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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Participants that lost weight and received and intensive 2-month program of lifestyle modification had only a slight better success rate (remaining at or below their baseline weight) than those receiving no therapy.
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
This one is not too much of a surprise. Spending more time behind the wheel increases your chances of obesity.
This is most likely due to a combination of inactivity and increased stress.
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Sleep and obesity
Obesity and cortisol
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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Another study showing the relationship between chronic lack of sleep and obesity. Shift workers have higher a higher incedence of obesity as well.
There may be a stress connection here. Sleep deprivation increases cortisol, a known appetite stimulant.
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Acupuncture for obesity?
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Obese subjects scored higher in novelty seeking and lower in persistance. Those who were successful in weight loss scored lower in novelty seeking.
To me, this suggests a relationship between obesity and low levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine is partially responsible for drive (persistance) and pleasure (novelty seeking). Dopamine is ...
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Chinese researchers report positive results using acupuncture for abdominal obesity. Improvements were seen for BMI, waist circumference and WHR.
The mechanism for this improvement is unknown, but may be related to stress reduction. Cortisol is a known appetite stimulant and also disrupts insulin sensitivity....which is highly correlated with WHR.
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