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Ratio of Appetite-Regulating Hormones Marker of Successful Dieters
June 25, 2012 A pre-diet measurement of two hormones related to weight regulation can help predict which dieters will be more likely to maintain their weight loss and who will not, according to a new ... > full story -
Secondhand Smoke Is Linked to Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
June 25, 2012 Adults who are exposed to secondhand smoke have higher rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes than do nonsmokers without environmental exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study ... > full story -
Why Do Fat Cells Get Fat? New Suspect Identified
June 25, 2012 As the world fights obesity at the human level, a new finding at the microscopic level could help fuel that fight. The work helps explain why fat-storing cells get fatter, and burn fat slower, as ... > full story -
Overweight Men Can Boost Low Testosterone Levels by Losing Weight
June 25, 2012 Weight loss can reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged men with prediabetes by almost 50 percent, a new study ... > full story -
Type 2 Diabetes, Cured by Weight Loss Surgery, Returns in One-Fifth of Patients
June 25, 2012 A new study shows that although gastric bypass surgery reverses Type 2 diabetes in a large percentage of obese patients, the disease recurs in about 21 percent of them within three to five ... > full story -
Diet, Exercise or Both? What Obese Older Adults Need to Do to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk
June 25, 2012 Obese older adults can reduce their chance of developing the metabolic syndrome by losing weight through dieting alone, but adding exercise to a weight loss program has even more benefit, a new study ... > full story -
Do You Always Have Room for Dessert? Blame Ghrelin, Study Authors Say
June 25, 2012 A new study suggests that the appetite-inducing hormone ghrelin increases the incentive for humans to eat high-calorie foods, even on a full ... > full story -
Binge Eating Improves With Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
June 25, 2012 Deep brain stimulation reduces binge eating in mice, suggesting that this surgery, which is approved for treatment of certain neurologic and psychiatric disorders, may also be an effective therapy ... > full story -
Long-Term Testosterone Treatment for Men Results in Reduced Weight and Waist Size
June 23, 2012 In testosterone-deficient men, major weight loss was an added benefit of testosterone replacement therapy for most of the patients who participated in a new ... > full story -
Zebrafish Research Shows How Dietary Fat Regulates Cholesterol Absorption
June 23, 2012 New research suggests there may be a biological reason why fatty and cholesterol-rich foods, like buttery shrimp, fried eggs and burgers and fries are so appealing together. Researchers are using ... > full story
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