Mar
31
Overweight babies may have delayed motor skills (Reuters)
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Reuters - Pudgy babies may be adorable, but being overweight may delay a baby’s ability to roll over, crawl, or conquer other important physical skills, researchers report.
Mar
31
Some of the same brain mechanisms that fuel drug addiction in humans accompany the emergence of compulsive eating behaviors and the development of obesity in animals, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health…
Mar
31
NCKU Hospital Transformed Obese Patients Into Slim Beauties
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Weight control is one of the important topics for modern people. In addition to proper diet, regular exercise and appropriate use of medicine, obese suffers may consider weight loss surgeries for faster effects. The first successful case in NCKU Hospital reduced her weight from 118 kg to 62.8 kg one year after the surgery. Ms…
Mar
31
Bacon Or Bagels? Higher Fat At Breakfast May Be Healthier Than You Think
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The age-old maxim “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper” may in fact be the best advice to follow to prevent metabolic syndrome, according to a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease-risk factors…
Mar
31
Too Much Weight May Delay Infants’ Ability To Crawl, Walk
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Those cute little rolls of fat some infants have may actually slow their ability to crawl and walk, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, published recently online in The Journal of Pediatrics, shows that infants who are overweight may be slower than thinner babies to develop motor skills…
Mar
30
Obesity, Alcohol Among Factors Linked to Women’s Gout Risk (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Obesity, high blood
pressure and alcohol consumption are among the major risk factors for gout
in women, a new study finds.
Mar
30
What Food Is This?
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Mar
30
Drugs Developed To Treat Addiction May Also Benefit People Who Are Habitual Overeaters
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Some of the same brain mechanisms that fuel drug addiction in humans accompany the emergence of compulsive eating behaviors and the development of obesity in animals, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health…
Mar
30
Delicious new cakes and frostings may someday contain less fat and fewer calories, thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists such as Mukti Singh. She’s based at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill…
Mar
30
Gout Risk Factors For Women: Obesity, Hypertension, Alcohol And Diuretic Use
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine found that women with serum uric acid levels over 5 mg/dl had a significantly lower risk of developing gout than men…










