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Large weight gain raises risk for recurrence among breast cancer survivors

Breast cancer survivors who experience large weight gain have an increased risk of death after diagnosis, according to research scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequency of fat talk associated with increased body dissatisfaction, regardless of waistline

College women who engage in "fat talk" (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) face greater dissatisfaction with their bodies and are more likely to have internalized an ultra-thin body ideal ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's body image based more on others' opinions than their own weight

Women's appreciation of their bodies is only indirectly connected to their body mass index (BMI), a common health measure of weight relative to height, according to recent research.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Children's BMI found to rise the longer their mothers work

Childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled in the past three decades, and prior research has linked maternal employment to children's body mass index (BMI), a measure of their weight-for-height. A new study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genomic technique reveals obesity gene variants

Obesity is highly heritable, but so far genetic association studies have only explained a small fraction of this heritability. Now, in a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, researchers have i ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prepared meals and incentivized weight-loss program for obese and overweight women

In another article being released early online, Cheryl L. Rock, Ph.D., R.D., from Moores UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues, conducted a randomized controlled trial of weight loss and weight maintenance ...

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created Oct 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows sugary drinks do not cause weight gain

New research from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, shows that sugary drinks, consumed in moderate quantities, do not promote weight gain, carbohydrate craving or adverse mood effects in overweight women ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (11) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

'Obese' BMI does not harm current health of young adults, study says

A study examining the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and illness suggests that a BMI of 30 or above, a signal of obesity according to federal health standards, does not translate into current illness among adults ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As girth grows, risk of sudden cardiac death shrinks

Obesity has long been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and heart failure. But, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that being skinny confers no advantage ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BMI and waist circumference

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are well known risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but a new study reported in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation today now conclu ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Depressed women can lose weight as successfully as others do

Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in the Winter 2009 Behavioral Medicine. Group Health Research Instit ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who often drink full-fat milk weigh less

Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk. This is not the case for children who often drink medium-fat or low-fat milk. This is one conclusion of a thesis ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Redefining obesity's health risks: Scientists make the case for new body fat assessment

The body mass index (BMI) has long been the yardstick in deciding who is at risk because of their weight. BMI is essentially a measure of density, identifying 'under-' and 'over-weight' risk groups. Recent studies however ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0