Category Archives: Weight loss
- August 14, 2010
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increases Weight Of Child Independent Of Genetic Factors
A study analysing the weight gain during pregnancy of mothers with more than one child shows that pregnant women who put on more weight are much more likely to have heavier babies. Given the association of birthweight with adult weight, the authors of this new work say that obesity prevention efforts targeted at women during [...]
- August 14, 2010
- Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes Have Diminished Cognitive Performance And Brain Abnormalities
A study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that obese adolescents with type 2 diabetes have diminished cognitive performance and subtle abnormalities in the brain as detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Identification of cognitive impairments as a complication of type 2 diabetes emphasizes the importance of addressing issues of inactivity and [...]
- August 14, 2010
- Research Shows Sugary Drinks Do Not Cause Weight Gain
New research from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh(1), shows that sugary drinks, consumed in moderate quantities, do not promote weight gain, carbohydrate craving or adverse mood effects in overweight women when they do not know what they are drinking. The study(2), conducted by Marie Reid, Richard Hammersley and colleagues set out to determine the long-term effects [...]
- August 14, 2010
- Dietitians Should Lead In Preventing And Treating Obesity
Weight and obesity are never far from the headlines and with figures reaching epidemic proportions, dietitians are on the frontline when it comes to effective prevention and treatment. “Dietitians must be prepared to lead the charge”, believes Joyce Thompson, who was involved in the development of the latest national obesity management guideline. Published in February [...]
- April 4, 2010
- Evolving Your Diet Away from Fats
Evolving one’s diet away from fats begins with reading food labels. The nutritional label recently introduced by the Food and Drug Administration states the percentage of calories from fat in one serving of the item. As a general rule, select foods that contain no more than 20 percent of calories from fat per serving. But [...]
- April 4, 2010
- Forward Into the Past: Eating As Our Ancestors Did
Lately, nutrition experts have been saying that we should eat like people used to. They don’t mean before microwave ovens, but rather like our ancestors did 10,000 years ago. In those days, the main problem with food was not over-consumption as it is today, but rather finding enough to prevent starvation. Our evolutionary ancestors solved [...]
