News tagged with maintaining a healthy weight


Small changes can lead to big rewards, says ASN president

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Small changes can lead to big rewards, such as maintaining a healthy weight, American Society for Nutrition (ASN) President James O. Hill, PhD, describes in a recent report. The article, to be published in the February issue ...





Search results for maintaining a healthy weight


Forget dieting over the holidays

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Changing your focus from dieting to living healthy during the holidays boosts the chances of maintaining your perfect weight.


Large changes needed to address global obesity epidemic

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

According to Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital, people who are ...


Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.


Study finds meal replacements aid weight loss

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Meal replacements in a medically supervised weight loss program are successful in facilitating weight loss, according to a new study conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the August 2009 issue of the ...


Professor discovers new way to calculate body's 'Maximum Weight Limit'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height ...


Personality traits influencing weight loss

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss.


A healthy lifestyle halves the risk of premature death in women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over half of deaths in women from chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease could be avoided if they never smoke, keep their weight in check, take exercise and eat a healthy diet low in red meat and trans-fats, according ...


Exercise goals: Mid-life women should work out to improve well-being, not only to lose weight

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mid-life working women are more committed and more likely to plan exercise into their daily lives if they know it will make them feel better immediately, a new study from the University of Michigan shows.


Healthy lifestyle habits may be associated with reduced risk of chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and following a healthy diet—together appear to be associated with as much as an 80 percent reduction in the risk of developing the most common and deadly ...


Obesity in middle aged women cuts chance of a long, healthy life by 80 percent

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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 ...



List of search results for maintaining a healthy weight