News tagged with weight status

Study suggests weight-loss focus is ineffective, harmful

Dieting and other weight-loss efforts may unintentionally lead to weight gain and diminished health status, according to two researchers, including a UC Davis nutritionist, whose new study appears in the Jan. 24 issue of ...

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created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Family, friends, social ties influence weight status in young adults

Does obesity tend to "cluster" among young adults? And if so, what impact does it have on both their weight and weight-related behaviors? That's what researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research ...

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

Tendency to obesity starts with pre-schoolers

When it comes to understanding where tendencies to overweight and obesity develop, you have to begin with the very young, says John Spence, a behavioural scientist in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the ...

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviors

Normal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviors than girls who can accurately assess their ...

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created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patterns of growth changing in Inuit preschoolers

Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as their U.S. counterparts but they're also heavier, according to a new study published in the online edition of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

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created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chubby hubby is common, but ethnicity matters

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity.

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0