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What We Eat Can Alter The Brain Regions That Regulate Body Weight

February 8, 2012
An editorial authored by University of Cincinnati (UC) diabetes researchers published in the Feb. 7, 2012, issue of the journal Cell Metabolism sheds light on the biological factors contributing to rising rates of obesity and discusses strategies to reduce body weight. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, about ...

Calories, not protein or carbs, are key to weight loss for people with diabetes

February 7, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to reduce weight if they focus on cutting back on total calorie intake, rather than specific high protein/high carbohydrate diets according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington.

Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later On

February 7, 2012
A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to ...

Neutra to initiate clinical trials of new all-natural weight-loss supplement

February 6, 2012
Neutra Corp., an emerging nutraceuticals provider, expects to begin clinical trials of its eagerly anticipated new all-natural weight-loss supplement as early as this week when the company's first batch of Pure Plus arrives from the manufacturer.

Weight Management Programs For African-American Women Are More Successful If Held In A Church

February 6, 2012
As a brand new year gets underway, people all over America are resolving to better manage their weight and have a more healthy 2012. According to a new study, those starting new weight loss programs may be surprised to find out that both location and level of experience may influence ...

Weight loss program for African-American women in a church may become more successful

February 4, 2012
As a brand new year gets underway, people all over America are resolving to better manage their weight and have a more healthy 2012. According to a new study, those starting new weight loss programs may be surprised to find out that both location and level of experience may influence ...

Study to determine how body weight, hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood

February 4, 2012
Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood.

Key Factors In Student Weight – Impoverished Schools, Parent Education

February 3, 2012
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweight. "It was once thought that family income was the main factor when we talk about ...

Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure In Those With Obesity And Hypertension Without Increasing Weight

February 3, 2012
The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain. In a report in the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food ...

Potatoes lower blood pressure in people with obesity and hypertension without increasing weight

February 1, 2012
The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain. In a report in the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food ...

Impoverished schools, parent education key factors in student weight

February 1, 2012
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists.

Impoverished schools, parent education key factors in student weight

February 1, 2012
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweight. "It was once thought that family income was the main factor ...