News tagged with lean body
Building strong bones: Running may provide more benefits than resistance training
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Osteoporosis affects more than 200 million people worldwide and is a serious public health concern, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Resistance training often is recommended to increase and ...
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Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
Lean muscle mass helps even obese patients battle cancer
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Lean muscle-mass may give even obese people an advantage in battling cancer, a University of Alberta study shows.
The lean gene
Apr 01, 2008 |
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Your friend can eat whatever she wants and still fit into her prom dress, but you gain five pounds if you just look at that chocolate cake. Before you sign up for Weight Watchers and that gym membership, though, you may want ...
Muscle mass can make the difference in battling cancer
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lean muscle-mass may give even obese people an advantage in battling cancer, a University of Alberta study shows.
Weight Watchers vs. fitness centers
Jul 02, 2008 |
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In the first study of its kind, using sophisticated methods to measure body composition, the nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method ...
Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Exercise does not suppress appetite in obese women, as it does in lean women, according to a new study. The results were presented Tuesday, June 17, at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Not all fat is created equal
Aug 27, 2008 |
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A Temple University study finds fat in obese patients is "sick" when compared to fat in lean patients.
Unanimous union: The mind and body together lean toward 'truthiness'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2008 |
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‘Truthiness,’ according to television satirist Stephen Colbert, represents the human preference to follow our intuition despite the presence of facts or evidence. For example, the more ambiguous an answer to a question, ...
Ideal weight varies across cultures, but body image dissatisfaction pervades
Oct 23, 2007 |
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Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image. Some cultures celebrate a fuller body shape more than others, but researchers ...
Obesity does not worsen asthma, but may reduce response to medications
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, according to a study by National Jewish Health researchers, although it may reduce the response to medications.
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