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| Different Psychosocial Factors Predict Adoption, Maintenance Of Physical Activity Program The health benefits of regular physical activity are well documented, yet only 32 percent of adults in the United States engage in regular exercise. Now a new study by researchers at The Miriam Hospital offers some new insight into the role of social and environmental influences on physical activity behaviors. medicalnewstoday.com |
Health Highlights: Jan. 26, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: us.rd.yahoo.com |
Selling Obesity at School The place to start fighting the childhood obesity epidemic is the schools where junk foods are sold outside the healthy federal meals programs. nytimes.com |
Baseline Dopamine Levels And Our Motivation To Eat Influenced By Fat Hormone As we all know from experience, people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to pass up. Now, a new study in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, helps to explain how leptin, a hormone produced by fat tissue, influences that motivation to eat. The researchers describe for the first time a new bunch of leptin-responsive (LepRb) neurons in the brain's lateral hypothalamic area (LHA). medicalnewstoday.com |
Some Obese People Perceive Body Size As OK, Dismiss Need To Lose Weight Some obese people misperceive that their body size is normal and think they don't need to lose weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. In the Dallas Heart Study of 5,893 people, researchers found that 8 percent of the 2,056 who were obese said they were satisfied with their body size or felt they could gain weight. medicalnewstoday.com |