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Obese women who undergo rapid weight loss to get pregnant may harm rather than improve their chances of having a healthy baby, a leading researcher suggested this week. Professor Richard Legro of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, said the subject was under-researched and outcomes unknown…

AFP - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle — too much junk food and couch-potato living — is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Adding more evidence to
theories linking DNA to weight, European scientists report that a genetic
variation seems to virtually guarantee that a person will become
obese.

Researchers reporting in the February 3rd issue of Cell Metabolism may have a new way to trick the body into consuming more energy. The target in this case is an enzyme that indirectly controls the activity of what the researchers refer to as the “energy master switch…

Nutritionist David Grotto discuss the latest scientific findings on chocolate’s health benefits, and the different types of chocolate available on the market today. Click to read now

Ground-breaking results from a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!), a multi-component community-based childhood obesity intervention (http://www.mendcentral.org), are published today in the US journal Obesity …

Ground-breaking results from a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!), a multi-component community-based childhood obesity intervention (http://www.mendcentral.org), are published in the US journal Obesity (http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v18/n1s/abs/oby2009433a.html)…

New research on Type 2 diabetes by Trinity College Dublin researchers could benefit young adults (aged 18-25 years) with the condition. The research led by Professor John Nolan of Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital, Dublin, has just been published online in the leading international journal, Diabetes Care¹…

Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers…

Reducing obesity and smoking have become national priorities in the United States. Research has shown that intensive counseling can positively impact each problem. However, because such counseling is typically not covered by medical insurance, cost can be a barrier…

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