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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
In general, protein is the more satiating than either carbohydrates or fats. It turns out that certain proteins are more satisfying than other proteins.
Study participants that consumed either alpha-lactalbumin or gelatin at breakfast consumed 20% fewer calories at lunch compared to those consuming casein, soy, or whey at breakfast. Appetite ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Older adults sleeping 5 or less hours per night have much greater odds of being obese compared to those sleeping 7-8 hours per night. Men lacking sleep are almost 4 times as likely to be obese, women twice as likely. Reduced sleep also predicts obesity in both children ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Having a high WBC count increases your chance of abdominal obesity. Waist circumference, total body fat, and subcutaneous fat are all significantly higher in those with higher WBC's.
WBC count is positively associated with BMI, waist circumference, total body fat and subcutaneous fat. Neutrophils, one of the WBC components, are more ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
You may be able to minimize your child's risk for childhood obesity through proper pre and post-natal care. Premature babies have a significantly increased risk of developing obesity during childhood. Being firstborn also increased the risk, as did bottle feeding.
Tobacco exposure during gestation and having an overweight mother also increased ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Restricting salt during pregnancy may increase the risk of obesity of female offspring once adults. The offspring of rats fed a restricted salt diet had greater obesity indices than those fed a normal salt diet.
The low salt rats had increased retroperitoneal fat mass, higher leptin levels in males and lower leptin levels in females, increased plasma renin ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
A meta analysis was performed on 61 separate studies showing preferential loss of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) relative to subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAT). Factors examined included percentage weight loss, caloric restriction, exercise, BMI, follow-up time, gender and baseline VAT/SAT.
Percentage weight loss was the only variable that predicted preferential loss of VAT. Modest reductions in weight ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
While television use has previously been linked with obesity, interactive media including internet surfing and video games had not been studied to find any association.
Interactive media, including internet and video game use, is associated with a reduction in moderate, vigorous and sedentary activities. The association between interactive media use and ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Bright light may improve the weight loss affect of exercise. Only the group receiving the bright light lost body fat, even though both groups lost weight. The bright light group also had an improvement in mood.
The benefits of bright light are probably achieved through increased serotonin (which lowers appetite and ...
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