News tagged with weight gain

Why are we getting fatter? Researchers seek a mysterious culprit

So, why are we fat? And getting fatter? Most people would say it's simple: We eat too much and exercise too little. But University of Alabama at Birmingham obesity researcher David B. Allison, Ph.D., says that answer, while ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (23) | comments 46 | with audio podcast

Male maturity shaped by nutrition during first six months of life

It seems the old nature versus nurture debate can't be won. But a new Northwestern University study of men in the Philippines makes a strong case for nurture's role in male to female differences -- suggesting that rapid weight ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Too much light at night may lead to obesity, study finds

Persistent exposure to light at night may lead to weight gain, even without changing physical activity or eating more food, according to new research in mice.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

High-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Omega imbalance can make obesity 'inheritable': study

Overeating combined with the wrong mix of fats in one's diet can cause obesity to be carried over from one generation to the next, researchers in France reported Friday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Laptops Linked to Male Infertility

While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

'Diet' drinks linked to risk of premature birth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of pregnant women in Denmark has found an association between daily consumption of soft drinks containing artificial sweeteners and the risk of premature delivery.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Control Your Hunger? Study Shows Men Can, Women Can't

(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground-breaking brain-imaging study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory shows that men, but not women, are able to control their brain’s response to their own ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in the US

New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in the United ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Late-Night Snacks: Worse Than You Think

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eat less, exercise more. Now there is new evidence to support adding another "must" to the weight-loss mantra: eat at the right time of day.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

60 minutes of exercise per day needed for middle-aged women to maintain weight

(PhysOrg.com) -- If a middle-aged or older woman with a normal body mass index wants to maintain her weight over an extended period, she must engage in the equivalent of 60 minutes per day of physical activity ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover new role for gene in maintaining steady weight

Against the backdrop of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made an important new discovery regarding a specific gene that plays ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

Researchers uncover biological rationale for why intensive lupus treatment works

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the biological rationale for why large doses of corticosteroids given repeatedly over several weeks may help individuals with lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists reveal key enzyme in fat absorption

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it. The enzyme, acyl CoA: monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 or ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Weight gain

Weight gain is an increase in body weight. This can be either an increase in muscle mass, fat deposits, or excess fluids such as water.

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