Diet in health
Key Factors In Student Weight - Impoverished Schools, Parent Education
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... Continue reading »
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Assessing The Value Of BMI Screening And Surveillance In Schools
The value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. An expert Roundtable Discussion in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed... Continue reading »
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Metabolic Side Effects Such As Obesity And Diabetes Caused By Antipsychotic Medications
In 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics - typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders - making them among the most... Continue reading »
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Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure In Those With Obesity And Hypertension Without Increasing Weight
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... Continue reading »
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People-Pleasers Feel Pressure To Eat When They Believe It Will Help Another Person Feel More Comfortable
If you are a people-pleaser who strives to keep your social relationships smooth and comfortable, you might find yourself overeating in certain social situations like Super Bowl watch parties. A new... Continue reading »
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Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar
Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic,... Continue reading »
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Our Dining Partners Influence Our Eating Behavior
Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the... Continue reading »
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Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years
Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled... Continue reading »
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Potential Link Between Daily Consumption Of Diet Soft Drinks And Risk Of Vascular Events
Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by... Continue reading »
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Shedding Light On Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Gene Mutation Linked To Accumulation Of Fat, Other Lipids In Liver
A team of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of California at San Francisco has discovered that the mutation of a gene encoding a ketone body transporter triggers accumulation... Continue reading »
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Sugar - Attacking Health Globally
A recent study published in Nature by Robert Lustig, MD, Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, and Claire Brindis, DPH, and colleges at the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that sugar is as... Continue reading »
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Lumbar Disc Degeneration More Likely In Overweight And Obese Adults
One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a... Continue reading »
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Giving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of... Continue reading »
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Normal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues
A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal... Continue reading »
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Weight Of Physician May Influence Obesity Diagnosis And Care
A patient's body mass index (BMI) may not be the only factor at play when a physician diagnoses a patient as obese. According to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School... Continue reading »
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Sedentary Lifestyle A Problem For 2 In 5 Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis
A new study, funded by a grant from the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), found that two in five adults (42%) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were... Continue reading »
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Rise In Heart Disease Prevalence In The Gulf States Linked To Rapid Urbanisation As Well As Cultural Habits
While the rapid improvement in socio-economic conditions is thought responsible for the high rates of cardiovascular disease in the Gulf states, deep-rooted cultural factors also play a part. "We're... Continue reading »
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Appetite Accomplice: Ghrelin Receptor Alters Dopamine Signaling
New research reveals a fascinating and unexpected molecular partnership within the brain neurons that regulate appetite. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the journal... Continue reading »
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Patients With Diabetes Benefit From Lifestyle Counseling In Primary Care Setting
Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly lower blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and keep them under control,... Continue reading »
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Studying The Causes Of Obesity In Aboriginal Children
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community... Continue reading »
