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Weight Loss, Dieting and Obesity

Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0083.

Weight loss -- not one size fits all

November 1, 2007 - EurekAlert / International Journal of Obesity

There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to weight loss through exercise.


Time to supersize control efforts for obesity

November 1, 2007 - EurekAlert / The Lancet

An apolitical, cross-departmental approach is required for the UK to tackle the obesity epidemic, and further inactivity will only magnify the consequences of the epidemic.


Obesity common in children with heart disease

November 1, 2007 - EurekAlert / Pediatrics

Obesity is common in children with congenital and acquired heart disease, a population already at increased risk of a shortened life expectancy.


Government restrictions on weight loss surgeries limit access for poor, underinsured patients

October 30, 2007 - EurekAlert / Archives of Surgery

Thresholds limiting bariatric surgeries to high-volume centers disproportionately restrict access for poor and underinsured patients, populations which are among the most in need of them.


Brain circuits that control hunger identified

October 29, 2007 - EurekAlert / Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Researchers at UCLA have determined the brain circuits involved in hunger that are influenced by a hormone called leptin.


Attenuation of NASH by stimulation of free fatty acid metabolism

October 26, 2007 - EurekAlert / World Journal of Gastroenterology

The prevalence of obesity around the world is booming. Consequently, obesity-associated comorbid diseases, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis are also escalating.


Obesity-related hormone is higher in children with Down syndrome

October 26, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Pediatrics

Children with Down syndrome are more likely than their unaffected siblings to have higher levels of a hormone associated with obesity


'Knocking out' cell receptor may help block fat deposits in tissues, prevent weight gain

October 25, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Clinical Investigation

Pathologists have identified a new molecular target that one day may help scientists develop drugs to reduce fat transport to adipocytes in the body and prevent obesity and related disorders.


Obesity risks increase after menopause

October 25, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing

Postmenopausal women are at an age when the incidence and exacerbation of the chronic health conditions associated with obesity become more prevalent.


Mayo Clinic Proceedings article explores possible link between obesity and viral infections

October 23, 2007 - EurekAlert / Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Experts don't dispute the important role that diet and activity play in maintaining a healthy weight. But can poor eating habits and a less active lifestyle fully explain the prevalence of obesity in the United States today?


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