News tagged with weight loss

Potential diabetes breakthrough: Researchers discover new hormone spurring beta cell production

Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered a hormone that holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes, a metabolic illness afflicting an estimated ...

Medical research created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

We are drinking too much water: expert

Our bodies need about two litres of fluids per day, not two litres of water specifically. In an Editorial in the June issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Spero Tsindos from La Trobe University, examin ...

Health created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

New treatment aids weight loss, improves diabetes in monkeys

(HealthDay)—A new, lab-created antibody that mimics the action of a naturally occurring molecule causes weight loss in monkeys, researchers report.

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Everything you know about dieting is wrong: scientists

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.

Health created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 8

Scientists create compounds that dramatically alter biological clock and lead to weight loss

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have synthesized a pair of small molecules that dramatically alter the core biological clock in animal models, highlighting the compounds' potential effectiveness ...

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories

Scientists have identified a protein which regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain and the body's tissues. Their research, which was conducted in mice, was published today, Friday 11 May, in the journal Cell.

Medical research created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Top off breakfast with -- chocolate cake?

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 ...

Health created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new way to lose weight? Study shows that changes to gut microbiota may play role in weight loss

Scientists at Harvard may have new hope for anyone who's tried to fight the battle of the bulge. New research, conducted in collaboration with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, has found that the gut microbes ...

Medications created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Evidence found for brain injury in diet-induced obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- The first evidence, reported today, of structural changes in the brains of rodents and humans with diet-induced obesity may help explain one of the most vexing problems of body weight control.

Medical research created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can't seem to lose weight? Top reasons why from weight-loss expert

(Medical Xpress) -- It’s been more than a month since New Year’s and swimsuit season is lurking on the horizon – how are those weight-loss resolutions working out?

Health created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New evidence on effects of green coffee beans in weight loss

Scientists today reported striking new evidence that green, or unroasted, coffee beans can produce a substantial decrease in body weight in a relatively short period of time.

Health created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medical myth: Cutting carbs is the best way to lose weight

There seems to be an endless number of fad diets and "golden rules" for weight loss. One of the most popular of these rules is that cutting carbohydrates (carbs) is the best way to lose weight.

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Experimental drug achieves unprecedented weight loss

An investigational combination of drugs already approved to treat obesity, migraine and epilepsy produced up to a 10 percent weight loss in obese individuals participating in a one-year clinical trial, according to researchers ...

Medical research created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Obese dieters' brain chemistry works against their weight-loss efforts

If you've been trying to lose weight and suspect your body's working against you, you may be right, according to a University of Illinois study published in Obesity.

Medical research created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight loss

Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to an underlying disease or can arise from a conscious effort to improve an overweight or obese state.

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