Obesity
Body Mass Index of Low Income African-Americans Linked to Proximity, Density of Fast Food Restaurants
May 18, 2013 (Newswise) — African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among th
Email this Weight Gain Linked with Personality Trait Changes
May 14, 2013 (Newswise) — People who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
To understand how fluctuations in body weight might relate to personality c
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Email this Short-Term Food Deprivation Appears Linked to High-Calorie Food Options
May 6, 2013 (Newswise) — A research letter by Brian Wansink, Ph.D., and Aner Tal, Ph.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., suggests that hungry grocery shoppers tend to buy higher-calorie products. The research included a laboratory study in which 68 paid participants were asked to avoid eating five hours prior to
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Email this Gastric Bypass Surgery Alters Hormones to Relieve Diabetes Symptoms
April 30, 2013 (Newswise) — Gastric bypass surgery alters the hormones and amino acids produced during digestion, hinting at the mechanisms through which the surgery eliminates symptoms of type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (J
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Email this Binge Eating Curbed by Deep Brain Stimulation in Animal Model
April 23, 2013 (Penn Medicine) — PHILADELPHIA — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a precise region of the brain appears to reduce caloric intake and prompt weight loss in obese animal models, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, reinforces the involvement of dopamine deficits in increasing obesity-related behaviors such as binge eating, and demonstrates that DBS can reverse this response via activation of t
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