Weight Loss Guide Articles

	March 25, 2009 Fructose metabolism by the brain increases food intake WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Watch out for the far-reaching effects of high energy foods. The journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC), published by Elsevier, will publish an important review this week online, by M. Daniel Lane and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, building on the suggested link between the consumption of fructose and increased food intake, which may contribute to a high incidence of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
	February 23, 2009 Overdoing it? Simple techniques can help avoid overindulgence WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Consider your feelings Some people overindulge on junk foods or needless shopping sprees when they feel depressed. Others lose control the minute they feel happy. Is there a way to avoid such extreme actions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates simple techniques that can help people act in their long-term interests rather than indulging in immediate pleasures.
	January 14, 2009 New model system may better explain regulation of body weight WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Continued research creating deeper understanding of Set-Point Hypothesis A new mathematical model of the physiological regulation of body weight suggests a potential mechanism underlying the difficulty of losing weight, one that includes aspects of two competing hypotheses of weight regulation. In the January issue of Cell Metabolism, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators outline a system in which there may be several steady states to which an animal's weight tends to gravitate, rather than a single "set point."
	December 11, 2008 Tufts study compared women's cognition on low-carb and reduced-calorie diets WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: More evidence for losing weight through a balanced, controlled-calorie diet A new study from the psychology department at Tufts University shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories, but maintain carbohydrates.
	November 12, 2008 A large waist can almost double your risk of premature death, says huge Europe-wide study WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Even if your body mass index is normal... Having a large waistline can almost double your risk of dying prematurely even if your body mass index is within the 'normal' range, according to a new study of over 350,000 people across Europe, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
	November 5, 2008 Study Reveals Continued Damage from Banned Obesity Drug WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Large study confirms long term damage. Fenfluramine, the appetite suppressant drug banned in the US in 1997 due to fears over its links to heart conditions, has been shown to have serious long-term effects. In a report published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, researchers have shown that people who stopped using fenfluramine eleven years ago had damaged heart valves up to seven years later.
	September 22, 2008 Calorie Restriction Does Not Appear to Induce Bone Loss in Overweight Adults WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Keep it slow and steady and stay healthy in the process. Young adults who follow a diet that is low in calories but nutritionally sound for six months appear to lose weight and fat without significant bone loss, according to a report in the September 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
	September 3, 2008 Nearly half of U.S. adults will develop painful knee osteoarthritis by age 85 WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Study shows significant link between osteoarthritis and weight. Almost half of ALL U.S.adults and nearly TWO THIRDS of overweight adults will develop severe knee pain by age 85. The study also found that a person’s lifetime risk rose as their body mass index or BMI increased, with the greatest risk found in those whose weight was normal at age 18 but were overweight at 45 or older.
	August 22, 2008 Pay Attention! Small Packages May Lead to Overeating WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: beware of too many innocent pleasures New research in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people actually consume more high-calorie snacks when they are in small packages than large ones.
	June 23, 2008 Making Patients Move Requires the Right Exercise Advice WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: University of Missouri study can be applied to weight loss. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found that adults with chronic illness who received interventions focused on behavior-changing strategies significantly increased their physical activity levels. In contrast, interventions based on cognitive approaches, which attempt to change knowledge, beliefs and attitudes, and are most commonly used by health care providers, did not improve physical activity.
	June 3, 2008 Eating and Weight Gain Not Necessarily Linked, Study Shows WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: U of C study deepens the understanding of serotonin A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
	April 14, 2008 Living Green through Informed, Healthy Lifestyle WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Eating Habits are Worth Billions Publisher, Healthiness, Inc. has taken its own advice and has encouraged all of its employees to leave a shallower, greener footprint by living healthier lifestyles.
	April 14, 2008 Nutrition Starts Early! WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Increasingly, researchers are finding that you are also what your mother ate. You are what you eat, as the old saying goes. Maybe so, but increasingly researchers are finding that you are also what your mother ate- maternal nutrition has profound consequences on the health of offspring.
	April 3, 2008 Keep on Running WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Lack of exercise when young may lead to heart disease. A lack of physical activity and fitness as a child can lead to an increased risk of heart disease according to research published in the open access journal Dynamic Medicine. Robert McMurray and his team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown for the first time that heart disease factors, known collectively as metabolic syndrome in teenagers are influenced by a child’s level of fitness and physical activity.
	February 20, 2008 6 Surprising Weight Loss Tips WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: It's all about perception. Researchers at Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab have been very busy exploring ways that food choices can be influenced by how we perceive them. They have watched hundreds of people in every day settings and have developed a set of tips that should help all of us develop easy ways to avoid overeating.
	February 15, 2008 French paradox redux? US vs. French on being full WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Pay attention to how you feel. It's the French paradox redux: Why don't the French get as fat as Americans, considering all the baguettes, wine, cheese, pate and pastries they eat?
	February 10, 2008 Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: While not conclusive, future human studies should be watched. Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association.
	February 8, 2008 Buff mice show 'weight training' muscles reduce fat and improve metabolism WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Unexpected benefits revealed. It may not be time to start pumping iron just yet, but, as strange as it sounds, there is evidence in recent mice studies published in the February 6th issue of Cell Metabolism that indicates that the type of muscles that are developed by weight lifting may play a bigger role in regulating body weight than we think.
	January 30, 2008 Government Dietary Guidelines, Unintended Consequences and Public Policy WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: The following dialogue emphasizes that no one element solves weight loss needs. In the years following the government promotion of a low-fat diet, obesity in America has reached almost epidemic levels. Were the federal guidelines a direct cause, a catalyst for unintended consequences or merely a well-meaning but unimportant factor?
	January 28, 2008 Cutting Caffeine May Help Control Diabetes WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: OK coffee drinkers. If your desire for weight loss is associated with diabetes, you will be disappointed and intrigued by this study. Daily consumption of caffeine in coffee, tea or soft drinks increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes and may undermine efforts to control their disease, say scientists at Duke University Medical Center.
	Metabolic Syndrome Affects Nearly 1 in 10 US Teens WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Adolescents are increasingly at risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes as a consequence of being overweight. About nine percent of teenagers may have metabolic syndrome, a clustering of risk factors that put them on the path toward heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. This shocking statistic represents some of the first concentrated efforts to define and measure metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.
	Proper Weight Management To Keep a Healthy Body WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Gary Machado delivers simple and sound advice. Proper weight management is more than concentrating on a single bodily factor such as one's weight. There are other measurements that should be monitored as well.
	January 23, 2008 Your Personality Type Influences How Much Self-control You Have WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Which type are you? A new study from Northwestern introduces personality types used frequently in consumer research to the realm of self-improvement. People are motivated by one of two fundamental needs: they are either “promotion-focused,” seeking products that will help them achieve hopes and aspirations, or they are “prevention-focused,” seeking items that help achieve a need for safety and security.
	January 22, 2008 Overweight Patients with Diabetes Appear More Likely to Achieve Remission with Weight Loss Surgery WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: The dialogue over risk and value of surgical intervention continues. Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control, according to a study in the January 23 issue of JAMA.
	January 10, 2008 Eat Less or Exercise More? WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: either way leads to more youthful hearts Overweight people who lose a moderate amount of weight get an immediate benefit in the form of better heart health, according to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
	January 8, 2008 Trying to Stay on a Strict Diet? Focus on the Details WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: repetition usually makes people enjoy things less Satiation causes our favorites to lose their sheen, makes it hard to follow a diet, and pushes us to escalate our spending on novelty.
	December 3, 2007 Farm Bill Amendment to Ban Junk Food from Schools WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: a significant attempt in managing weight for our most vulnerable memebers of society Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa and the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, a sponsor the of the amendment, are hoping public interest can overcome wide ranging special interests intent on stopping the legislation.
	November 19, 2007 Kaiser Permanente/Harvard Medical School Study Links Lack of Sleep to Weight Gain for New Moms WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Don't you wish they could just sleep a little while longer? Mothers who reported sleeping five hours or less per day when their babies were six months old had a threefold higher risk for substantial weight retention (11 pounds or more) at their baby's first birthday than moms who slept seven hours per day, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente and Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
	November 19, 2007 Doubled Calorie Intake from Beverages Likely contributes to Adult Obesity WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Watch out during the holidays. It's not just sugary sodas that are adding to the obesity crisis, it's fruit drinks, alcohol and a combination of other high-calorie beverages, say University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health researchers. And during the holidays, when eggnog, cocktails and spiced cider are abundant, the problem can be even more apparent.
	November 1, 2007 People who skip meals: are they better off? WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: An American Heart Association meeting report on the possible benefits of fasting. “People who fast seem to receive a heart-protective benefit, and this appeared to also hold true in non-LDS people who fast as part of a health-conscious lifestyle,” said Benjamin D. Horne, Ph.D., M.P.H., study author and director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at Intermountain Medical Center and adjunct assistant professor of biomedical informatics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
	November 1, 2007 Overweight Mothers Run Greater Risk of Having Hyperactive Children WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: If a woman is overweight when she becomes pregnant, the probability is much greater that her child will show ADHD-like symptoms, according to a new Nordic study. “Many children are being diagnosed with ADHD and at the same time there is an epidemic of obesity in the world, with more and more women already overweight at the time they become pregnant.” says Alina Rodriguez at the Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, who is the lead author of the article.
	October 4, 2007 Starting University May be Hazardous to Your Health WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: A new study sheds light on 'Freshman 20' Moving away from home and adapting to a new social environment are just two of the many challenges that new students face as they enter university.
	July 18, 2007 New NIH-supported Study Characterizes Social Networks of Family, Friends WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: You might be more than just friends People wondering about excessive weight gain might look to their relationships with family and friends for one clue, suggests new research reported July 26, 2007, in The New England Journal of Medicine.
	July 18, 2007 Exercise, exercise, rest, repeat -- How a Break Can Help Your Workout WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Repeated sessions of exercise burn more fat than a single, long session Taking a break in the middle of your workout may metabolize more fat than exercising without stopping, according to a recent study in Japan.
	July 1, 2007 How We Can Stop Stress from Making Us Obese WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Know Yourself Professor Herbert Herzog, Director of the Neuroscience Research Program at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, together with scientists from the US and Slovakia, have shown that neuropeptide Y (NPY), a molecule the body releases when stressed, can ‘unlock’ Y2 receptors in the body’s fat cells, stimulating the cells to grow in size and number.
	June 14, 2007 New Nutritional Research Indicates College Students Face Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Metabolic Syndrome WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: It's a young person's game too Professor Herbert Herzog, Director of the Neuroscience Research Program at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, together with scientists from the US and Slovakia, have shown that neuropeptide Y (NPY), a molecule the body releases when stressed, can ‘unlock’ Y2 receptors in the body’s fat cells, stimulating the cells to grow in size and number.
	June 1, 2007 Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Complications WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Weight Management Short-Cut Brings Unintended Consequences A recent article, "Neurologic complications of gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity," in the journal Neurology described 26 patients with major and disabling neurologic conditions attributed to bariatric surgery.
	May 27, 2007 "Rethinking Thin" Revives Dieting "Set Point Theory" WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: This book is right in many ways, but wrong on one important point. So much for new scientific information. "Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss" revives defunct "set point" theory.
	May 14, 2007 Log-On to Shape-Up WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Study finds Internet programs can help motivate couch potatoes to exercise The Internet can be an effective tool in helping inactive adults to get moving, a new study suggests. Researchers at The Miriam Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University found that web-based intervention programs aimed at changing the behavior of sedentary adults were just as effective as traditional, print-based programs.
	May 10, 2007 Childhood Obesity Intervention Shows Promising Results WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: If THEY can do it... A community-based environmental change intervention to prevent obesity in culturally diverse, early elementary school children reduced weight gain over one school year.
	April 26, 2007 Simple System Accurately Predicts Weight-Loss Surgery Risk WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Be aware that there IS risk in surgery A simple scoring system based on five medical factors accurately predicts which patients being considered for gastric bypass surgery would be at highest risk of dying.
	April 12, 2007 Researchers Associate Calories from Newspaper Dessert Recipes with Community Obesity Rates WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: This short article underlines our long-held opinion that our food choices are heavily influenced by media. Research finds calorie-dense dessert recipes printed in major newspapers across the country may be contributing to obesity in large cities.
	April 3, 2007 UCLA Researchers Report on What Works and What Doesn't WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Be careful to read this all the way through. "Eating in moderation is a good idea for everybody, and so is regular exercise," says lead researcher Traci Mann of UCLA. "That is not what we looked at in this study. Exercise may well be the key factor leading to sustained weight loss. Studies consistently find that people who reported the most exercise also had the most weight loss."
	March 12, 2007 Obesity Surgery Can Lead to Memeory Loss, Other Problems WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: Surgery Has Its Downside Weight loss surgery, such as gastric bypass surgery, can lead to a vitamin deficiency that can cause memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, and other problems, according to a study published in the March 13, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
	Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Too Much Weight Spells Double Trouble for Couples Trying to Conceive WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: AS if heart disease and diabetes weren't enough..." If both partners in a couple are overweight or obese, they are more likely to have to wait longer before successfully conceiving a child, according to new research published online in Europe�s leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction, today (Wednesday 7 March).
	February 23, 2007 Childhood Weight Linked to Proximity to Green Space and Food Stores WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE: This one goes in the file marked "Curious" Living in greener neighborhoods or in closer proximity to grocery stores is associated with reduced risk of being overweight, according to a study of more than 7,000 children ages three to 18 conducted by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine; the Department of Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; and the University of Cincinnati. The study, the largest of its type to date, appears in the March/April issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion.
	February 7, 2007 Children Who Sleep Less More Likely to be Overweight Research indicates that getting inadequate sleep has negative effects on children's social and emotional well-being and school performance. Now a Northwestern University study finds it also increases their risk of being overweight.
	February 7, 2007 Older Adults Face Double Whammy When It Comes To Body Fat When it comes to body fat, today's older adults face a double whammy, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues. Up until age 80, older adults not only gain fat as they age -- but because of the obesity epidemic -- they actually begin their older years fatter.
	January 22, 2007 Excess Pounds on Pre-Teen Girls Pose Future Health Risks A National Institutes of Health New Release Girls in their "tween" years--the ages of 9-12--are particularly vulnerable to excess weight gain and related health risks that may continue into adulthood, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest that interventions targeted to this susceptible age group may help prevent weight-related problems in the years to come.
	January 16, 2007 New fat, same old problem with an added twist? Study shows a new fat replacement for trans fat raises blood sugar in humans Once again, we are reminded that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Last month, New York City outlawed the use of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, in restaurants, a ban now under consideration in other cities, including Boston and Chicago. But research conducted in Malaysia and at Brandeis University shows that a common trans fat replacement raises blood glucose and depresses insulin and adversely depresses the beneficial HDL-cholesterol in humans.
	January 8, 2007 Nutrition Studies' Conclusions Tied to Funding Source Analysis of beverage studies shows pervasive bias Recent analyses have documented bias in pharmaceutical studies funded by industry. Now, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston finds a similar phenomenon in scientific articles about nutrition, particularly in studies of beverages.
	November 7, 2006 Copay This! We know a lot about the effects of being overweight on our long-term health, but what about our long-term wealth? You may have already learned that being overweight is a key element in a long list of health problems like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. What you may not know is how much of a financial burden these and other weight-related health problems can create.
	October 24, 2006 Significant Amount of Binge Eating Occurs in Restaurants This isn't exactly earth shaking news, but it does raise questions about how eating out could negatively effect an ongoing weight loss program if a person choses to let it.
	October 23, 2006 Further Evidence that Moderate Drinking Reduces Men's Heart Attack Risk If your are wondering if that before-dinner drink is a good thing or a bad thing, consider this study from researchers at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard School of Public Health.
	September 22, 2006 Personal Fit Weight Loss Guide: The Price of Success At first, it seemed a sign of success that the emerging middle class in developing economies around the world had finally found a way to eat whatever they want.
	October 17, 2006 Walnuts Protect Arteries From Fat Can the nut of the humble walnut tree effect how your body responds to saturated fat? A research group at the American College of Cardiology have shown evidence that it's true.
	September 20, 2006 (pdf) Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? The country is beginning to recognize childhood obesity as a major public health epidemic that will incur substantial costs to the nation. However, the current level of investment by the public and private sectors still does not match the extent of the problem.
	August 30, 2006 Better After-School Snack Choices Boost Nutrition for Low-Income Kids, UC Davis Research Confirms Study of a Sacramento-area program finds kids will eat more fruits and less fat
	August 22, 2006 Personal Fit Weight Loss Guide: Americans Reach Historical Proportions Never before in history have so many high calorie foods been so widely available and so inexpensive. Is it surprising, then that over 300,000 Americans per year die from overweight related conditions per year?
	August 14, 2006 Computer automated e-counseling improves weight loss A research study appearing in the August 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine conducted by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and University of North Carolina shows both computerized and human feedback effective in short-term weight loss.
	August 1, 2006 Big kids are getting too big There is a need of epidemic proportions for weight loss in the tallest, fastest growing young children, according to new research published in The International Journal of Obesity today (1 August 2006).
	July 31, 2006 Scripps research scientists test anti-obesity vaccine This study won't effect humans for some time to come, but it's worth watching as it develops. Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have developed an anti-obesity vaccine that significantly slowed weight gain and reduced body fat in animal models.
	July 31, 2006 Study pinpoints how genetic glitch could keep some people from feeling full University of Florida researchers have determined how some genetic mutations cause receptors to miss signals from molecules that tell the body when to eat and when to put down the fork, placing scientists one step closer to finding a way to correct these defects.
	July 27, 2006 Joslin's new book demystifies nutrition and meal planning for people with diabetes Conflicting headlines in the news media about what foods are healthy to eat can be confusing, especially when you or a loved one has diabetes. Besides understanding the impact of each food on one's blood glucose level, sorting through questions about fat, fiber, carbohydrates (carbs), sweeteners, the glycemic index and more can be daunting.
	July 16, 2006 There Are a Lot of Good Reasons for Weight Loss If your body mass index (BMI is a ratio of weight to height) is 30 or more, your're at greater risk for a variety of health problems. This article published by the National Institute of Health, shows that the heavier you are, the greater your health risks.
	Mon, 10 Jul 2006 Calorie-Rich 'Splurge' Shouldn't Defeat Dieters Missteps don't have to turn into weight loss failure, according to experts at the Mayo Clinic.
	Thu, 6 Jul 2006 Women's Health Risks Rise Along With Weight Follow your weight loss guide and avoid cardiovascular problems and more. Reporting in the July 5 Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh analyzed data on weight and quality of life.