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High-Fat Diet, Obesity During Pregnancy Harms Stem Cells in Developing Fetus
Dec. 24, 2014 — Physician-scientists reveal a high-fat diet and obesity during pregnancy compromise the blood-forming, or hematopoietic, stem cell system in the fetal liver responsible for creating and sustaining ... full story -
Maternal Supplementation With Multiple Micronutrients Compared With Iron-Folic Acid
Dec. 23, 2014 — In Bangladesh, daily maternal supplementation of multiple micronutrients compared to iron-folic acid before and after childbirth did not reduce all-cause infant mortality to age 6 months, but did ... full story -
Echolocation Acts as Substitute Sense for Blind People
Dec. 23, 2014 — Human echolocation operates as a viable 'sense,' working in tandem with other senses to deliver information to people with visual impairment, according to new research. Ironically, the ... full story -
Overweight Teens Lose Weight for the Right Reasons, Study Shows
Dec. 23, 2014 — A new study looked at formerly obese or overweight teens who had lost weight and kept it off. Their motives were more intrinisic, such as being healthy and feeling good. Parents can help by being ... full story -
Weight Training Appears Key to Controlling Belly Fat
Dec. 23, 2014 — Healthy men who did 20 minutes of daily weight training had less of an increase in age-related abdominal fat compared with men who spent the same amount of time doing aerobic activities, according to ... full story -
Survival Rates Higher in Obese Heart Failure Patients
Dec. 22, 2014 — Patients who were obese before developing heart failure lived longer than normal weight patients with the same condition according to a new study that examined the 'obesity paradox' by ... full story -
Family Criticizing Your Weight? You Might Add More Pounds
Dec. 19, 2014 — Women whose loved ones are critical of their weight tend to put on even more pounds, says a new study on the way people's comments affect our health. "When we feel bad about our bodies, we ... full story -
Parents' BMI Decreases With Child Involved in School-Based, Community Obesity Intervention
Dec. 19, 2014 — Parents of children involved in an elementary school-based community intervention to prevent obesity appear to share in its health benefits. A new analysis shows an association between being exposed ... full story -
Change of Diet to Unmask Cancer Vulnerabilities, Reduce Cancer Risk
Dec. 18, 2014 — Calorie restrictions reduce the incidence of cancer, whereas high-calorie diets cause obesity and diabetes, both of which increase the risk of developing cancers new studies have found. However, ... full story -
When Planning to Eat Right This New Year, Get Your Advice from Educated and Trained Experts
Dec. 18, 2014 — For many people, the New Year is an opportunity for a fresh look at life – a time to resolve to return to or even begin a healthy lifestyle. But with an internet full of misinformation and some ... full story -
Moms of Food-Allergic Kids Need Dietician's Support
Dec. 18, 2014 — Discovering your child has a severe food allergy can be a terrible shock. Even more stressful can be determining what foods your child can and cannot eat, and constructing a new diet which might ... full story -
Wild Blueberries (Bilberries) Can Help Tackle Adverse Effects of High-Fat Diet
Dec. 18, 2014 — Eating bilberries diminishes the adverse effects of a high-fat diet, according to a recent study. For the first time, bilberries were shown to have beneficial effects on both blood pressure and ... full story -
Weigh-in Once a Week or You'll Gain Weight
Dec. 17, 2014 — Stepping on the scale is common among dieters but how does the frequency of weigh-ins impact weight? A new study showed that the more frequently dieters weighed themselves the more weight they lost, ... full story -
Health Coaching Paired With Gym Membership Works Best for Obese People With Mental Illness
Dec. 17, 2014 — A health promotion program, called In SHAPE, designed for people with serious mental illness, produced more fit participants and significant weight loss than a control group where participants only ... full story -
Many Children, Adolescents Get Too Much Caffeine from Energy Drinks
Dec. 17, 2014 — When children aged 10-14 consume energy drinks, one in five consumes too much caffeine. When their caffeine intake from other sources such as cola and chocolate is included, every second child and ... full story -
When You Lose Weight, Where Does the Fat Go? Most of the Mass Is Breathed out as Carbon Dioxide, Study Shows
Dec. 16, 2014 — Despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight, a new study shows. The ... full storyMore: -
Healthy Eaters: Ignore Glycemic Index, Scientists Say
Dec. 16, 2014 — Good news for people who are already following a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low in sweets: New research suggests these heart-healthy eaters don't need to worry about ... full story -
Low-Glycemic Index Carbohydrate Diet Does Not Improve Cv Risk Factors, Insulin Resistance
Dec. 16, 2014 — In a study that included overweight and obese participants, those with diets with low glycemic index of dietary carbohydrate did not have improvements in insulin sensitivity, lipid levels, or ... full story -
Extra Vitamin E Protected Older Mice from Getting Common Type of Pneumonia
Dec. 16, 2014 — Extra vitamin E protected older mice from a bacterial infection that commonly causes pneumonia. The study found that extra vitamin E helped regulate the mice’s immune system. The older mice were ... full story -
Dental Plaque Reveals Key Plant in Prehistoric Easter Island Diet
Dec. 15, 2014 — A student analyzing dental calculus from ancient teeth is helping resolve the question of what plant foods Easter Islanders relied on before European ... full story
- Maternal supplementation with multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid
- Echolocation acts as substitute sense for blind people
- Overweight teens lose weight for the right reasons, study shows
- Weight training appears key to controlling belly fat
- Family criticizing your weight? You might add more pounds
- Parents' BMI decreases with child involved in school-based, community obesity intervention
- Change of diet to unmask cancer vulnerabilities, reduce cancer risk
- When planning to eat right this new year, get your advice from educated and trained experts
- Moms of food-allergic kids need dietician's support
- Wild blueberries (bilberries) can help tackle adverse effects of high-fat diet
- Weigh-in once a week or you'll gain weight
- Health coaching paired with gym membership works best for obese people with mental illness
- Many children, adolescents get too much caffeine from energy drinks
- When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide, study shows
- Healthy eaters: Ignore glycemic index, scientists say
- Low-glycemic index carbohydrate diet does not improve cv risk factors, insulin resistance
- Extra vitamin E protected older mice from getting common type of pneumonia
- Dental plaque reveals key plant in prehistoric Easter Island diet
- Receptor may be key to treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Detection of enterovirus infection in insulin producing cells in patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
- Skipping meals increases children's obesity, cardio metabolic risk
- Immune cells in brain respond to fat in diet, causing mice to eat
- Obese children's brains more responsive to sugar
- Poor diet links obese mothers, stunted children
- Weighing in on the role of mindfulness in slimming down
- One of the most difficult challenges in weight loss is keeping the weight off over the long term
- Decoding fat cells: Discovery may explain why we gain weight
- Food ingredient created that will make you feel fuller
- Midriff bulge linked to heightened risk of sudden, often fatal, heart malfunction
- Added sugars likely to have greater role than salt in high blood pressure, heart disease
- Boosting chemical by-product of dietary fiber fermentation in gut slims and trims
- Low weight gain in pregnant women reduces male fetal survival
- More holistic approach needed when studying diets of our ancestors
- Increased BMI in the normal range has a negative effect on cardiometabolic risk markers
- Standardized pediatric malnutrition identification, documentation indicators needed, experts say
- Controlling obesity with potato extract
- Brain mechanism that drives us to eat glucose discovered
- Hormone identified that reduces calorie burning, contributes to obesity, diabetes
- Adult-onset diabetes, obesity cured in lab mice, scientists report
- Adults and epilepsy diets: A novel therapy
- Correcting metabolic abnormalities may help lessen urinary problems
- Obesity may shorten life expectancy up to eight years
- Intestinal immune system controls body weight, study shows
- Type 2 diabetes risk starts in pregnancy
- Smoking and higher mortality in men
- 'Satiety hormone' leptin links obesity to high blood pressure
- High-sugar diet in fathers can lead to obese offspring
- 3-D printing to the rescue of gastronomy for frail seniors
- Professors weigh effectiveness of soda tax
- Overweight and obesity in pregnancy linked to greater risk of infant death
- Mediterranean diet linked to longer life
- Common knee surgery may lead to arthritis, cartilage loss
- Brain research reveals new hope for patients with anorexia nervosa
- Mediterranean diet linked to improved CV function in erectile dysfunction patients
- Vitamin E deficiency linked to greater risk of miscarriage among poor women: Bangladeshi study
- Another case against the midnight snack: Researchers tinker with a time-restricted diet in mice and find that it's remarkably forgiving
- Stressed-out cancers may provide drug target
- Heavier newborns show academic edge in school
- Exercise following bariatric surgery provides health benefits beyond weight loss
- Diabetes in midlife linked to significant cognitive decline 20 years later
- Occupational sitting among women linked to obesity
- Supplemental co-enzyme Q may prevent heart disease in some individuals
- Plant used in traditonal Chinese medicine may treat metabolic diseases and obesity
- Genetic mutation responsible for serious disorder common in Inuit discovered
- Warning to bariatric surgery patients: Take your supplements, for eye's sake
- Some newborns lose weight much faster than previously recognized
- Behavioral interventions to prevent progression to diabetes equally effective in men, women
- Significantly increased risk of stillbirth in males, study shows
- New study examines effect of timing of folic acid supplementation during pregnancy
- Study maps how city neighborhoods affect diabetes risk
- Proton pump inhibitors decrease diversity in gut microbiome, increase risk for complications
- Longer work hours for moms mean less sleep, higher BMIs for preschoolers
- Obesity fuels silent heart damage
- Derivative of vitamin B3 prevents liver cancer in mice
- Weight, eating habits in Parkinson's disease
- How do teenage boys perceive their weight?
- Oat oil preparation makes you feel fuller
- Wheat in diet: Study on health impact of wheat challenges Stone Age myths and costly diets, providing you go whole grain
- Too much screen time? Unhealthy behavior may be cross-generational
- South Asian boys more likely to be overweight compared to peers, new study finds
- People who gained weight after quitting smoking still had lower death risk
- High-fructose diet in adolescence may exacerbate depressive-like behavior
- Shift in gut bacteria observed in fiber supplement study may offer good news for weight loss
- Soy spells fewer hot flashes for certain women
- New clue in celiac disease puzzle: Cause of oat toxicity explained
- Some flu viruses potentially more dangerous than others
- Moms' pre-pregnancy weight impacts risk of dying decades later
- Primary care docs diagnose, but don't refer, eating disorders
- Premature infants benefit from early sodium supplementation according to new research
- New school meal requirements: More harm than good?
- Nothing fishy about health benefits of plant-based omega-3 fatty acid
- Working night shift burns less energy, increases risk of weight gain
- Fat around heart may cause irregular heartbeat
- Setting family rules promotes healthier behavior in children
- Newly discovered hormone points to potential treatment for obesity, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease
- Calorie-restricting diets slow aging, study finds
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