Obesity Reviews

Overweight & Obesity

Intensive exercise with intervals 'more effective'

Short bursts of intensive exercise provide a more "time-efficient" and realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing Type 2 diabetes and also losing weight, a study has found.

Health

Opinion: The US needs a lesson in food policy from Mexico

What do you tell people when you're an invited "expert," yet in some ways you're the dumbest person in the room? That was my thought in February 2014, when Mexican leaders invited me to speak at a National Governors Conference ...

Overweight & Obesity

Food ads significantly influence eating behavior, says study

How greatly does food advertising influence eating behavior? Quite a bit, a new Yale University meta-analysis of 45 studies suggests. The results, the authors say, should rekindle efforts to restrict food industry advertising, ...

Overweight & Obesity

Carpal tunnel syndrome up with overweight, obesity

(HealthDay)—Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and carpal tunnel release, according to a meta-analysis published in the December issue of Obesity Reviews.

Overweight & Obesity

Review: changes in vending machines can promote health

(HealthDay)—Pricing and availability strategies can improve nutritional quality of purchases from vending machines, according to a review published in the December issue of Obesity Reviews.

Diabetes

Addition of orlistat benefits obese patients with T2DM

(HealthDay)—In overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), treatment with orlistat in addition to lifestyle modifications improves outcomes, according to research published online Sept. 8 in Obesity Reviews.

Overweight & Obesity

Review explores postpartum weight-loss strategies

(HealthDay)—For postpartum women, lifestyle interventions that include a combined diet-and-exercise approach and those that use self-monitoring are associated with greater weight loss, according to a study published online ...

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