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Weight Loss, Dieting and Obesity

Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0071.

Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat

June 7, 2007 - EurekAlert / American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.


Dietary preferences and patterns may be linked to genes

June 7, 2007 - EurekAlert / Clinical Chemistry

Research indicates that the APOA2 gene is associated with food preferences and dietary patterns.


Heart disease deaths fall, as obesity and diabetes increase

June 7, 2007 - EurekAlert / New England Journal of Medicine

Approximately half the recent fall in coronary heart disease deaths in the US is due to positive life style changes and a further half to medical therapies. This decrease could have been substantially more had it not been for the increases in obesity and diabetes cases.


How to lose weight and not go hungry:

June 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / 70th meeting of the Hebrew University Board of Governors

HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'.


It's safe for obese moms-to-be to lose weight during pregnancy

June 5, 2007 - EurekAlert / Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Research finds doctors should encourage most overweight women to diet and exercise during pregnancy.


Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism

June 5, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism

Hormone found in liver helps to induce ketosis, the unique metabolic state brought about by low-carbohydrate diets.


Uncovering the molecular basis of obesity

June 5, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism

Why does the same diet make some of us gain more weight than others? The answer could be a molecule called Bsx.


Women up to age 30 at risk for bone loss

June 4, 2007 - EurekAlert / Endocrine Society annual meeting in Toronto.

Women who follow strict exercise and diet regimens may harm their body's ability to form new bone, which can lead to osteoporosis later in life.


Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer

June 4, 2007 - EurekAlert / Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Physical fitness gains made by obese children who participated in a lifestyle-focused physical education class during the school year were lost after the three-month summer break.


Pancreatic surgery riskier for obese patients

June 4, 2007 - EurekAlert / Thomas Jefferson University

Obesity may contribute to a greater likelihood of post-operative complications for patients having pancreatic surgery.


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