Weight loss
hideWeight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to an underlying disease or can arise from a conscious effort to improve an overweight or obese state.
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News tagged with weight loss
Energy gap useful tool for successful weight loss maintenance strategy
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap was coined to estimate the change ...
Lifestyle changes may stave off diabetes for a decade
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes ...
Partners in weight loss success may help African-Americans shed more pounds
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Enrolling in a weight loss program with a family member or friend appears to enhance weight loss among African Americans, but only if the involved partner attends sessions frequently or also loses weight, according to a report ...
Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.
Physicians have less respect for obese patients, study suggests
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Doctors have less respect for their obese patients than they do for patients of normal weight, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings raise questions about whether negative physician attitudes about ...
Improved diet and exercise alone unlikely to cure obstructive sleep apnea in obese patients
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that while a strict diet and exercise program may benefit obese patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is unlikely to eli ...
Trialing major weight loss for type 2 diabetes in the overweight
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.
Linking weight loss to less sleep apnea
Sep 28, 2009 |
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More than 12 million people in the U.S. suffer from sleep apnea, most common among the overweight and obese. More than just loud snoring, it can lead to high blood pressure, stroke, cardiovascular disease and a poor quality ...
Personality traits influencing weight loss
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 25, 2009 |
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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.
Weight loss is good for the kidneys
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that t ...
Study: Lose weight while listening to your MP3 player (w/ Podcast)
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With obesity and weight-related illnesses on the rise, researchers continue to look for better ways to help people shed extra pounds and keep them off. A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study ...
Brain's response to seeing food may be linked to weight loss maintenance
Sep 15, 2009 |
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A difference in brain activity patterns may explain why some people are able to maintain a significant weight loss while others regain the weight, according to a new study by researchers with The Miriam Hospital.
Rise in weight-loss drugs prescribed to combat childhood obesity
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Thousands of children and adolescents are using anti-obesity drugs that in the UK are only licensed for use by adults. The number of young people receiving prescriptions for these drugs has increased 15-fold since 1999, but ...
Weight-loss surgery can break a family's cycle of obesity
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Adolescent and young children of obese mothers who underwent weight-loss surgery prior to pregnancy have been found to have a lower prevalence of obesity and significantly improved cardio-metabolic markers when compared to ...
Exercise alone shown to improve insulin sensitivity in obese sedentary adolescents
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A moderate aerobic exercise program, without weight loss, can improve insulin sensitivity in both lean and obese sedentary adolescents, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
