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. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 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/9-2010/high-fat-diet-during-puberty.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2010/high-fat-diet-during-puberty.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, appears to be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer during the later part of life, as per Michigan State University researchers. The implications - that a high-fat diet may have detrimental effects independent of its effect to cause obesity - could drive new cancer prevention efforts........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/improved-tool-for-cycling-fitness.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/improved-tool-for-cycling-fitness.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT For competitive bicyclists with goals - whether competing in the Tour de France or aiming for the podium at a local race - faster cycling comes from training regimens based on various zones of exercise intensity. New research from exercise researchers at the University of New Hampshire has observed that effective training regimens, which generally are created after expensive, time-consuming laboratory tests, can be developed from a relatively simple, do-it-yourself test........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/lunches-linked-to-childhood-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/lunches-linked-to-childhood-obesity.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT With children going back to school, parents are concerned that their youngsters are staying fit and eating right, particularly those who dine in a school cafeteria. New research funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that children who eat school lunches that are part of the federal government's National School Lunch Program are more likely to become overweight........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/sugar-substitutes-help-reduce-caloric-intake.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/sugar-substitutes-help-reduce-caloric-intake.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT A newly released study reported in the August 2010 journal, Appetite, further demonstrates that people who consume low-calorie sweeteners are able to significantly reduce their caloric intake and do not overeat. In fact, study participants who received the sugar substitutes instead of sugar consumed significantly fewer calories and there was no difference in hunger levels despite having fewer calories overall........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/chili-pepper-ingredient-fights-fat.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/chili-pepper-ingredient-fights-fat.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body, as per a newly released study on the topic. The report, which could lead to new therapys for obesity, appears in ACS' monthly Journal of Proteome Research....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/minds-be-tricked-into-satisfying-our-stomachs.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/minds-be-tricked-into-satisfying-our-stomachs.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that the key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it, suggesting that portion control is all a matter of perception........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/men-who-are-obese-at-age.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/men-who-are-obese-at-age.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Stockholm, Sweden: Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found. In a study presented today (Tuesday) at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, scientists tracked more than 5,000 military conscripts starting at the age of 20 until up to the age of 80. They observed that at any given age, an obese man was twice as likely to die as a man who was not obese and that obesity at age 20 years had a constant effect on death up to 60 years later. They also observed that the chance of dying early increased by 10% for each BMI point above the threshold for a healthy weight and that this persisted throughout life, with the obese dying about eight years earlier than the non-obese........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/many-popular-slimming-supplements.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/many-popular-slimming-supplements.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT New research evaluating the effectiveness of a broad selection of popular slimming supplements sold in pharmacies and health food shops has found no evidence that any of them facilitate weight loss beyond the placebo effect. Two studies presented today (Monday) at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, Sweden, have found they were no more effective than the fake supplements they were compared with........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/higher-protein-diets-support-weight-loss.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/higher-protein-diets-support-weight-loss.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Overweight and moderately obese postmenopausal women using diets based on higher protein intake also need to be aware of potential bone loss, as per new research from Purdue University. "We know that when overweight, postmenopausal women reduce their energy intake to successfully lose weight, they can lose less lean body mass when they consume higher amounts of protein and include lean meats, such as pork loins, ham, beef and chicken, in their diet," said Wayne W. Campbell, professor of foods and nutrition. "However, we also observed that these older women lost bone mineral density faster than women who consumed normal protein diets that did not contain any meats. This finding is of concern for this age group that is susceptible to osteoporosis"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/inactivity-and-childhood-obesity-epidemic.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/inactivity-and-childhood-obesity-epidemic.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity epidemic among children. Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. EarlyBird is based at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, and has been observing in detail a cohort of city school children for the past 11 years........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/kids-now-see-more-ads-for-fast-food.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/kids-now-see-more-ads-for-fast-food.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Children saw fewer television advertisements for certain foods, including those for sweets and beverages, in 2007 compared with 2003, as per a report posted online today that will appear in the September print issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, children now see more fast-food ads, and racial gaps in exposure to all food advertising have increased........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/use-public-transport-system-to-lose-weight.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/use-public-transport-system-to-lose-weight.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Increasing the availability of public transit systems is one among many modifications to the built environment that offers opportunities for increasing physical activity and reducing the prevalence of obesity and its associated problems. As per a research findings reported in the recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and the RAND Corporation observed that construction of a light-rail system (LRT) resulted in increased physical activity (walking) and subsequent weight loss by people served by the LRT. These findings suggest that improving neighborhood environments and increasing the public's use of LRT systems could improve health outcomes and potentially impact millions of individuals........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/intervention-lowered-obesity-rate.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/intervention-lowered-obesity-rate.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT An intervention in middle schools lowered the obesity rate in students at highest risk for type 2 diabetes, those who started out overweight or obese in sixth grade, an NIH-funded study has observed. However, schools that implemented the program did not differ from comparison schools in the study's primary outcomethe prevalence of overweight and obesity combinedwhich had declined 4 percent in both groups of schools by the end of the three-year study........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/cutting-carbs-is-more-effective-than-low-fat-diet.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/cutting-carbs-is-more-effective-than-low-fat-diet.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same number of calories, as per a newly released study. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/depression-abdominal-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/depression-abdominal-obesity.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:07 GMT A newly released study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been associated with an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease. "We observed that in a sample of young adults during a 15-year period, those who started out reporting high levels of depression gained weight at a faster rate than others in the study, but starting out overweight did not lead to changes in depression," said UAB Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, Ph.D. The study appears in the recent issue of the American Journal of Public Health........ ]]>