Tag: obesity

Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, posits a new paper in Current Anthropology. The paper argues that our early ancestors acquired a taste for fat by eating marrow scavenged from the skeletal remains of large animals that had been

Weight loss on Breakfast? The statement that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, especially for people who are trying to remove, doesn’t really seem to apply. Previously it was said that people take in the morning, a balanced Breakfast, slimming successful, compared with people who consume no Breakfast, but an Australian research

How misguided saturation of the cranial nerves plunge into a crisis The global Obesity crisis today is at a record high, and rising. Research groups are desperately in search of new insights and therapeutic possibilities of intervention, in order to counteract this development. German Researchers have found a type of switch in the brain, the

A new study has found that a persistent low body mass index (BMI) in children, starting as young as age 2 for boys and 4 for girls, may be a risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa in adolescence. In addition, the study, published in the February 2019 issue of the Journal of the

Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a low-calorie diet prevented asthma symptoms regardless of the diet’s fat and sugar content. The researchers also say they found that obesity resulting from a high-calorie diet led to asthma symptoms in the animals by causing lung inflammation, and a drug that blocks inflammation eased those

QUT scientists have found that a drug derived from omega-3 fatty acids can reduce osteoarthritis inflammation that’s been caused by a high-fat diet. The study, published in Nature journal Scientific Reports, is among the first to investigate resolvin D1 (RvD1), which has reported anti-inflammatory properties, as a possible treatment for diet-associated osteoarthritis, which affects knees,

A disease of affluence is rampant Approximately every third Person in Germany suffers from the metabolic syndrome – and the trend is rising. Many do not even know they are affected. This syndrome reflects a combination of four physical States, which is the result of a modern life are often style: Obesity, hypertension, increased blood

Help in losing weight: Herbal agent activates satiety center in the brain The majority of people the weight loss a diet is very difficult, because the feeling of Hunger signals, it is essential to eat. Relapses are practically inevitable. Now science has learning to a breakthrough. They discovered a plant-based active ingredient that soothes, apparently,

A fasting study confirms a number of positive effects The largest study of this kind is evidenced by the numerous positive health effects, which can cause the fasting cure. At over 1,400 Participating the health effects of the healing were documented fasting. The Doctors were able to show, that a clinical, almost program is a

A fasting study confirms a number of positive effects The largest study of this kind is evidenced by the numerous positive health effects, which can cause the fasting cure. At over 1,400 Participating the health effects of the healing were documented fasting. The Doctors were able to show, that a clinical, almost program is a

From 2019, the food industry is to reduce the worst fattening foods and health risks in their products. So it decided food Minister, Klöckner, and the major industry associations. A lot of fear to the good taste, if salt, fat or sugar are missing. And the food chemist must think of something. Our food should

Who loves Cola, Fanta and Sprite, but on his weight, pays attention, uses mostly sugar-free Alternative. US-experts now warn, however: Even the Light versions could increase the risk for Obesity, Diabetes and other diseases. Sugar-free, low-calorie Soft Drinks are becoming increasingly popular. They call themselves light, zero, diet or sugarfree. Manufacturers advertise that these drinks

A study including health data for more than 500,000 children in the U.S. suggests obesity might be to blame for about a quarter (23 to 27 percent) of asthma in children who are obese. This could mean about 10 percent of all kids ages 2 to 17 with asthma — almost 1 million children in

A South American tribe living in near-total isolation with no Western dietary influences showed no increase in average blood pressure from age one to age 60, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In comparison, a nearby tribe whose diet includes some processed foods and salt did

FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 — Americans in states with the highest obesity rates are less likely to have weight-loss surgery, researchers say. Why? “None of the states with the five highest obesity rates crack the top 20 in terms of bariatric [weight-loss] surgery, and all but one are in the bottom 10 in terms of

Obesity puts you more at risk of cancer ‘because fat clogs up and slows down the cells that fight off the disease’ Lead ‘Natural Killer’ cells stutter and fail when excess fat blocks their pathways  New research shows the damage can be reversed to kick the cells into action Obesity is the second leading preventable

Indeed, weight is an imperfect metric of health. But to suggest it’s always and completely irrelevant to health is overstating things. (iStockPhoto) Last week, HuffPost published a story called “Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong.” In it, the author, Michael Hobbes, weaves science and people’s stories together to challenge popular perceptions about obesity. He

New research suggests that higher-level brain functions have a major role in losing weight. In a study among 24 participants at a weight-loss clinic, those who achieved greatest success in terms of weight loss demonstrated more activity in the brain regions of the lateral prefrontal cortex associated with self-control. The results of the study were

(HealthDay)—Greater weight gain in early childhood often carries over to overweight and obesity in adolescence, according to a study published in the Oct. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Mandy Geserick, from the University of Leipzig in Germany, and colleagues assessed the age at onset of obesity in a population-based sample of

Americans’ love affair with fast food continues, with one in every three adults chowing down on the fare on any given day. That’s the finding from a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  When asked by researchers, 37 percent of adults said they’d eaten fast food at least once over