Obesity could impact brain tissue and play a role in the onset of
dementia in older women, say researchers in the US, adding a new
study to the growing body of science that suggests this physical
condition can be detrimental to overall...
A large sample study in the US finds that obesity could more than
double an older woman's risk of acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML),
an often fatal cancer of the bone marrow and blood.
Soy appears to deliver tangible health benefits for the heart,
brain and kidney health but more research is needed in many areas,
heard a large audience attending this year's Soy and Health
conference.
Low fat diets are just as effective as the trendy Atkins diet and
have more scientifically solid evidence to support their long-term
weight loss effects, write Danish doctors in tomorrow's
Lancet.
The contribution that the common sweetener ingredient sucrose has
made to the growing incidence of obesity is the focus of a dispute
between the US sugar association and a New Zealand scientist.
Taking a daily chitosan supplement had little effect on weight loss
in a new study on obese volunteers, a finding that challenges
previous research showing that the fibre could help people lose
weight.
Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding how the
world could cut mounting obesity levels, charting a map of how the
'fat' hormone leptin travels through the body.
Openings for low-fat, weight-conscious foods are growing with new
findings suggesting US consumers believe they are to blame for
being obese. While confusion exists over artery-clogging trans
fatty acid, soy foods come out on top...
Being overweight when pregnant could cause malformations in the
unborn child, report scientists from Barcelona, that for the first
time looked at the role body mass index could play on the growing
embryo.
Thousands of food ingredient specialists will pour through the
doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center tomorrow to learn about
the latest formulations as the 2004 IFT annual meeting kicks off in
the gaming capital.
Progress towards tackling the obesity epidemic could come from a
new study which has found that a compound commonly found in red
wine boosts the activity of an identified gene which cuts the
growth of new fat cells.
Obesity levels in the US and Britain are among the highest in the
world, and it is not surprising, therefore, that it is in these two
countries that the debate over how to tackle the problem - and who
is to blame - is the most advanced....
Scientists have discovered a protein that controls the amount of
fat stored in the body, offering potential new clues for obesity
treatments - welcome news as the world's health leaders agree to do
more to tackle the growing...
At least 155 million school-age children worldwide are overweight
or obese, a growing problem which needs to be tackled now if more
serious ailments such as type 2 diabetes or heart disease are to be
avoided, according to the International...
A highly complex web of signals in the brain that are vulnerable to
a single error could explain why some overweight people cannot shed
the kilos through simple diet and exercise. This is what UK
scientists said as they unveiled brand...
Human milk has long been thought to have an effect on reducing the
likelihood of obesity among adults, but scientists have struggled
to say exactly why this is the case - until now.
As society ponders the reasons for the rising tide of obesity in
children, researchers in the US suggest that the 'striking
alterations' in children's meal patterns over the past 20 years may
not be related to the current...
Poor sales by a number of its leading brands have left results at
Anglo-Dutch food and consumer goods group Unilever well short of
its ambitious growth targets, with the impact of the Atkins diet
fad and weak global economies to blame...
A fat hormone that causes weight loss could open up new routes to
tackling the rising tide of obesity currently affecting 200 million
people worldwide, say researchers in the US, following
investigations into the hormone adiponectin.
New ways to combat the global obesity epidemic could be on the way
as recent findings from influential obesity researcher Jeffrey
Friedman improves our understanding of leptin resistance and
obesity. New studies show that the appetite-regulating...
'It is incorrect to focus on any specific food or ingredient in
attempting to address obesity,' cautions the US food industry, in
the face of mounting criticism that sugar intake plays a key role
in today's overweight...
Deaths due to poor diet and lack of exercise have risen by more
than a third in the last ten years, said the US government
yesterday, citing new research that suggests obesity could soon
overtake tobacco as the leading preventable...
Can a high-protein, low-carbohydrate, very low calorie diet be an
effective tool for the short-term treatment for obese adolescents
with type 2 diabetes? According to new research from the US, yes.
Almost one in four (23 per cent) German adults admits to often
skipping meals to keep their weight down - a massive 17.5 million
people. But according to a new survey of European dieting habits,
Germans are also the least likely to...
The pressing problem of obesity in children has to be tackled
rapidly and efficiently to avert the heavy price society might pay
as incidences of obesity linked diabetes and heart disease surge.
New research from Australia confirms...
Confirmation of growing opportunities for health and nutrition
businesses that target the slimming and weight loss market comes
from a new study that reveals the American consumer 'is open to
help in dealing with obesity'.
A WHO report on obesity prevention, which would urge governments to
promote healthy foods, is under threat from food makers supported
by the US administration, said consumer groups last week.
Throwing a controversial light onto the global obesity debate,
scientists told a European conference on the subject last week that
diet is not the only defining cause of obesity, particularly in
children, reports CORDIS.
A diet high in magnesium may help prevent the development of type 2
diabetes, especially in people who are overweight, suggests
evidence reported in two new studies out this month. The findings
add weight to theories that vitamins...
Obese men with prostate cancer are more likely to have aggressive
tumors and to experience cancer recurrence after surgery compared
to men of normal weight or those who are overweight but not obese,
according to two new studies.
Junk food such as burgers, chips and fizzy drinks, should carry
tobacco-style health warnings in a bid to reduce rising obesity
rates, a senior UK politician told leading food makers in a
government investigation into obesity yesterday.
Researchers looking at the rising occurrence of obesity in the UK
population will present some interesting findings - including the
affects of carbohydrates levels on the diet, portion sizes and more
insight into 'friendly'...
US researchers are investigating whether calcium intake, previously
linked to lower weight in girls, could help prevent women from
gaining too much weight when pregnant. They hope to better
understand the link between the mineral...
A major EU funded trial on European children is to examine how
early diet can reduce obesity in later life. The findings could
lead to new infant foods and a safer formulation of protein
contents.
Report from UK agency predicts strident figures for the rise in
obesity levels in children suggesting that by the time children
reach the age of 15 nearly one in five, or 18 per cent, are obese.
And there's no sign of a slow...
The food industry takes the rap for obesity once more as UK-based
task force calls on the industry to 'help bring about a major
transformation in diet and activity' needed to halt the rise in
obesity and type two diabetes.
The UK is facing an obesity epidemic that could ultimately lead to
a dramatic increase in the number of cases of diabetes, claim UK
scientists. Educating the population about lifestyle changes could
be the key to combat the threat,...
A sweeping review of research on low carbohydrate diets over the
past thirty years casts a shadow over the long term effects of this
immensly popular dietary regime,
Dieting and over-eating - two potent issues at the heart of today's
health driven society. One slice of the population - women - is
particularly bombarded by images of the ideal weight. But exactly
how much energy do they actually...
As western nations draw up strategies to combat the growing number
of starving people in the developing world - currently standing at
a staggering 800 million and growing - a British based group warns
this week that, at the other...
Supplementing the diet with the fatty acid conjugated linoleic acid
(CLA) may lead to better weight control and disease management in
diabetics, suggest results from a small US study.
