http://medicineworld.org/news/weight-watch-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily weight watch news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld weight watch news service is the most comprehensive weight watch news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/weight-watch.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/weight-watch-news.html 109 87 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/exercising-up-to-the-end-of-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/exercising-up-to-the-end-of-pregnancy.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by scientists of the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid), which also shows the positive relationship between the weight of sedentary mothers before pregnancy and the body size of their babies. The conclusions appear in the International Journal of Obesity....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/making-ice-cream-a-functional-food.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/making-ice-cream-a-functional-food.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream tastier and healthier and have contributed to ice cream development and manufacturing for more than a century. Today, MU scientists are working to make ice cream into a functional food, adding nutrients such as fiber, antioxidants and pro-biotics to premium ice cream........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/colorful-fruits-and-vegetable.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/colorful-fruits-and-vegetable.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Hoping to keep the flu at bay? A strong immune system helps. Enjoying the bounty of colorful fruits and vegetables available right now can be an important step toward supporting your family's immune system this cold/flu season. In addition to vitamins, minerals and fiber, fruits and vegetables contain phytonutrients, believed to come from the com-pounds that give these foods their vibrant colors. These phytonutrients provide a wide range of health benefits, includ-ing supporting a healthy immune system........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/do-you-eat-your-meal-quickly.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/do-you-eat-your-meal-quickly.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT As per a newly released study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as in comparison to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gut that induce feelings of being full. The decreased release of these hormones, can often lead to overeating........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/consumption-of-processed-and-fried-foods.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/consumption-of-processed-and-fried-foods.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Scientists from Mount Sinai School of Medicine report that cutting back on the consumption of processed and fried foods, which are high in toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), can reduce inflammation and actually help restore the body's natural defenses regardless of age or health status. These benefits are present even without changing caloric or nutrient intake........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/exercise-for-lymphoma-patients.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/exercise-for-lymphoma-patients.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta scientists have found. The Healthy Exercise for Lymphoma Patients (HELP) trial, a three-year study led by Kerry Courneya, Canada Research Chair in physical activity and cancer in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, observed that a regimen of aerobic exercise training produced significant improvements in physical functioning and overall quality of life benefits in patients with lymphoma........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/binge-eating-trends.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/binge-eating-trends.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Existing research shows that rates of binge eating among adult women is virtually identical across race. However, among college age women, it's a different story: Caucasian women are more apt to exhibit binge eating behaviors than African American women, as per a research studypresented at this month's annual scientific meeting of the Obesity Society........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/obesity-prevention-efforts-in-el-paso.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/obesity-prevention-efforts-in-el-paso.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Researchers at the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found that obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., director of the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, examined regional changes of child obesity from 2000-2002 to 2004-2005, after the implementation of several statewide policies and programs in Texas. The study found a 13 percent decrease in the prevalence of obesity among El Paso 4th graders........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/fighting-obesity-with-plant-based-foods.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/fighting-obesity-with-plant-based-foods.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT The cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University of Florida study shows. Eating more plant-based foods, which are rich in substances called phytochemicals, seems to prevent oxidative stress in the body, a process linked to obesity and the onset of disease, as per findings published online in advance of the print edition of the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/think-what-you-eat.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/think-what-you-eat.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT New research released recently is affirming a long-held maxim: you are what you eat and, more to the point, what you eat has a profound influence on the brain. The findings offer insight into the neurobiological factors behind the obesity epidemic in the United States and other developed countries. The findings exposed changes in brain chemistry due to diet and weight gain, and were reported at Neuroscience 2009, the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/candy-bar-or-healthy-snack.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/candy-bar-or-healthy-snack.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A newly released study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-control depend on how the choices are presented. Author Juliano Laran (University of Miami) tested subjects to determine how certain words and concepts affected consumers' decisions for self-control or indulgence. He observed that consumer choices were affected by the actions most recently suggested to them by certain key words........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/self-esteem-in-overweight-and-underweight-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/self-esteem-in-overweight-and-underweight-women.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Overweight women's self-esteem plummets when they view photographs of models of any size, as per a newly released study in Journal of Consumer Research And underweight women's esteem increases, regardless of models' size. Authors Dirk Smeesters (Erasmus University, the Netherlands), Thomas Mussweiler (University of Cologne, Gera number of), and Naomi Mandel (Arizona State University) researched the ways individuals with different body mass indexes (BMIs) felt when they were exposed to thin or heavy media models........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/overweight-breathing-and-sleep-disorders.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/overweight-breathing-and-sleep-disorders.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, as per new research. As per the study, to be reported in the October 15 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an official publication of the American Thoracic Society, excess weight increased the severity of oxygen desaturation in the blood of individuals with SDB during and after apneas and hypopneas........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/high-fat-diet-impairs-muscle-health.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/high-fat-diet-impairs-muscle-health.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. But few studies have comprehensively examined how obesity caused by a high-fat diet affects the health of muscle in adolescents who are pre-diabetic. In a paper published tomorrow in the scientific journal PLoS One, a team of McMaster University scientists report that the health of young adult muscle declines during the pre-diabetic state, which is when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but lower than during Type 2 diabetes. The scientists observed that during this period significant impairments occur in the muscle, even though it may be functioning normally........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/fast-food-restaurant-ban-on-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/fast-food-restaurant-ban-on-obesity.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, as per a new RAND Corporation study. Scientists from RAND Health observed that the South Los Angeles region has no more fast-food chain establishments on a per capita basis than other parts of the city, but rather a number of more small food stores and other food outlets........ ]]>