Overweight & Obesity
Unclear whether mindful eating can help you lose weight, says review
It is unclear whether mindful eating can help with weight loss, according to a new City, University of London review.
Apr 13, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Beware of claims that mindful eating will help you lose weight
Mindful eating is increasingly being promoted as a solution to being overweight. Mindful eating, we are promised, will help us eat less, transform our relationship with food and end our battle with weight once and for all. ...
Mar 30, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Weight-management benchmarks not met in primary care of overweight Latino children
One of the first studies of provider-patient communication regarding weight-management and associated electronic medical records (EMR) finds that many benchmarks of quality weight-management care are not met during primary-care ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Health
Unhealthy weight management practices associated with non-medical use of prescription drugs among adolescents
Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is a serious public health concern in the U.S. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps have ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Health
Health professionals view insurance as solution in obesity
(HealthDay)—More than half of health professionals view improved health insurance coverage as a solution for obesity management and weight loss, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Obesity Society ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Preventing obesity with mindful eating
Traditional advice for helping families ensure their children and teens maintain a healthy weight begins with a focus on balancing calories consumed from food and beverages with calories used through physical activity and ...
Sep 29, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Current apps on weight management have not been certified by authorities, no published data on their effectiveness
Overweight and obese people are turning to a multitude of smartphone apps to help them lose weight. But new research presented at the European Obesity Summit (Gothenburg, Sweden, June 1-4) says that only 17 (0.5%) of the ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Study aims to teach future doctors how to help patients manage their weight
Losing weight is one of the keys to improving health, but medical schools traditionally do not offer adequate opportunities to prepare future physicians to help their patients lose weight. Now, researchers at the University ...
Jun 1, 2016
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Five ingredients that can help with weight management
Weight loss is often one of consumers' top resolutions for the New Year. While the basic premise of losing weight is to consume less calories than calories burned, weight management has evolved over the years and includes ...
Jan 18, 2016
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Premium-based financial incentives did not motivate obese employees to lose weight
Employers around the nation are increasingly searching for ways to help their employees make healthy lifestyle choices including encouraging obese employees to lose weight, often by offering financial incentives in the form ...
Jan 5, 2016
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