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Keeping the weight off: Which obesity treatment is most successful?

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Severely obese patients who have lost significant amounts of weight by changing their diet and exercise habits may be as successful in keeping the weight off long-term as those individuals who lost weight after bariatric ...


Exercise minimizes weight regain by reducing appetite and burning fat first, carbs later

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and by burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new study with rats. Burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the ...





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Exercise keeps dangerous visceral fat away a year after weight loss (w/ Video)

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent ...


Battle of the bulge: Low leptin levels undermine successful weight loss

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created Jun 21, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Individuals who are obese are at increased risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As 75%-95% of previously obese individuals regain their lost weight, many researchers are interested in developing ...


Losing weight soon after type 2 diabetes diagnosis doubles positive outcomes

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People who lose weight soon after a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes have better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar, and are more likely to maintain that control even if they regain their weight, according to a Kaiser ...


Study shows why weight gain is inevitable

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created May 09, 2006 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Denmark's National Exercise and Nutrition Council says it has found people cannot lose more than 5 percent to 10 percent of their weight through dieting.


Brain's response to seeing food may be linked to weight loss maintenance

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


New national adolescent weight control registry will recognize successful teen weight loss efforts

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 16 percent of children ages 6-19 years are overweight or obese - a number that has tripled since 1980.


Current exercise recommendations may not be sufficient for overweight women to sustain weight loss

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created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In addition to limiting calories, overweight and obese women may need to exercise 55 minutes a day for five days per week to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent over two years, according to a report in the July 28 issue of ...


Energy gap useful tool for successful weight loss maintenance strategy

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Milkshakes are medicine for anorexic teens in family-based outpatient therapy

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't something most parents need to worry about. But this is just the approach used in one treatment for anorexia nervosa. Known as Behavioral Family Therapy, or the Maudsley ...


Large changes needed to address global obesity epidemic

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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 ...



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