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US Researchers Are Working on an Imaginary Meal Weight-Loss Drug

January 5, 2015 Posted by Contributor

US researchers have developed a drug that can mimic the symptoms our body feels after having ingested a copious meal. Recently, the “imaginary meal” drug has been successfully tested on obese mice with no side effects. Researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, fed a group of obese mice with fexaramine on a daily basis for five weeks. Scientists noticed that the drug wasn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: farnesoid X receptor (FXR), fat-burning drug, fexaramine drug, imaginary meal drug, lose weight, losing weight, Obesity, obesity cure, obesity mouse study, Ronald Evans, Salk Institute, weight-loss drug, weight-loss pills

Not All Obese People Develop Obesity-Related Health Problems

January 3, 2015 Posted by Editor

A new study found that not all obese people develop obesity-related diseases when consuming fast food. Scientists also noticed that about 25 percent of the people affected by obesity stay in good health, and show no signs of high cholesterol, insulin resistance, or excess liver fat. The study was conducted by U.S. scientists and involved 20 obese people. Over a six-month period, those people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: healthy obese people, heart disease linked to obesity, metabolic complications in obesity, Obesity, obesity in the US, obesity-related problems, Washington University's Center for Human Nutrition., Weight of the Nation HBO

Fast Food Menus Are as Unhealthy as they were in 1996, New Study Shows

January 2, 2015 Posted by Editor

A new study shows that sodium levels, calories and saturated fat in fast food menus have very little changed from 1996 to 2013. Scientists say that the news isn’t good for people watching their weight or daily sodium intake. The study was conducted by Alice Lichtenstein, researcher at the U.S. Department Agriculture's Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory. Researchers focused their analysis on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cardiovascular disease and fast food, cheeseburgers, daily calorie intake, fast food calorie content, fast food chains, fast food eating, fast food menus, fast food saturated fat content, fast food sodium content, Obesity

Obesity Could Be a Disability in the EU, European Court Rules

December 19, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently ruled that obesity can be considered a disability if it curbs the ‘full and effective participation’ of the obese employees at work. The case brought before ECJ was that of a 350-pound Danish childminder who got fired because he couldn’t do his job properly. The ruling is binding for all member-states of the European Union and it could be an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: British Obesity Society, European Court of Justice (ECJ), hiring obese employee in the EU, Jane Deville Almond, Karsten Kaltoft, obese employee discrimination, obese employees, Obesity, obesity could be a disability in the EU

Body Mass Index Is Also Determined By the Time You Eat

December 4, 2014 Posted by Editor

Body Mass Index – easily recognized as BMI – is the number you look at if you want to know whether you are over or underweight. While specialists delve in calorie intake, types of foods and their compatibility with your body or various diets to determine weight loss solutions, a recent study might steer your attention in a different direction. Following an experiment on mice, scientists have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: BMI, body mass index, eating schedule, meal program, meal schedule, nutrition, Obesity

Study: Obesity Epidemic Costs the World $2 Trillion per Year

November 20, 2014 Posted by Contributor

According to a new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the global cost of obesity has risen to $2 trillion annually, that being nearly as much as smoking or the combined impact of armed violence, war and terrorism. The study also underlines the prediction according to which nearly half of the world's adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030, should the present trends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: global cost of obesity, McKinsey Global Institute, MGI, Obesity, obesity epidemic

The Ignored Weight Loss Solution: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling

November 6, 2014 Posted by Editor

According to recent studies, intensive behavioral counseling works for clinically meaningful weight loss. However it is rarely delivered by primary care doctors, researchers reported. With more than two-thirds of adults in the U.S. overweight or obese, doctors are desperate to find ways to help people lose weight. In a meta-analysis, patients who had counselling, achieved a maximum weight loss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Obesity, Primary Care Behavioral Counseling, Weight loss, Weight Loss Solution

Children Receiving Antibiotics by Age Two May Face Increased Obesity Risks

September 30, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Right now we are on the edge of losing the benefits of antibiotics, one of the greatest medical advancement. Researchers warn that because we use antibiotics inadvertently and often do not finish a whole treatment, the effects may disappear as bacteria adapts to the changes. The microbiome, 100 trillion microbes forming an ecosystem in the body, is one of the most intensely researched fields in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antibiotics, Children, infants, Obesity

Skirt Size Could be a Predictor of Breast Cancer

September 25, 2014 Posted by Contributor

As peculiar as it seems, according to a recent study by the University College of London, skirt size does correlate with breast cancer risks. According to a recent study, women whose skirt size increases once per decade between their 20’s and their 60’s have an increased risk of developing post-menopausal breast cancer. Researchers published the study in the British Medical Journal. According … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: abdominal fat, breast cancer, breast cancer risk, gaining weight, Obesity, postmenopausal breast cancer, skirt size, weight increase, Weight loss

Diabetes Rates Stabilized in the 2008-2012 Period

September 24, 2014 Posted by Staff

Diabetes is one of the leading diseases that plagued the US in the last two decades. Now researchers claim the rate of diabetes leveled off in 2012. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that after the boom in blood sugar from 1990 until 2008, the rate of people living with diabetes has decreased. Insulin makes blood contained sugar available to cells as fuel. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Obesity, obesity rates, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes

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