Posts tagged: weight
Overweight girls with body satisfaction less likely to gain unhealthy weight
In a study that examined the relationship between body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI) and binge eating in overweight and obese adolescent girls, Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, researcher at Boston Children's Hospital, discovered that the less satisfied a girl is with her body, the more unhealthy weight she is ...
Hot sauce ingredient reduces ‘beer belly’ fat as a weight-loss surgery alternative
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital, the ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat could play a role in the future of weight loss.
Overweight Toddlers – Mothers Commonly Underestimate Their Weight
Mothers whose toddlers are overweight frequently see them as having no weight problem and are happy with their body size, suggesting that overweight has become normal for several adults, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine reported in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. They also found that ...
New Research Explains How Proper Sleep Is Important For Healthy Weight
If you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal. In the report, French scientists show that impairments to a gene known to be responsible for our internal body clocks, called "Rev-Erb ...
Gene Discovered That Leads To Severe Weight Gain With Antipsychotic Treatment
Antipsychotic medications are increasingly prescribed in the US, but they can cause serious side effects including rapid weight gain, especially in children. In the first study of its kind, researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research identified a gene that increases weight gain in those ...
IUD Use Tied to Modest Weight Loss
By Carina Storrs HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women who use an intrauterine device (IUD) as birth control may not have to worry about gaining weight after the device is implanted, new research suggests. Researchers compared the medical records ...
Low weight gain reported among women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
In one of the largest studies of its kind, clinicians and researchers with Carolinas HealthCare System found that nearly 25% of women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) reported weight gain below recommended levels for their pre-pregnancy body mass index (PPBMI).
Overweight? New research explains how proper sleep is important for healthy weight
Bethesda, MDIf you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal ( http://www.fasebj.org ). In the report, French scientists show that impairments to a gene known to be responsible for ...
Overweight? New research explains how proper sleep is important for healthy weight
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) A new report shows that counting calories to lose weight is only part of the equation. Scientists show that impairments to a gene responsible for our internal body clocks, called "Rev-Erb alpha," leads to excessive weight gain and related health problems. This research ...
Infant Size, Birth Weight Not Affected By Anti-HIV Drug Use During Pregnancy
Infants born to women who used the anti-HIV drug tenofovir as part of an anti-HIV drug regimen during pregnancy do not weigh less at birth and are not of shorter length than infants born to women who used anti-HIV drug regimens that do not include tenofovir during pregnancy, according to ...
In Postmenopausal Women, Weight Loss Led To Reduction In Inflammation
Postmenopausal women who were overweight or obese and lost at least 5 percent of their body weight had a measurable reduction in markers of inflammation, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Both obesity and inflammation have been shown to ...