Diabetes
Balanced diet, exercise may not prevent gestational diabetes
It may be time to reconsider the conventional wisdom for preventing gestational diabetes: limiting weight gain and increasing physical activity.
Jan 7, 2019
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News tagged with energy balance
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Study takes stand on true health benefits of getting up out of your chair
Office employees who opt to stand when working are likely to be burning only fractionally more calories than their seated colleagues, according to new research from the University of Bath.
Dec 3, 2018
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Health
Crime and nourishment – the link between food and offending behaviour
It is well known that eating a balanced diet is of vital importance for maintaining good health and well-being. It is also one of the great social pleasures of life. Yet, far too many young people in prisons are consuming ...
Sep 28, 2018
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Diabetes
Voluntary exercise and energy balance
Physical exercise alone generally fails to produce meaningful weight loss in obese individuals, and reduced non-exercise activity has been suggested to explain this observation.
Mar 23, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows diet and exercise improve treatment outcomes for obese pediatric cancer patients
Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital.
Sep 21, 2017
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Why a diabetes drug could help in Parkinson's disease
A diabetes drug might help in certain types of Parkinson's disease, reports a team of German brain researchers headed by Dr. Julia Fitzgerald at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, the University of Tübingen ...
Aug 29, 2017
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Pediatrics
Research explores healthy weight gain in infants
Rapid weight gain in an infant's first six months of life is a risk factor for child- and adulthood obesity, according to researchers.
Mar 20, 2017
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Medical research
Team identifies ion channel necessary for hormone and anti-obesity drug to suppress eating
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified an ion channel required for brain cells to suppress eating behavior in response to the hormone leptin or to the anti-obesity drug lorcaserin.
Feb 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
Food intake, a fragile balance between neural pathways
A team at the Laboratoire biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) investigated the relative role of energy needs and "pleasure" of eating in food intake. The researchers studied a group of neurons ...
Aug 24, 2015
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Medical research
Body fat can send signals to brain, affecting stress response, research finds
The brain's effect on other parts of the body has been well established. Now, a group that includes two University of Florida Health researchers has found that it's a two-way street: Body fat can send a signal that affects ...
Jul 23, 2015
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