Weight Management

A study have found a novel way to target brown fat regulation to reduce obesity. A study by researchers in Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) has shown a new way that brown fat, a potential obesity-fighting target, is regulated in the body. This finding gives researchers and weight-loss companies a possible therapeutic target for obesity. In an upcoming … [Read more...]

A study has confirmed that mothers who gains too much weight during pregnancy generally have their child who later become obese. A new study conducted in collaboration between The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Harokopio University has found that when an expecting mother gains more weight than recommended, does not exercise or smokes during pregnancy, the … [Read more...]

A study has inferred that high intensity exercise training helps to minimize loss of muscle, bone, and cardiovascular function in astronauts and others. Run far or run fast? That is one of the questions NASA is trying to answer with one of its latest studies -- and the answers may help keep us in shape on Earth, as well as in space. Even with regular exercise, astronauts who … [Read more...]

A study has established that skipping meals linked to abdominal weight gain. A new study in animals suggests that skipping meals sets off a series of metabolic miscues that can result in abdominal weight gain. In the study, mice that ate all of their food as a single meal and fasted the rest of the day developed insulin resistance in their livers -- which scientists consider a … [Read more...]

An Austrian study has concluded that obesity increases risk of developing cancer. Cancer is more likely to develop in people who are very overweight (obese), because surplus body fat interferes with various hormone cycles and with glucose and fat metabolism. On the occasion of European Obesity Day, metabolic expert Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) at … [Read more...]

A study has established that to number of ways and treatments to be followed to tackle obesity. No one health issue has the most impact on human health, or engenders more debate about how to tackle it, than obesity. It has become the scourge of the health agenda, especially in the west, and it is a growing problem. According to the latest figures from the World Health … [Read more...]

A study has confirmed that ease of weight loss is influenced by individual biology. For the first time in a lab, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found evidence supporting the commonly held belief that people with certain physiologies lose less weight than others when limiting calories. Study results published May 11 in Diabetes. Researchers at the Phoenix … [Read more...]

A study has established that there is rising tide of the online fat acceptance movement. Media and healthcare institutions have long commanded that the ideal and desirable body shape should be thin. If you are fat are you irresponsibly risking your health? Will you ever be able to look or feel beautiful? Will you truly enjoy citizenship? New research published in Journal of … [Read more...]

A study has concluded that treatments given in childhood for cancer may increase obesity risk later in life. Individuals who had cancer as a child may be at increased risk of being obese due to the therapies they received during their youth. The finding comes from a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's … [Read more...]

A study has established that potential obesity treatment targets the two sides of appetite i.e hunger and feeling full. Our bodies' hormones work together to tell us when to eat and when to stop. But for many people who are obese, this system is off-balance. Now scientists have designed a hormone-like compound to suppress hunger and boost satiety, or a full feeling, at the same … [Read more...]

A study has confirmed that childhood obesity influenced by how kids are fed. It's estimated that by 2020, 16 million kids under the age of 5 will be obese. Currently, most public health initiatives are focused on promoting healthy eating and physical activity to reverse the trend. However, the origins of childhood obesity may be as much about psychology as biology. "The … [Read more...]

A study has concluded that junk food kills bacteria that protect against obesity. Strong link between good bacteria, diet and overall health discovered after researchers lived on McDonald's meals for 10 days straight. Eating junk food kills stomach bacteria which protect against obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, inflammatory bowel conditions and autism, fresh studies … [Read more...]

A Spanish study has concluded that Atkins diet doesn’t help you lose weight, but leads to weight gain in long run. Atkins diet is one of the most followed diet regime by those who are looking to reduce their carbohydrate consumption and increase protein intake to get in shape and shed some kilos off their body; however, a new research has claimed that a high-protein diet … [Read more...]

A study has proved that blocking obesity-associated protein stops dangerous fat formation in mouse. By changing mouse genes to block a protein associated with obesity, Oxford University scientists have prevented fat from forming around the animals' internal organs, even when the animals eat an unhealthy diet. The study in Nature Medicine found that these genetically engineered … [Read more...]

A study has proved that 65 percent of people regain weight after rapid weight loss. Shedding pounds seems like a widespread American past time. An overwhelming majority of Americans — at least 45 million of us, according to CBS News — are on a diet. And yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 68 percent of people over 20 are either obese or overweight. A … [Read more...]

In a study WHO has estimated that 74% of men and 64% of women in UK to be overweight by 2030. Health experts warn of problem of ‘enormous proportions’ with rising obesity expected in many countries over the next 15 years. Europe’s growing obesity crisis will see almost three-quarters of men and two-thirds of women in the UK being overweight in 15 years, health experts have … [Read more...]

  A study has concluded that obese females who do not lose weight are in fact most in need of losing weight. In obese females, a close relationship may exist between their disinhibition (detrimental eating and behavioral characteristics) that limits successful weight loss, and impaired metabolism, new research shows. The results were presented at ENDO 2015, the … [Read more...]

  Obesity in women is linked to intake of foods high in nickel content a study has found. Avoiding foods that contain nickel significantly decreased body fat and body-mass index in overweight women allergic to the metal, especially those in early menopause, according to a pilot study in PLoS One. The study found an unusually high prevalence of nickel allergy in … [Read more...]

  A link as been found in Testosterone, atherosclerosis and obesity in anew research. New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that the androgen receptor confers protection against diet-induced atherosclerosis, obesity and dyslipidemia in female mice. While testosterone replacement therapies may be controversial in males, new research in The FASEB Journal may … [Read more...]

  A new study supports human milk as the optimal first food for babies, but the study raises questions about whether breast milk protects children from becoming obese. The Cincinnati Children's Medical Center review of more than 80 relevant breastfeeding studies that were conducted over a period of at least 20 years is published in Current Obesity Reports. "The … [Read more...]

A recent study has concluded that obese people fall into six distinct categories. Scientists call for bespoke treatment rather than a 'one size fits all' approach to tackling the epidemic. Obese people fall into six distinct categories, a study suggests, leading scientists to call for bespoke treatment rather than a “one size fits all” approach to tackling the epidemic which … [Read more...]

Middle-aged people who are underweight (with a Body Mass Index [BMI] less than 20 kg/m2) are a third more likely to develop dementia than people of similar age with a healthy BMI, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The findings, which come from the largest ever study to examine the statistical association between BMI and … [Read more...]

Making small, consistent changes to the types of protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods we eat may have a big impact on long-term weight gain, according to a new study led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University. The results were published on-line in the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Based on more than 16 … [Read more...]

Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through normal metabolism, becomes a hunger-suppressing lipid. Mice that drank water laced with the programmed bacteria ate less, had lower body fat and staved off diabetes -- even when fed a high-fat diet -- offering a potential weight-loss strategy for humans. The … [Read more...]

Obese patients with atrial fibrillation who lost at least 10 percent of their body weight were six times more likely to achieve long-term freedom from this common heart rhythm disorder compared to those who did not lose weight, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session. The study is the first to track the long-term … [Read more...]

Nearly three out of four Chinese adults have poor cardiovascular health, with poor diet and growing rates of obesity compounding the risks associated with continuing high rates of smoking, according to a new survey published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The 2010 China Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance Group collected cardiovascular health data … [Read more...]

Obesity guidelines recommend an initial weight loss goal of 5 to 10% of start weight to improve health. A recent study found that patients who received liraglutide 3.0 mg, combined with fewer calories and more physical activity, were more than twice as likely to achieve at least that level of weight loss, compared to patients on placebo who made similar lifestyle changes. … [Read more...]

A team of Spanish scientists proves that subjects who present higher levels of persistent organic pollutants in their organism also suffer from higher cholesterol and triglycerides levels. A team of Spanish scientists, which includes several researchers from the University of Granada, has confirmed that there is a relation between the levels of certain environmental … [Read more...]

Recent study published in the American Journal of Hypertension has found that body mass index (BMI) in healthy adolescents has a statistically significant association with both systolic blood pressures (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), and highlights the significance of the global trend of rapidly increasing adolescent obesity. The study, led by Yaron Arbel, M.D., … [Read more...]