Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity

Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0057.

New study weighs benefits of exercise, diets

November 16, 2006 - EurekAlert / Journal of Applied Physiology

While exercise and diets are equally effective ways to lose weight, exercising helps to maintain muscles

'Light' snacks shrink guilt, not waistlines

November 16, 2006 - MSNBC

Tastier low-cal options a crutch for American dieters

Obesity an Advantage in MHD patients

November 14, 2006 - Hemodialysis International

Large body mass combats effects of malnutrition from treatment

Risk after colon cancer higher for the very fat and very thin

November 14, 2006 - EurekAlert / Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Even after successful treatment for colon cancer, the very obese are about one-third more likely to have their cancer recur and to die prematurely from cancer than those of normal weight.

Obese kidney transplant patients twice as likely to die in the first year or suffer organ failure

November 13, 2006 - EurekAlert / Transplant International

Six percent of obese kidney transplant patients die in the first year and 14 percent suffer transplant failures. The figures for non obese patients are three percent and eight percent.

Bariatric surgery complication rates high in some hospitals

November 13, 2006 - EurekAlert / Health Grades

In-hospital bariatric surgery complication rates vary dramatically among the nation's hospitals

Losing weight and reducing risk of diabetes: Diet and exercise work equally well

November 8, 2006 - EurekAlert / American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Exercise and diet work equally well in reducing the risk factors for diabetes, a new study finds.

Is a low-calorie diet the secret to longevity?

November 7, 2006 - MSNBC

Some believe a restricted-calorie diet will let them live longer, healthier lives.

Number of obese Chinese swells to 60 million

November 6, 2006 - AFP / Yahoo! News (Link expired)

Obesity afflicts about 60 million people in China thanks to the rising prosperity and influx of fatty Western foods accompanying the nation's opening to the world.

Binge-eating a problem for some overweight kids

November 6, 2006 - Reuters / Yahoo! News (Link expired)

Overweight children who are prone to binge-eating can down hundreds more calories at a sitting than their peers, yet still feel hungry again soon after.