ...
Other
May 09, 2012 |
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Overweight? New research explains how proper sleep is important for healthy weight
If you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal. In the report, French scientists show that impairments to a g ...
Overweight and Obesity
May 07, 2012 |
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Weight-loss surgery provides benefit to high-risk, severely obese patients
Among surgeries for obesity, a newer, increasingly popular procedure called sleeve gastrectomy provides more weight loss to high-risk, severely obese patients than adjustable gastric banding, a new study suggests.
Surgery
May 03, 2012 |
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Deadly decision: Obese drivers are far less likely to buckle up
(Phys.org) -- Obese drivers are far less likely to wear seatbelts than are drivers of normal weight, a new University at Buffalo study has found, a behavior that puts them at greater risk of severe injury ...
Health
Apr 27, 2012 |
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High BMI tied to non-specific foot pain, plantar heel pain
(HealthDay) -- Increased body mass index (BMI) correlates with non-specific foot pain in the general population, and with chronic plantar heel pain in a non-athletic population, according to a meta-analysis ...
Health
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Patients with Type 2 diabetes may not benefit from oral medication as well as insulin
Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes may not benefit from taking both an oral glucose lowering drug (metformin) and insulin instead of insulin alone, a study published on bmj.com claims.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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