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Weight Loss, Dieting and Obesity

Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0073.

How we can stop stress from making us obese

July 1, 2007 - EurekAlert / Nature Medicine

New findings on the mechanisms that trigger stress-induced obesity could offer hope to millions.


Weight management program improves body fat levels, diabetes risk factors for overweight children

June 26, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA

Children who participated in a family-based weight management program designed for inner-city minority children had better outcomes regarding weight gain, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and insulin sensitivity compared to children who received traditional weight counseling in a clinic.


Gene deficiency is a protective barrier to obesity

June 26, 2007 - EurekAlert / The FASEB Journal

A search for the molecular clues of longevity has taken Mayo Clinic researchers down another path that could explain why some people who consume excessive calories don’t gain weight.


Portion-control dishes may help obese diabetics lose weight

June 25, 2007 - EurekAlert / Archives of Internal Medicine

A plate and cereal bowl with markers for proper portion sizes appear to help obese patients with diabetes lose weight and decrease their use of glucose-controlling medications.


Obesity associated with a lower risk of tuberculosis in older Chinese population

June 25, 2007 - EurekAlert / Archives of Internal Medicine

Obese or overweight Chinese individuals age 65 and older have a lower risk of developing tuberculosis than those at a normal weight.


Researchers isolate new risk marker for overweight children

June 21, 2007 - EurekAlert / Biochemistry Society Transactions

A study of 40 overweight children in Edmonton has revealed they all share something in common aside from being heavy: each one of them has high levels of apoB48, a structural protein found in intestinal cholesterol.


Obese heart attack patients are more likely to survive after treatment than normal-weight patients

June 19, 2007 - EurekAlert / European Heart Journal

Obese and very obese patients have a lower risk of dying after they have been treated for heart attacks than do normal weight patients.


Link between obesity and enlarged heart discovered by University of Arizona researchers

June 19, 2007 - EurekAlert / 18th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography

Excessive body weight is associated with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, a thickening of the heart muscle in the left ventricle


Curbing the obesity epidemic

June 19, 2007 - EurekAlert / Public Library of Science

A Swedish study reports a protocol that detects with high precision 30 percent of all obese pre-adolescent children already at age 5 using only weight and height data.


Burning fat and carbohydrate during exercise

June 18, 2007 - EurekAlert / The Journal of Physiology

Observations suggest that fat oxidation during exercise reflects a fine interplay between the cardiovascular, neurological, endocrine and muscle metabolic systems.


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