From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Mystery Of Healthy Fat People: Why Some Obese People Go On To Become Diabetic While Others Do Not

July 30, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

It is common to find obese people — even morbidly obese people — who are healthier than their condition would normally allow. Working with subjects with a body mass index of about 56, a team of researchers in Spain and Cambridge investigated the inflammatory and insulin signalling pathways in the patients’ visceral adipose tissue and have published their findings in the Disease Knowledge Environment of the Biochemical Journal.

Tagged as: Diabetes Research, Heart, Inflammation, Obesity

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Why Fad Diets Work Well For Some, But Not Others

July 30, 2010 News & Research

Ever notice some people seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound, while others seem to gain weight just by looking at fattening foods? You may be seeing things correctly after all.

Tagged as: Obesity

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Relationships Improve Your Odds of Survival By 50 Percent, Research Finds

July 28, 2010 News & Research

A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the “short list” of factors that predict a person’s odds of living or dying. In the journal PLoS Medicine, BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Timothy Smith report that social connections — friends, family, neighbors or colleagues — improve our odds of survival by 50 percent.

Tagged as: Obesity

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Happiness Is ‘Infectious’ In Network Of Friends: Collective — Not Just Individual — Phenomenon

July 28, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends—and their friends. And while you’re at it, their friends’ friends. But if you’re sad, hold the blame. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego have found that “happiness” is not the result solely of a cloistered journey filled with individually tailored self-help techniques.

Tagged as: Heart, Obesity

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The More Frequently You Log On, The More Weight You Can Keep Off, Study Finds

July 28, 2010 News & Research

The more people used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study published online in the open access Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Tagged as: Obesity

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Early Predictors Of Metabolic Syndrome In Healthy 7-9 Year-Olds Identified

July 28, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

Melinda Sothern, PhD, CEP, Professor of Public Health and Director of Health Promotion at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present evidence that supports relationships seen in adolescents between insulin sensitivity and fatty liver, belly fat, and total body fat and identifies additional potential early markers of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in healthy 7-9 year-old children, including fat in muscle cells, blood pressure, physical activity, and birth weight.

Tagged as: Diabetes Research, Heart, Obesity

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More Time Spent Sitting Linked To Higher Risk of Death; Risk Found To Be Independent Of Physical Activity Level

July 23, 2010 Cancer

A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds it’s not just how much physical activity you get, but how much time you spend sitting that can affect your risk of death.

Tagged as: Cancer, Heart, Obesity

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Could Diabetes Be in Your Bones? Link Between Metabolic Disease, Bone Mass; Breakdown Of Bone Keeps Blood Sugar In Check

July 22, 2010 News & Research

Our bones have much greater influence on the rest of our bodies than they are often given credit for, according to two new studies in the July 23 issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication. Both studies offer new insights into the interplay between bone and blood sugar, based on signals sent via insulin and a bone-derived hormone known as osteocalcin.

Tagged as: Osteoporosis

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Novel Anti-Diabetes Mechanism Uncovered: Findings Could Lead To Next Generation Of Improved Therapies

July 22, 2010 News & Research

In a joint study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University have uncovered a novel mechanism that dramatically increases insulin sensitivity and reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Tagged as: Obesity

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Weight Loss Supplements Don’t Work, Claim Reviews

July 22, 2010 News & Research

Two papers presented at an international obesity conference yesterday have found that a range of the most popular weight loss supplements available on the market are no more effective than a placebo. Neither of the studies, presented at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, Sweden, have yet to be published. According to the author of one of the papers, the science backing a variety of weight loss supplements is lacking.

Tagged as: Drugs, Obesity

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A High-Fat Diet Alters Crucial Aspects Of Brain Dopamine Signaling

July 19, 2010 News & Research

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that prolonged exposure to a high fat diet is correlated with changes in the brain chemical dopamine…

Tagged as: Obesity

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How Nutrition Affects The Breakdown Of Fats

July 19, 2010 News & Research

Scientists have shown that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high fat meal, their fats are broken down and oxidized in skeletal muscle, making them healthier.

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