Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News From Medical News Today The world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammatory nature of obesity is widely recognized. Could it really be an epidemic involving an infectious agent? In this climate of concern over the increasing prevalence of overweight conditions in our society, investigators have focused on the possible role of oral bacteria as a potential direct contributor to obesity. To investigate this possibility, the study's researchers J.M. Goodson, D.
Oral Bacteria May Contribute To The Development Of Obesity The world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammatory nature of obesity is widely recognized. Could it really be an epidemic involving an infectious agent? In this climate of concern over the increasing ...
New System Reveals Whether School Wellness Policies 'Make The Grade' In an effort to help families and school administrators fight the epidemic of obesity among children, a Yale-led team of researchers has developed a practical coding system to evaluate school wellness policies, which are required of all schools ...
Middle-Aged Mice Fed Antibiotic Lived Longer US researchers found that feeding middle-aged mice the antibiotic rapamycin, an anti-fungal agent originally discovered in the soil of Easter Island, helped them live between 9 and 14 per cent longer than equivalent mice not fed the drug, ...
Pluronic L-81: A Potential Anti-Diabetic Drug? Pluronic surfactants are synthetic copolymers based on ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. It has been reported that a nonionic L-81, effectively inhibits absorption of dietary lipids from the intestine and secretion of VLDL and LDL from the liver. ...
Proven Link Between Obesity And Diabetes A Monash University study has proven a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease. The findings were published today in Cell Metabolism.
Study Examines Effects Of Stress On Weight Gain In US Population Stressing out can cause people to gain weight, according to a study appearing in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. This new study is believed to be one of the first of its kind to look at the relationship between weight gain and ...
New Culprit Behind Obesity's Ill Metabolic Consequences Obesity very often leads to insulin resistance, and now researchers reporting in the July 8 issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, have uncovered another factor behind that ill consequence. The newly discovered culprit - a protein known ...
Weight Loss Effective In Preventing Falls For The Obese In addition to greatly improving overall health and longevity, losing weight is an effective fall prevention strategy for persons with obesity, according to a new study from the American College of Sports Medicine. A study by Michael Madigan, Ph.D., ...
Nearly Two Thirds Of Adults In UK Don't Do Enough Exercise, Survey A survey of UK adults found that nearly two thirds are risking their health by not doing enough exercise and putting themselves at greater risk of potentially fatal illnesses like cancer, heart disease and stroke. The Opinium Research survey was ...
Lab Test: Inject Genes Into The Brain, Fat Disappears It's estimated two out of three Americans are now overweight or obese* - and spend about $60 billion a year to try and change it.** But someday losing weight might be as quick as a single injection - but this one wouldn't be in the arm - ...
Health Secretary Says New Mexico Must Address Serious Obesity Problem In response to Trust for America's Health "F as in Fat" report released today, Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil, MD, said New Mexico needs to continue to strengthen its obesity-prevention efforts to address a serious problem with obesity. The report ...
More Loneliness, Anxiety Experienced By Overweight Kids, MU Study Finds As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight ...
Cutting Calories May Be Key To Evolutionary Fitness Charles Darwin and his contemporaries postulated that food consumption in birds and mammals was limited by resource levels, that is, animals would eat as much as they could while food was plentiful and produce as many offspring as this would allow them ...
Center Receives Grant Renewal For Hypertension And Vascular Disease Studies The Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received renewal of a multi-million dollar grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to continue the ...
Mom's Weight During Pregnancy Affects Her Daughter's Risk Of Being Obese A mother's weight and the amount she gains during pregnancy both impact her daughter's risk of obesity decades later, according to a new study by Alison Stuebe, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at ...
Examining Dietary Influences Of Liver Disease Diets high in protein and cholesterol are associated with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while diets high in carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk. These findings are in the July issue of Hepatology, ...
Exercise Helps Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Counseling patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on how to increase physical activity leads to health benefits that are independent of changes in weight. These findings are in a new study in the July issue of Hepatology, a journal ...
