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Helping parents understand BMI may lead to positive changes in childhood obesity
Source: Science Daily
Getting children to move more is a team effort. A new study found parents were more likely to change their child’s lifestyle when schools provided educational materials along with the results of their child’s body mass index screening.
Losing weight with a high-protein diet can help adults sleep better
Source: Science Daily
Overweight and obese adults who are losing weight with a high-protein diet are more likely to sleep better, according to new research. The study also has studied how dietary protein quantity, sources and patterns affect appetite, body weight and body composition.
Fear of gaining weight may influence contraception choices
Source: Science Daily
Concerns about weight gain may be driving contraception choices, according to researchers.
Adult weight gain could increase cancer risk
Source: Science Daily
Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in women by almost 20 per cent, according to new research.
Obesity in adolescence may cause permanent bone loss
Source: Science Daily
Teenagers who are obese may be doing irreparable damage to their bones, according to a new study.
Victims of childhood bullying more likely to be overweight as young adults
Source: Science Daily
Children who are bullied in primary and secondary school are nearly twice as likely to be overweight at the age of 18 than non-bullied children, according to a new study.
Skipping breakfast and not enough sleep can make children overweight
Source: Science Daily
Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweight or obese, report investigators.
Diet and exercise can improve kidney function in patients with fatty liver disease
Source: Science Daily
In a post hoc analysis of a large clinical trial, patients with biopsy-confirmed NASH who consumed a low-fat/low-calorie diet and participated in an exercise program often experienced reduced liver inflammation and scarring.
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When: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:30-8:30 am
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Cesarean delivery may lead to increased risk of obesity among offspring
Source: Science Daily
Individuals born by cesarean delivery were 15 percent more likely to become obese as children than individuals born by vaginal birth — and the increased risk may persist through adulthood, according to a large new study.
Discrimination toward overweight adolescents predictive of emotional problems
Source: Science Daily
Discrimination and bullying experienced by sixth graders who are overweight leads to emotional problems by the end of eighth grade, according to new research.
Excess weight in women has different effects on different types of stroke
Source: Science Daily
Women who are overweight or obese may have an increased risk of the most common kind of stroke, called ischemic stroke, but a decreased risk of a more often deadly stroke, called hemorrhagic stroke, new research shows
UK Biobank study suggests genes and environment interact to increase risk of obesity
Source: Science Daily
New research shows that environmental and lifestyle factors have greatest effects on obesity in those who also carry the most obesity genes.
Obesity on the rise in adults with a history of cancer
Source: Science Daily
Obesity was found to be more prevalent in patients with a history of cancer than in the general population, and survivors of colorectal and breast cancers were particularly affected.
Teenage weight gain down to dramatic drop in calories they burn
Source: Science Daily
An acceleration in obesity among young teenagers could be explained by a 12-year-long study which found that the number of calories they burn while at rest drops suddenly in puberty.
Study Confirms Protein Intake Recommendations
Source: wlshelp
When it comes to eating after bariatric surgery, weight loss surgery patients are constantly reminded to “eat protein first” and that “protein is the priority.” Although this recommendation is always at the top of dietary guidelines, there is little research that has examined the association between protein intake and fat free mass loss. A new study has examined the protein intake goal and confirms that these aren’t merely words, but good and accurate advice for healthy weight loss after bariatric surgery.
Help at hand for people watching their weight
Source: Medical Xpress
Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders have developed a portable and easy-to-use method to help people estimate portion size using only their hands.
As overweight and obesity increase, so does risk of dying prematurely
Source: Medical Xpress
Being overweight or obese is associated with a higher risk of dying prematurely than being normal weight
Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse premature aging
Source: Medical Xpress
Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, according to research presented today at Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology (FCVB) 2016.1 Patients had longer telomeres and less inflammation two years later.
Researchers say focusing on sugar in the fight against global obesity could be misleading
Source: Medical Xpress
Scientists from the University of Glasgow have concluded that focusing health messages on sugar in isolation may mislead consumers on the need to also reduce overall calories, including those from fat.