News tagged with weight management programmes

Help for the overweight could be at the end of a phone

Counselling via the phone and internet can help weight management in overweight individuals, according to a Dutch study published in the open access journal, BMC Public Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Quality of life of obese dogs improves when they lose weight

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that overweight dogs that lose weight have an improved quality of life compared to those that don’t.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How successful Chinese entrepreneurs really think

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can you really learn to be an entrepreneur? A new in-depth study offers fresh insights into how successful business players teach themselves to become better and better at making money.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Seals rehab works, it's official

(PhysOrg.com) -- Injured seals nursed back to life by the RSPCA have as good a chance of surviving when sent back into the wild as their healthy peers, according to new research.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Qantas in 'world-first' tablet trial

Passengers on Qantas will be the first in the world to have in-flight entertainment streamed wirelessly to tablet devices in a trial announced by the Australian airline Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Zealand's lost penguin heads home

Fattened up on a diet of "fish milkshakes" and escorted by his own personal veterinary team, the world's most famous penguin, Happy Feet, sets sail Monday for the icy waters he calls home.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

NTU undergraduates build nano and pico satellites

They weigh just 3.5 kg and 1.5 kg but they will punch above their weight when NTU's latest two satellites are launched into space in 2013.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New ways to harvest light with low-cost photovoltaic materials

The direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using photovoltaics is becoming an increasingly important technology for renewable energy generation as a replacement for fossil fuels, with applications ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Flexible trailing edge flap for blades to make wind power cheaper

A flexible, controllable trailing edge for wind turbine blades has shown that it can reduce the loads on the turbine and in the end provide cheaper electricity from wind power.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Life expectancy of severely mentally ill dramatically reduced due to poor physical health

Physical ill-health is rife among the severely mentally ill in Britain, according to new research published today by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Turn to space tech when under pressure

When engineers come up with a super-strong new material for building shipping containers, trucking trailers and aircraft parts, it is a major challenge to simulate its strength and reliability accurately. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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