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Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0070.'Energy Up' demonstrates success as obesity intervention program for inner-city girlsMay 31, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Adolescent Health The health brief titled,"Energy Up" A Novel Approach to the Weight Management of Inner-City Teens," describes the positive results of this school-based, nutrition and fitness pilot program. 'Supersize me' mice research offers grim warning for America's fast food consumersMay 23, 2007 - EurekAlert / Digestive Diseases Week New Saint Louis University research presented this week found fatty liver disease and signs of type 2 diabetes after only four weeks of a high-fat, high-sugar diet. Emory University researchers find persistent and severe asthma associated with obesityMay 23, 2007 - EurekAlert / American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference After analyzing results of a survey of more than 3,000 adults with asthma, researchers have found that obese patients with asthma are more likely to have severe asthma when compared to those who are not overweight. Healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help delay disabilityMay 21, 2007 - EurekAlert / Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Maintaining a healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help prevent or delay the onset of physical disability as we age Scavenger cells may have role blocking obesityMay 21, 2007 - EurekAlert / Nature Macrophages - the scavenger cells of the body's immune system - are known as troublemakers for the role they play in obesity, but researchers have found that the cells can also be saviors when it comes to metabolism. Parents and schools, major factors in China obesity boomMay 20, 2007 - EurekAlert / Research Australia A study of high schools in China has found community, school and household factors have a major impact on obesity in adolescents. Clock gene plays role in weight gain, study findsMay 17, 2007 - EurekAlert / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Scientists have discovered that a gene that participates in the regulation of the body's biological rhythms may also be a major control in regulating metabolism. Low physical activity can improve fitness levels for sedentary, overweight postmenopausal womenMay 15, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA New research indicates that even small amounts of physical activity, approximately 75 minutes a week, can help improve the fitness levels for postmenopausal women who are sedentary and overweight or obese. Low-glycemic load diet may be more effective for dieters with certain insulin response patternsMay 15, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA Overweight individuals who secrete insulin at a higher level may experience greater weight loss by selecting a low-glycemic load diet Obesity increases risk of injury on the jobMay 15, 2007 - EurekAlert / American Journal of Epidemiology Having a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury. |
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