News tagged with obese adults

Sleep may keep you thin: studies

The secret of staying thin could be at least partly down to a good night's rest, an international conference on obesity heard in Amsterdam on Thursday.

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Religious young adults become obese by middle age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be the potato salad? Young adults who frequently attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese by middle age as young adults with no religious involvement, according to new ...

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created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Well-defined quantity of antioxidants in diet can improve insulin resistance

A diet rich in natural antioxidants improves insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant obese adults and enhances the effect of the insulin-sensitizing drug metformin, a preliminary study from Italy finds. The results will ...

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created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

COMPASS points to weight loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose weight. The two-year study, ...

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created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1