News tagged with weight women
Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2009 |
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'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.
Jul 28, 2010 |
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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
Jan 20, 2009 |
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A diet rich in calcium aids weight loss
Boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, but only in people whose diets are calcium deficient.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Some French women, too thin, don't see it that way: study
France has by far the highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, but only half of them think they are too thin, according to a new study.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Nearly 25 percent of overweight women misperceive body weight
A startling number of overweight and normal weight women of reproductive age inaccurately perceive their body weight, affecting their weight-related behaviors and making many vulnerable to cardiovascular and other obesity-related ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Appetite-stimulating hormone is first potential medical treatment for frailty in older women
Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition, according to a study presented today by Penn Medicine researchers at ENDO, The Endocrine Society's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Obesity in middle aged women cuts chance of a long, healthy life by 80 percent
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a large study population of women who lived until at least age 70, being overweight in mid-life ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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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.
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Women With Partner, Baby Gain More Weight Than Single Women
Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. However, when researchers added up all factors, they found that the ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Degree of obesity raises risk of stroke, regardless of gender, race
The higher a person's degree of obesity, the higher their risk of stroke -- regardless of race, gender and how obesity is measured, according to a new study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Women who drink moderately appear to gain less weight than nondrinkers
Normal-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese than non-drinkers, according to a report in the March 8 issue of Archives of ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Weight-bearing exercise does not prevent increased bone turnover during weight loss
While there are many benefits of losing weight, weight reduction also might negatively affect bones in the body. During weight loss, bones are being remodeled - breaking down old bone and forming new bone ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Lose weight fast for lasting results, suggests new study
If you thought the best way to lose and maintain weight was the slow and steady approach, think again. A new study by Lisa Nackers and colleagues, from the University of Florida in the US, suggests that the key to long-term ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Olive-oil enriched diet helps breast cancer survivors lose more weight
Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found that olive oil may offer another potential health benefit - it produces greater weight loss in breast cancer survivors compared to a more traditional low-fat diet.
Jun 03, 2010 |
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