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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.


Obese women play cancer roulette

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Obese women may be putting themselves at greater risk of breast cancer by not undergoing regular screening. According to new research by Dr. Nisa Maruthur and her team from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in ...


Obese diners choose convenience and overeating at Chinese buffets

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (20) | comments 7

When dining at Chinese Buffets, overweight individuals serve themselves and eat differently than normal weight individuals. This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand ...


Being overweight just as risky to health as being a smoker

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Obese adolescents have the same risk of premature death in adulthood as people who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, while those who are overweight have the same risk as less heavy smokers, according to research published ...


When it's not just baby weight

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Body image is a tricky thing for many women. Like looking into a funhouse mirror, the way they perceive their bodies can make them think they're thinner or more obese than they actually are. Researchers led by Temple University's ...


Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical remova ...


Who are you kidding? Overweight or obese moms who underestimate their weight status are more likely to over-gain during

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The research was carried out by a team of researchers led by Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Temple University. She said, "Compared to normal weight women who accurately assessed ...


Weight does not affect women's sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."


Mental barriers hamper obese women's efforts to get exercise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

For arachnophobes, it's difficult to kill a spider as it scurries across the floor. Those who are scared to fly might not ever set foot on a plane. While nothing physically stops people with these aversions, a mental barrier ...


Nearly half of US adults will develop painful knee osteoarthritis by age 85: study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost half of all U.S. adults and nearly two-thirds of obese adults will develop painful osteoarthritis of the knee by age 85, a study based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests.


Research highlights problems of predicting birthweights in obese mothers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found what they believe to be the most accurate way of predicting the birth-weight of babies born to the growing number of obese mothers, according to a study in the UK-based journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics an ...