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Why a short run is better than a long walk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 2

Genes link puberty timing and body fat in women

Scientists have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. The study, which ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers find ethnicity key to accurate obesity measurements

The current National Institutes of Health body mass index cutoff values for obesity are too high for many reproductive-age women in the U.S. and should be adjusted to account for ethnic differences in body composition to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low levels of vitamin D linked to muscle fat, decreased strength in young people

There's an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjec ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fat in the liver -- not the belly -- is a better marker for disease risk

New findings from nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest that it's not whether body fat is stored in the belly that affects metabolic risk factors for diabetes, high blood triglycerides ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Two dietary oils, two sets of benefits for older women with diabetes

A study comparing how two common dietary oil supplements affect body composition suggests that both oils, by themselves, can lower body fat in obese postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter

Researchers in Japan are reporting new evidence that the ordinary vinegar -- a staple in oil-and-vinegar salad dressings, pickles, and other foods -- may live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Fatty foods fire up hunger hormone

New research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the hunger hormone ghrelin is activated by fats from the foods we eat—not those made in the body—in order to optimize nutrient metabolism and promote the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents

Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early childhood diet may influence future health

If you have trouble keeping weight off and you're wondering why - the surprising answer may well be the cheeseburgers you ate - when you were a toddler.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Overweight men have poorer sperm count

Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.

Medicine & Health / Overweight and Obesity

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

'Wrong'-time eating reduces fertility in fruit flies

Dieticians will tell you it isn't healthy to eat late at night: it's a recipe for weight gain. In fruit flies, at least, there's another consequence: reduced fertility.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Feast or famine: Researchers identify leptin receptor's sidekick as a target for appetite regulation

A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida and Washington University School of Medicine adds a new twist to the body of evidence suggesting human obesity is due in part to genetic factors. While studying hormone receptors in laboratory m ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Designer probiotics could reduce obesity

Specially designed probiotics can modulate the physiology of host fat cells say scientists writing in Microbiology. The findings could lead to specialised probiotics that have a role in the prevention or treatment of conditions ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1