Officials: US kids eat too much salt
(AP)—American children eat as much salt as adults—about 1,000 milligrams too much, or the same amount as in just one McDonald's Big Mac hamburger. Extra salt is linked with higher blood pressure, even in kids, but government ...
Health
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Low ghrelin—reducing appetite at the cost of increased stress?
Ghrelin is a hormone released by the lining of the stomach that promotes feeding behavior. Decreasing ghrelin levels could potentially help combat obesity—in fact, a vaccine that lowers ghrelin levels in order to reduce ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Fast food restaurant lighting and music can reduce calorie intake and increase satisfaction
Your mood for food can be changed by a restaurant's choice of music and lighting, leading to increased satisfaction and reduced calorie intake, according to a new study.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 29, 2012 |
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How 'beige' fat makes the pounds melt away
Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried have decoded a signal path that could boost the burning of body fat. Mice that are missing a signal switch called VASP are ...
Medical research
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Reporting of dietary intake methods in obesity trials poor
(HealthDay)—More care needs to be taken in reporting dietary intake methods in childhood and adolescent obesity intervention trials in order to be able to better evaluate and replicate study methods, according ...
Overweight and Obesity
Aug 23, 2012 |
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Fruit flies on methamphetamine die largely as a result of anorexia
A new study finds that fruit flies exposed to methamphetamine drastically reduce their food intake and increase their physical activity, just as humans do. The study, which tracked metabolic and behavioral ...
Addiction
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Professor develops tool that helps dietitians deliver info clients need, can understand
If you've consulted with a nutrition educator about how best to lose weight or manage your diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, you may not have learned as much as you could have, said a University of Illinois ...
Health
Jul 31, 2012 |
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High dietary antioxidant intake might cut pancreatic cancer risk
Increasing dietary intake of the antioxidant vitamins C, E, and selenium could help cut the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by up to two thirds, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.
Cancer
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Christopher Gardner on non-nutritive sweeteners
It sounds like a no-brainer: To cut your sugar intake, just switch to foods and drinks with no-calorie, artificial sweeteners. That way, you’ll still satisfy your sweet tooth without packing on the extra ...
Health
Jul 10, 2012 |
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Greater diet-induced obesity in rats consuming sugar solution during the inactive period
Research to be presented at the 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, not only the amount ...
Health
Jul 10, 2012 |
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Gastric bypass surgery alters gut microbiota profile along the intestine
Research to be presented at the 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, finds that gastric bypass surgery ...
Surgery
Jul 10, 2012 |
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Major medical groups back sweeteners as diet aid
(HealthDay) -- Non-nutritive sweeteners like Splenda, Equal and Sweet'N Low may have a role to play in maintaining or even losing weight, as long as people don't use them as an excuse to treat themselves later ...
Health
Jul 09, 2012 |
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How a protein meal tells your brain you are full
Feeling full involves more than just the uncomfortable sensation that your waistband is getting tight. Investigators reporting online on July 5th in the Cell Press journal Cell have now mapped out the signal ...
Medical research
Jul 05, 2012 |
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South African government should act on Big Food Corporations and the obesity epidemic: international experts
"The South African government should develop a plan to make healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, and whole grain cereals more available, affordable, and acceptable, and non-essential, high-calorie, nutrient-poor products, ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Discovery explains how cellular pathways converge to regulate food intake and body weight
In the complex chain of molecular events that underlie eating behaviors and body weight, the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) enzyme has proven to be a critical link.
Medical research
Jul 03, 2012 |
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