Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity

Blog of Weight Loss & Obesity Research - Archive #0092.

Tighter tummies: A new way to combat weight gain

March 3, 2008 - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Two cell proteins that relax the gut and help accommodate a big meal have been identified by UCL scientists. The proteins could offer a future drug target against weight gain, by preventing the stomach from expanding.

New study shows low-fat diets more likely to reduce risk of heart disease than low-carb diets

February 29, 2008 - EurekAlert / Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association

Low-fat diets are more effective in preserving and promoting a healthy cardiovascular system than low-carbohydrate, Atkins'-like diets.

Heightened weighing discomfort among women may increase their health risks, Penn study indicates

February 28, 2008 - Appetite

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania points to increased health risks for women owing to their higher level of discomfort about being weighed in public.

Exercise and caloric restriction may be treatment method for metabolic syndrome

February 27, 2008 - EurekAlert / American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

The syndrome is a set of metabolic risk factors including abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure, dysfunctional glucose metabolism and dyslipidemia that together cause a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and death.

Overweight Hispanic children shown to have vascular inflammation

February 27, 2008 - EurekAlert / Diabetes Care

Overweight Hispanic children with normal blood glucose levels showed elevated markers for blood vessel inflammation that may predispose them to developing both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Study details link between obesity, carbs and esophageal cancer

February 25, 2008 - EurekAlert / American Journal of Gastroenterology

Cases of esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) in the US have risen in recent decades from 300,000 cases in 1973 to 2.1 million in 2001 at age-adjusted rates. These rates in the US closely mirrored trends of increased carbohydrate intake and obesity from 1973-2001.

Childhood obesity leads to higher rate of problems during surgery

February 22, 2008 - EurekAlert / Anesthesiology

A new study finds that obese children are much more likely than normal-weight children to have problems with airway obstruction and other breathing-related functions during surgery.

Expert at UH adds obesity to side effects of lead exposure

February 20, 2008 - EurekAlert / Environmental Health Perspectives

Scientists know exposure to low levels of lead can result in learning disabilities, hearing loss, language impairments and vision loss, but a newly discovered side effect may be adult-onset obesity in men.

Overweight and obese men have lower PSA values, even before they get prostate cancer

February 19, 2008 - EurekAlert / Duke University Medical Center

Men who are overweight or obese have lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen in their blood than their normal-weight counterparts

Child obesity seen as fueled by Spanish language tv ads

February 18, 2008 - EurekAlert / Pediatrics

Spanish-language television is bombarding children with so many fast-food commercials that it may be fueling the rising obesity epidemic among Latino youth. Latino children, who make up one-fifth of the US child population, also have the highest obesity and overweight rates of all ethnic groups.