Weight gain
hideWeight gain is an increase in body weight. This can be either an increase in muscle mass, fat deposits, or excess fluids such as water.
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News tagged with weight gain
Fructose sets table for weight gain without warning
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Eating too much fructose can induce leptin resistance, a condition that can easily lead to becoming overweight when combined with a high-fat, high-calorie diet, according to a new study with rats.
Laptops Linked to Male Infertility
Jun 12, 2009 |
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While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, ...
Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in the US
May 08, 2009 |
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New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in the United ...
Drug mimics low-cal diet to ward off weight gain, boost running endurance
Nov 04, 2008 |
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A drug designed to specifically hit a protein linked to the life-extending benefits of a meager diet can essentially trick the body into believing food is scarce even when it isn't, suggests a new report in the November Cell Me ...
Late-Night Snacks: Worse Than You Think
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eat less, exercise more. Now there is new evidence to support adding another "must" to the weight-loss mantra: eat at the right time of day.
Scientists reveal key enzyme in fat absorption
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it. The enzyme, acyl CoA: monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 or ...
Simple blood test predicts obesity
Oct 31, 2008 |
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According to new research from the Monell Center, the degree of change in blood triglyceride levels following a fatty meal may indicate susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. The findings open doors to new methods of identifying ...
Food stamp use linked to weight gain, study finds
Aug 10, 2009 |
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The U.S. Food Stamp Program may help contribute to obesity among its users, according to a new nationwide study that followed participants for 14 years.
Overeating can set stage for obesity, researchers say
Nov 27, 2009 |
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It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes.
Researchers tie genes, lower reward response to weight gain
Oct 16, 2008 |
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The brains of obese people seem to respond to a tasty treat with less vigor than the brains of their leaner peers, suggesting obese people may overeat to compensate for a reduced reward response, according to a new brain ...
Non-parental care of infants tied to unfavorable feeding practices
Jul 11, 2008 |
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With more new mothers in the workplace than ever before, there has been a corresponding increase in the number of child-care facilities in the United States. At the same time, data from a variety of sources point to a growing ...
Gene produces hormones that lead to obesity
Jul 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity and common weight gain share a genetic basis. Professor Philippe Froguel, from Imperial College in Great Britain, and his team from the laboratoire Génomique et physiologie moléculaire des maladies ...
Does mom know when enough is enough?
May 11, 2009 |
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As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers ...
Sleep restriction results in weight gain despite decreases in appetite and consumption
Jun 08, 2009 |
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According to new research, in the presence of free access to food, sleep restricted subjects reported decrease in appetite, food cravings and food consumption; however, they gained weight over the course of the study. Thus, ...
'Shortcuts' of the mind lead to miscalculations of weight and caloric intake
Jun 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
