Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity Blog

Blog of Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity Research - Archive #0123.

Study links obesity to elevated risk of ovarian cancer

January 5, 2009 - EurekAlert / Cancer

A new epidemiological study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight.

Can't chalk it up to 'baby fat'

December 29, 2008 - EurekAlert / Pediatrics

Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive that diagnosis by a pediatrician. The study also stresses that this failure to diagnose appears to mostly impact children who may most greatly benefit from early intervention

Nutrigenomics -- developing personalized diets for disease prevention

December 29, 2008 - EurekAlert / OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology

The emerging field of nutrigenomics, which aims to identify the genetic factors that influence the body's response to diet and studies how the bioactive constituents of food affect gene expression, is explored in a series of provocative, interdisciplinary reports and analyses in the December 2008 special issue

Another reason to avoid high-fat diet -- it can disrupt our biological clock

December 29, 2008 - EurekAlert / Endocrinology

Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms -- everyone's 24-hour biological clock

Minimizing obesity's impact on ovarian cancer survival

December 29, 2008 - EurekAlert / Gynecologic Oncology

A new study showed that when actual body weight was used in chemo dosing for epithelial ovarian cancer, the overall survival is 40 months for non-obese patients and 47 months for obese patients, not a significant difference. Similar outcomes are seen in obese and non-obese cancer survivors being monitored for recurrence of their ovarian cancer. Earlier studies found obesity as a negative indicator.

Nutritious fast-food kids' meals are scarce

December 22, 2008 - Michigan State University/ American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Only three percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major US metropolitan market. The small percentage of meals that did meet dietary guidelines included fruit as a side dish and milk, and nearly all were deli-sandwich meals

Augsburg: Weight issues in children starting school

December 22, 2008 - EurekAlert / Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Immigrant children have a greater risk of obesity and being overweight. This is the result of a study from Augsburg with 2,306 children examined upon starting school. The doctors recorded not only the age, sex, weight and height of the children, but also their native language.

When it's not just baby weight

December 22, 2008 - EurekAlert / BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth and more here

Researchers led by Temple University's Jennifer Fisher have found that women with a poor perception of their weight were up to seven times more likely to gain excess weight over their pregnancies.

Leptin's long-distance call to the pancreas

December 22, 2008 - EurekAlert / Journal of Cell Biology

As Hinoi, et al. show, the fat-derived hormone leptin enlists the sympathetic nervous system to prevent bone-making cells from releasing a molecule that prods the pancreas to discharge insulin.

Eating at buffets plus not exercising equals obesity in rural America

December 19, 2008 - Washington University School of Medicine / Preventive Medicine

In small towns in the Midwestern United States, people who eat out often at buffets and cafeterias and who perceive their community to be unpleasant for physical activity are more likely to be obese