Category: Diets & Weight Loss

Reuters – Diet changes, exercise and other behavioral tactics do help obese adults shed some pounds — with or without the help of medication, according to a study published Monday.

AP – Two scientists who unlocked some of the mysteries linked to obesity or a professor who figured out how to make stem cells without human embryos could be candidates for the medicine award when the first of the 2011 Nobel Prizes are announced Monday.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Going to bed early and
waking up early may help teens stay thinner and more physically active
than their night-owl peers, and this was the case even when both groups
got the same amount of sleep, researchers say.

LiveScience.com – People looking to lose weight might try picking up a smartphone.

Reuters – Patients who have had weight loss surgery rarely have excess skin removed, although it can be such a bother for people who have shed a lot of weight that it has a negative impact on their quality of life, a poll said.

Reuters – Patients rarely have excess skin removed after weight loss surgery, although it can be a bother for people who’ve shed a lot of pounds, a new poll suggests.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — A new study links low blood
sugar in obese people to a greater desire within the brain for
high-calorie foods, a finding that offers insight into why people who
become overweight tend to stay that way.

Reuters – Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday.

LiveScience.com – For normal-weight people, an empty tummy triggers the brain to tell the body to get some food. When the tummy gets filled, the tummy gets happy; and that’s the end of that for about five hours or more.

Reuters – Michigan’s Republican governor said on Wednesday he will ask doctors to report the body fat levels of children under the age of 18 to a government registry in a bid to fight rampant obesity.