Posted on Jun 29th, 2010 |
A new study shows that teenage girls who have normal weight levels but consider themselves to be overweight are at higher risk of depression than teenage girls who are aware that they are overweight. Researchers at Penn State University’s sociology and demography department explain in the latest issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior that overweight girls have traditionally been regarded as at greater risk of depression due to their larger weight, yet the behavioral risk factors of girls of healthy weight have essentially been overlooked in previous weight-mental health relationship studies.
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Posted on Apr 9th, 2010 |
Researchers say that rats given unlimited access to high-fat foods exhibited addiction-like responses in their brains that could underlie compulsive eating and obesity.
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Posted on Apr 5th, 2010 |
In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. The new study, conducted by Scripps Research Associate Professor Paul J. Kenny and graduate student Paul M. Johnson, was published March 28, 2010 in an advance online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Posted on Feb 16th, 2010 |
The holidays can be challenging for even the most diligent dieters. But are weekends just as detrimental? Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., found that weekend eating patterns change significantly.
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Posted on Jan 15th, 2010 |
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that while obesity rates in the United States are still sky-high, they appear to have stabilized.
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Posted on Jan 7th, 2010 |
A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health has piloted a psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed “at risk” for obesity.
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Posted on Nov 12th, 2009 |
Shay Sorrells, a former contestant on the reality television show “The Biggest Loser,” suffers from a food addiction and was able to lose 100 pounds during her nine-week run on the show. Although she was eliminated from the show, her amazing weight loss—she lost 17 pounds during her last week on the show—set a new record for women on the show.
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Posted on Aug 26th, 2009 |
It is amazing how much one’s appearance impacts every other aspect of his or her life. Whether people realize it or not, they will often surround themselves with like people in an effort to comfort and protect themselves. This is especially true for those people who are overweight. (more…)
Posted in Obesity
Posted on Jul 27th, 2009 |
By Leslie Thompson
Over the past few decades, obesity has become a highly prevalent problem in American society, and it is one of the fastest-growing health epidemics in the country. Recent reports show that 34 percent of adult Americans are obese and/or overweight, and more than 30 percent of children are similarly obese. With such a high percentage of the population battling obesity, many different treatment programs have been developed to help combat this issue. One such form of treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Posted in Eating Disorders
Posted on Jul 1st, 2009 |
An international study found that a variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity. This research adds to the evidence that genes influence appetite and that the brain plays a role in obesity.
Robert Kaplan, PhD., associate professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University helped direct the international study, which involved 34 research institutions. Dr. Kaplan and colleagues found that people who have inherited the gene variant NRXN3 have a 10-15 percent increased risk of being obese compared with people who do not have the variant.
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