| Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People with diabetes and thosewith larger stomach pouches are less likely than others to have goodweight loss after gastric bypass surgery, according to University ofCalifornia, San Francisco, researchers. us.rd.yahoo.com |
FDA Warns About Weight Loss Products (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday to avoid more than two dozen products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared ingredients that could pose serious health risks. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Focus On The Future: Long-term Goals Help Us Resist Unhealthy Urges Imagine a delicious pile of French fries next to a low-fat green salad. After resisting the fries, can you really be expected to go to the gym instead of watching TV? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who focus on long-term goals are more likely to resist unhealthy urges. medicalnewstoday.com |
More Loneliness, Anxiety Experienced By Overweight Kids, MU Study Finds As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. medicalnewstoday.com |
Miriam Hospital Researcher Receives More Than $12 Million To Study Weight Control The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center (WCDRC) recently received six research grants from the National Institutes of Health - totaling more than $12 million in funding - that will support the work of researchers focused on the prevention and treatment of obesity. Rena R. Wing, PhD, director of the WCDRC and a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is the principal investigator on these grants. medicalnewstoday.com |