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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
High levels of visceral fat are associated with greater oxidative stress and the metabolic syndrome (syndome x). Even non-obese subjects exibited an association between visceral fat and oxidative stress.
It is unclear if antioxidants might partially reverse syndrome x. It is clear that those with visceral fat accumulation should eat more ...
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
It is well known that the metabolic syndrome is accompanied by high blood triglycerides. But do high levels of these blood fats cause metabolic syndrome or are they a symptom of it?
Rabbits bred to be hypertriglyceridemic had more visceral fat and greater insulin resistance. Improving insulin sensitivity improves both triglycerides ...
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Body fat distribution patterns are at least as important as BMI as a risk factor for heart disease. Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) is a simple way to determine the degree of abdominal obesity.
Men of normal weight are still at risk of heart disease if their WHR is high. Women''s ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
8th graders at a New York City public school received health, nutrition and exercise intervention. Those participating significantly reduced body fat and improved health related markers across the board.
These types of programs are desperately needed. Most kids do not receive any nutritional advice from their parents, most likely because they ...
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
The association of breast cancer with weight gain is well established. It now appears that the timing of the weight gain and body fat distribution may be a better predictors that weight gain by itself.
Women that gained their weight after their first pregnancy were more at risk than those who ...
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Quiting smoking results in weight gain that increases leptin and decreases ghrelin. Both of these changes reduce hunger, so the weight gain appears to be self limiting.
Apparently, elevated dopamine and norepinephrine are a major signaling mechanism for appetite while smoking. Quiting smoking returns the individual to the more normal appetite ...
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
Many successful dieters fail to maintain their initial weight loss. This study examined the effectiveness of a self regulation program that was delivered either face to face or over the internet.
All groups regained weight. The group that received the face to face training regained about half of the weight the ...
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Of the children studied that attended obesity camps for 2 or more summers, about 61% where able to maintain their BMI at less than the initial measurement. The children where very successful at losing weight while at the camp, but regained at least some of the weight during the rest ...
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