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Blog of Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity Research - Archive #0121.Updated (almost) daily
Brain background to body massDecember 14, 2008 - EurekAlert / Nature Genetics and also here A genetic study of more than 90,000 people has identified six new genetic variants that are associated with increased Body Mass Index. Five of the genes are known to be active in the brain, suggesting that many genetic variants implicated in obesity might affect behavior. Through such research, researchers hope to understand better the mechanisms regulating energy balance, which will guide the development of new therapies and help to develop improved diagnosis K-State researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthmaDecember 12, 2008 - Kansas State University / American College of Sports Medicine Meeting A Kansas State University study that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise. These findings may point to the increase over the past several decades in asthma prevalence as well as obesity prevalence Brain enzyme may play key role in controlling appetite and weight gainDecember 12, 2008 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that overactivity of a brain enzyme may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity Where do the fattest Germans live?December 12, 2008 - EurekAlert / Deutsches Arzteblatt International The population of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt most often suffers from obesity and has the greatest waist circumference, followed by Brandenburg. Sweetened beverage consumption increases in the USOver the past two decades, the number of adults consuming sugar-sweetened beverages such as soft drinks, fruit drinks and punches has increased dramatically Low-carb diets can affect dieters' cognition skillsDecember 11, 2008 - Tufts University / Appetite A new study shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories, but maintain carbohydrates. When carbohydrates were reintroduced, cognition skills returned to normal Exercise suppresses appetite by affecting appetite hormonesDecember 11, 2008 - American Journal of Physiology: Reg, Integrative & Comp Physiology A vigorous 60-minute workout on a treadmill affects the release of two key appetite hormones, ghrelin and peptide YY, while 90 minutes of weight lifting affects the level of only ghrelin. The research shows that aerobic exercise is better at suppressing appetite than nonaerobic exercise and provides a possible explanation for how that happens. This line of research may eventually lead to more effective ways to use exercise to help control weight Obesity among state's low-income teens nearly triple that of more affluent peersDecember 10, 2008 - EurekAlert / UCLA Center for Health Policy Research In this policy brief, the authors examine why low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households. Specifically, persistent barriers to health were found, including high numbers of neighborhood fast food restaurants, high sugary soda consumption and television viewing and low numbers of parks and other opportunities for physical activity Lack of vitamin D causes weight gain and stunts growth in girlsDecember 10, 2008 - EurekAlert / Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Insufficient vitamin D can stunt growth and foster weight gain during puberty The dark chocolate version of Father Christmas is most fillingDecember 10, 2008 - University of Copenhagen New research shows that dark chocolate is far more filling than milk chocolate, lessening our craving for sweet, salty and fatty foods. In other words, eating dark chocolate may be an efficient way to keep your weight down over Christmas |
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