Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/fitness-obesity/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241307.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241307.phpAn editorial authored by University of Cincinnati (UC) diabetes researchers published in the Feb. 7, 2012, issue of the journal Cell Metabolism sheds light on the biological factors contributing to rising rates of obesity and discusses strategies to reduce body weight. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, about one-third of U.S. adults are obese, a number that continues to climb...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241300.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241300.phpAmerica's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center reported in the journal Cell Metabolism. Approximately one third of all American adults are obese today, and the percentage continues to rise, says the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241225.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241225.phpPrograms that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241244.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241244.phpThe American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar...Diabetes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241254.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241254.phpIt's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that the heart also plays a role in breaking down fat. In their study, published February 6 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Sheila Collins, Ph.D...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241257.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241257.phpTaste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too...Diabetes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241232.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241232.phpA study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to the researchers, findings from the study indicate that baby led weaning may help prevent childhood obesity...Pediatrics / Children's Health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241198.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241198.phpAs a brand new year gets underway, people all over America are resolving to better manage their weight and have a more healthy 2012. According to a new study, those starting new weight loss programs may be surprised to find out that both location and level of experience may influence their success...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241211.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241211.phpA preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene. The results help explain why some people struggle when placed on a low-fat diet and may one day assist people in selecting diets that are easier for them to follow...Nutrition / Diet Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241135.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241135.phpIntermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics, however exercise while under hypoxic conditions provides greater improvements in glycemic control than intermittent exercise alone, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)...Diabetes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241084.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241084.phpIn 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics - typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders - making them among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S...Bipolar Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241098.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241098.phpThe value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. An expert Roundtable Discussion in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241099.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241099.phpAttending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweight...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241063.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241063.phpIf you are a people-pleaser who strives to keep your social relationships smooth and comfortable, you might find yourself overeating in certain social situations like Super Bowl watch parties. A new study from Case Western Reserve University found that, hungry or not, some people eat in an attempt to keep others comfortable...Psychology / Psychiatry Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241074.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241074.phpThe first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241061.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241061.phpSugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241062.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241062.phpShare a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. This behavior was found to be more prominent at the beginning of an interaction than at the end...Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241035.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241035.phpToday, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241009.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241009.phpIndividuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241018.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241018.phpA team of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of California at San Francisco has discovered that the mutation of a gene encoding a ketone body transporter triggers accumulation of fat and other lipids in the livers of zebrafish. This discovery, published in the Feb...Liver Disease / Hepatitis Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241052.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241052.phpA recent study published in Nature by Robert Lustig, MD, Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, and Claire Brindis, DPH, and colleges at the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that sugar is as dangerous when over-consumed as tobacco or alcohol, and should be used in moderation...Endocrinology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240971.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240971.php One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI)...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240904.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240904.phpWomen have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240989.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240989.phpBrown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat humans and other mammals have - the other type is known as white or yellow fat. Human newborns and hibernating mammals have high levels of brown fat. Brown fat's main function is to generate body heat...Endocrinology Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240932.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240932.php A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI is in the normal weight range are more likely to to discuss weight loss with patients than overweight or obese colleagues...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness