http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- The restaurant industry has lobbied hard against mandatory menu labeling in restaurants, highlighting the importance of a new study from Yale University measuring the impact of such regulations. Yale scientists found that calorie labels result in the consumption of significantly fewer calories. The study appears online in the American Journal of Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news180372506.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:50:01 EST news180372506 Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. http://www.physorg.com/news179503592.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:15:29 EST news179503592 It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes. http://www.physorg.com/news178554433.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:27:40 EST news178554433 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study carried out in 1994 by advocacy group CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) found that popcorn being sold by cinema chains in the US was high in saturated fat and calories, and a new survey has found that not much has changed in the intervening years. The study found a medium serve of popcorn sold in US cinemas can contain up to 1,200 calories, and that's without the topping. http://www.physorg.com/news178186997.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:30:01 EST news178186997 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction -and the reverse, overconsumption -produce protective effects against aging and disease? http://www.physorg.com/news177772576.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:03 EST news177772576 (PhysOrg.com) -- Changing your focus from dieting to living healthy during the holidays boosts the chances of maintaining your perfect weight. http://www.physorg.com/news174917098.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:30:01 EST news174917098 (PhysOrg.com) -- While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released today provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play in fueling California`s expanding girth. http://www.physorg.com/news172427268.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:28:27 EST news172427268 The intake of added sugars in the United States is excessive, estimated by the US Department of Agriculture in 1999-2002 as 17% of calories a day. Consuming foods with added sugars displaces nutrient-dense foods in the diet. Reducing or limiting intake of added sugars is an important objective in providing overall dietary guidance. In a study of nearly 30,000 Americans published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers report that race/ethnicity, family income and educational status are independently associated with intake of added sugars. Groups with low income and education are particularly vulnerable to eating diets with high added sugars. http://www.physorg.com/news168324685.html Medicine & Health Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:00:01 EST news168324685 (PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a small lunch doesn`t necessarily mean you`ll be so hungry for dinner that you`ll eat more than usual, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news168102822.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:15:01 EST news168102822 And when she doesn't gain a pound -- ever -- there's only one thing to blame: her metabolism. http://www.physorg.com/news165691681.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:30:01 EST news165691681 Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in Australia found that drinking fat free milk in the morning helped increase satiety, or a feeling of fullness, and led to decreased calorie intake at the next meal, as compared with a fruit drink. The milk drinkers ate about 50 fewer calories (or nearly 9% less food) at lunch. http://www.physorg.com/news164878577.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:40:01 EST news164878577 Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cognitive shortcut, or heuristic, they call "Unit Bias," which causes people to ignore vital, obvious information in their decision-making process, points to a fundamental flaw in the modern, evolved mind and may also play a role in the American population's 30 years of weight gain. http://www.physorg.com/news164295744.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:43:36 EST news164295744 What can't the iPhone do? Now, thanks to a University of Houston professor, it can even count how many calories you've burned in a given day. http://www.physorg.com/news161880764.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 15:53:17 EST news161880764 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. http://www.physorg.com/news160924522.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 14:15:41 EST news160924522 Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, is the lead author of a research paper showing that weight gain and obesity are more linked to an increase in liquid calories, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages, than calories from solid food. To our knowledge, this is the first study to document the relative effects of calories from liquids compared with those of calories from solid food on weight loss in adults over an extended period. The study is published in the May 1, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. http://www.physorg.com/news159632501.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:22:09 EST news159632501 Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have demonstrated that adult humans still have a type of "good" fat previously believed to be present only in babies and children. Unlike white fat, which stores energy and comprises most body fat, this good fat, called brown fat, is active in burning calories and using energy. The finding, reported in the April 9th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, could pave the way for new treatments both for obesity and type 2 diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news158434060.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:28:49 EST news158434060 Replacing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with water could eliminate an average of 235 excess calories per day among children and adolescents, according to a study published in the April 2009 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The study's authors conclude that such a replacement would be a simple and effective way to reduce excess intake of calories causing childhood overweight and obesity, as well as address dental cavities and other health problems associated with added sugar. And they predict no detrimental effects on nutrition. http://www.physorg.com/news158253623.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:24:39 EST news158253623 Counting calories that burn through activity is a constant quandary. One can only run on a treadmill so long, watching intently as the pedometer reads out the number of calories melted during a session of exercise. Not to mention the question of how many calories are burned through basic daily movements and even during sleep. http://www.physorg.com/news156003910.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:26:12 EST news156003910 Soda is loaded with more calories, sugar and chemicals than many people realize. Here are nutritionists' tips for cutting it out. http://www.physorg.com/news154357203.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:15 EST news154357203 People who wolf down their food are more likely to be overweight and suffer from digestive problems. http://www.physorg.com/news152543084.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:05:10 EST news152543084 Children in Niger who received a daily nutritional supplement for three months had a lower rate of weight loss and a reduced risk of wasting compared to children who did not receive the supplementation, according to a study in the January 21 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news151691572.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:35:51 EST news151691572 Recent research presented today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Small Changes Summit that addresses childhood obesity shows that calories in recipes have gradually increased over time. http://www.physorg.com/news151151787.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:36:27 EST news151151787 (PhysOrg.com) -- So your New Year's resolution is to lose weight in 2009 and already you're faced with your first challenge: Super Bowl Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news150476628.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:03:48 EST news150476628 A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of obesity. http://www.physorg.com/news150461696.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:54:56 EST news150461696 A new study in the Review of Agricultural Economics compares fast food and table service meals at restaurants. Results show that both are larger and have more calories than meals prepared at home, with the typical fast food meal being smaller and having fewer calories than the average meal from a table service restaurant. http://www.physorg.com/news148734436.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:07:16 EST news148734436 Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines - including fruit juices - are giving students more calories than they need. http://www.physorg.com/news142481965.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:19:25 EST news142481965 (PhysOrg.com) -- How much energy we use to produce food could be cut in half if Americans ate less and ate local foods, wolfed down less meat, dairy and junk food, and used more traditional farming methods, says a new Cornell study. http://www.physorg.com/news137776425.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:13:45 EST news137776425 In addition to limiting calories, overweight and obese women may need to exercise 55 minutes a day for five days per week to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent over two years, according to a report in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news136483873.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:11:13 EST news136483873