News tagged with healthy obesity

Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim

Researchers from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to indicate that probiotics have a slimming effect.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers identify protein that may explain 'healthy' obesity

Mice whose fat cells were allowed to grow larger than fat cells in normal mice developed "healthy" obesity when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found in a new study.

Biology /

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Small changes can lead to big rewards, says ASN president

Small changes can lead to big rewards, such as maintaining a healthy weight, American Society for Nutrition (ASN) President James O. Hill, PhD, describes in a recent report. The article, to be published in the February issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taxing Junk Food Could Stem Obesity Better Than Subsiding Healthy Food, Study Shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- One way to stem the rising rates of obesity may be to mimic the successful approach used to decrease smoking: taxes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 5