News tagged with moderate obesity


Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to indicate that probiotics have a slimming effect.





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Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis need evaluation for heart disease risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Additional research is called for and patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a special ...


Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Researchers are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight later in life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis ...


Study: Morbidly obese sedentary for more than 99 percent of day

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

A new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 per ...


Study: Vibration Exercise Slows Weight Gain

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created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that whole body vibration slows the acquisition of fat, and may also positively impact bone density.


Calorie restriction causes temporal changes in liver metabolism

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, whereas moderate weight loss affects muscle, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the Americ ...


Ecstasy may be linked to sleep apnea

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New research shows that recreational users of the drug known as ecstasy may be at a higher risk for sleep apnea. The study is published in the December 2, 2009, online issue of Neurology.


UK children's physical activity levels hugely overestimated

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created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UK children's physical activity levels have been greatly overestimated, with true levels likely to be around six times lower than national data suggest, finds research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in ...


The answer to childhood obesity: 15 minutes of football?

The answer to childhood obesity: 15 minutes of football?

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created Mar 20, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The answer to childhood obesity could be as simple as encouraging kids to kick a football around for 15 minutes a day suggest academics at Bristol University's Children of the 90s research project.


Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...


Less than 3 percent of UK 11-year-olds take enough exercise

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created Sep 13, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Less than 3 per cent of UK 11 year olds are taking enough exercise, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.



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