Not complying with physical activity recommendations is leaving around a third of adults (approx.1.5 billion people) and 4 out of 5 adolescents at a 20-30% greater risk of diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer, Brazilian researchers have found. The first paper in The Lancet Series on physical activity has calculated the first global estimate of p [?]
Weight loss surgery does not reduce long-term health costs - at least among older men, says a new study published in Archives of Surgery. Although bariatric surgery is the most effective way to induce weight loss in individuals who are severely obese, the related health care expenditure trends have not been thoroughly investigated, say the researchers... [?]
An increasing number of parents today are using the television as an 'electronic babysitter', according to evidence. Some parents tell their children that watching too much TV will make their eyes go square and, although this is not true, evidence is emerging that watching too much TV as a child could mean they end up with a larger waistline... [?]
Experts have been questioning if hormone-suppressing drugs is the best treatment for obese women because they still have higher levels of estrogen than normal weight women even after treatment... [?]
Dieters and overweight individuals are more likely to make healthy food choices if words related to health and weight are shown on restaurant menu's, posters, and recipe cards, say researchers. The study, conducted by Ester Papies and colleagues of Utrecht University, The Netherlands, will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study [?]
If you want to really succeed in losing weight you should never skip meals, you should avoid eating out, and ideally, you should keep a food journal, especially if you are an overweight or obese postmenopausal woman, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reported in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics... [?]
Obesity is not to blame for poor educational performance, according to early findings from research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). In a study that combines statistical methods with genetic information, researchers dispel the false idea that being overweight has damaging educational consequences... [?]
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have isolated a new type of energy-burning fat cell in adult humans which they say may have therapeutic potential for treating obesity. Called "beige fat," the cells are found in scattered pea-sized deposits beneath the skin near the collarbone and along the spine in adult humans... [?]
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes - a major public health concern in the United States due to the current obesity epidemic... [?]
A new study, published in the International Journal of Obesity and funded by Cancer Research and the Medical Research Council (MRC), found that women who breastfed their children have a lower body mass index (BMI) than women who did not. The research consisted of 740,000 post-menopausal UK women... [?]
Even as we spend more on healthcare every year, the number of people with chronic health problems continues to rise in developed countries like the United States. Most of these chronic health problems - such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease - can be addressed through lifestyle changes... [?]
Cutting up food into smaller pieces may help people control their weight more easily because they are more satisfying to eat than one large piece with the same number of calories, according to a new study presented at a conference this week... [?]
How much your friends weigh could influence your own weight, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE. Researchers from Loyola University found that students were likely to gain weight if their friends were heavier than they were. However, if their friends were leaner, they were more likely to slim down, or gain weight at a slower pace. In [?]
When people give up smoking they usually put on from 4 to 5 kg (9 to 11 lbs) within 12 months, much more than previously thought, researchers from INSERM, France, and the University of Birmingham, UK, reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). The authors added that most of the weight gain tends to occur within three months of quitting... [?]
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior suggests that, not only the amount and type of food eaten but the time of day it is eaten, is important in contributing to obesity... [?]
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, sought to investigate personality traits that make some people more vulnerable to over-eating and weight gain. Obesity rates have been partly attributed to the easy acces [?]
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that prolonged exposure to a high-fat diet reduces the quality of sleep in rats... [?]
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that gastric bypass surgery induces changes in the gut microbiota and peptide release that are similar to those seen after treatment with prebiotics... [?]
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, introduces novel cost-effective strategies to facilitate healthy eating among weight-conscious consumers... [?]
A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb... [?]
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