That America has a weight problem can’t be denied, but the social perception that obese people simply can’t lose weight is not true, a new study finds. According to researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, obese Americans are trying to lose weight — and many are successful. The researchers looked at data for 4,021 obese people ages 20 and older wh... (read more)
People who ate chocolate a few times a week or more weighed less than those who rarely indulged, according to a U.S. study involving a thousand people. Researchers said the findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, don't prove that adding a candy bar to your daily diet will help you shed pounds. Nor did the total amount of chocolate consumed have an impact. But the researchers, led by Beatrice ... (read more)
When roasted at 475 degrees, coffee beans are sometimes described as rich and full-bodied. But for the full-bodied person who is not so rich, unroasted coffee beans — green as the day they were picked — may hold the key to cheap and effective weight loss, new research suggests. In a study presented Tuesday at the American Chemical Society's spring national meeting in San Diego, 16 overweight young adult... (read more)
People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner, new research suggests. The findings come from a study of nearly 1,000 US people that looked at diet, calorie intake and body mass index (BMI) - a measure of obesity. It found those who ate chocolate a few times a week were, on average, slimmer than those who ate it occasionally. Even though chocolate is loaded with calories, it contains ingredients that may f... (read more)
An Oregon State University researcher has reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off -- it doesn't exist. Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2.4 billion industry in the United States, and said no research evidence exists that any single product results ... (read more)
Gluten-free products are all the rage these days, but many health-conscious eaters who buy them may be wasting their money, the authors of a new commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine suggest. Going gluten-free is necessary for people with celiac disease, an autoimmune condition triggered by gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye. The disease causes inflammation in the small intestine and can lead ... (read more)
It inspires confidence when a dentist has good teeth, or a hairstylist has a chic ‘do, or when the salesperson at a boutique has an immaculate sense of personal style. The same may be true of doctors who maintain a healthy weight — which may help explain why those who are overweight are less likely to broach the topic of weight loss with their patients. In a study of 500 primary care physicians aro... (read more)
Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people. Men have less than younger women. It is brown fat, actually brown in color, and its great appeal is that it burns calories like a furnace. A new study finds that one form of it, which is turned on when people get cold, sucks fat out of the rest of the body to fuel itself. Another new study finds tha... (read more)
In a study that provides provocative support for a new approach to treating obesity, a drug that kills a particular type of fat cell by choking off its blood supply was shown to cause significant weight loss in obese monkeys. After four weeks of treatment at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, obese monkeys given daily injections of the drug, called adipotide, lost an average of 11% of their body wei... (read more)
For years, studies of obesity have found that soon after fat people lost weight, their metabolism slowed and they experienced hormonal changes that increased their appetites. Scientists hypothesized that these biological changes could explain why most obese dieters quickly gained back much of what they had so painfully lost. But now a group of Australian researchers have taken those investigations... (read more)
We’re getting fatter, we don’t stick to diets or we gain the weight back lickety-split if we do --and meanwhile, where are the weight loss drugs? They’ve been surprisingly hard to develop. Now one drug that had faltered in the pipeline – Orexigen Therapeutics’ Contrave -- just got a new lease on life after being rejected for approval by the Food and Drug Administration in February. The FDA informed the co... (read more)
A shocking 17 per cent of boys and 15 per cent of girls aged 2 to 15 years are obese in the UK, putting them at risk of serious, long-term health problems. Now a team of Aberdeen researchers is investigating special diets which could help youngsters keep the weight off, thanks to a grant from children's charity Action Medical Research. Obesity is not just a problem with eating too m... (read more)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “stress cardiomyopathy” or “broken-heart syndrome” can mimic chest pain associated with heart attacks. Sudden stressful events, typically emotional ones, can lead to changes in the heart's structure. These changes include ballooning of the left side of the heart and abnormal movement(s) of the heart's wall(s). Additionally, elevations in cardiac enzymes and EKG changes can also o... (read more)
Eating disorders are no joke. It's important for parents and physicians to detect and diagnose them early. Here's a list of things to look out for: Weight changes- weight loss or lack of expected gain Sudden change in eating habits Significant increase in exercise or activity Distorted body image Anxiety For information or help contact your physician or check out http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/.
Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to an underlying disease or can arise from a conscious effort to improve an actual or perceived overweight or obese state.
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