People with a stronger ‘need to please others’ are more likely to overeat in social situations, according to the findings of a new study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. Although many factors shape eating behavior—ranging from hunger levels to portion size—social factors can play an important role. For the study, researchers [...]
One of the largest studies conducted on lumbar spine disc degeneration found that overweight and obese people are at significantly increased risk for the painful back condition. The study evaluated approximately 2600 Southern Chinese volunteers through radiographic and clinical assessment, including measuring weight and height. Nine percent of the study participants were obese, 36 percent [...]
Weight loss surgical device makers are pushing the U.S. government and health insurers to cover weight loss surgery. Almost 73 million people in America are classified as obese, defined as having Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater. Additionally, about 12 million of those people are considered morbidly obese, with a BMI over 40. [...]
Nurses who work long hours and have less physically demanding jobs are much more likely to be obese than other nurses, according to a new study. Long work hours and shift work negatively impact both quantity and quality of sleep, which often interferes with adherence to healthy behaviors and increases obesity. In the study, researchers [...]
According to a new scientific statement by the American Heart Association, parents and caregivers should be involved in treatment programs for their obese children. The authors of the statement studied research that evaluated outcomes of behavioral change strategies. Some of the strategies that they looked at included high involvement by parents of obese children in [...]
A new study of postmenopausal women found that older women who lose weight tend to gain it back again, and as fat rather than muscle. At the start of the study, the 78 women with an average age of 58, had lost about twelve percent of their body weight. Six months later, 68 percent of [...]
A recent study from Syracuse University in New York found that obese seniors are more likely to suffer from a fall than thinner seniors. A key finding from the research was that obese adults age 65 or older were 12 to 50 percent more likely to take a fall over two years than their normal-weight [...]
According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, people who eat more calories than they burn will lose lean muscle and accumulate body fat more easily if their diets consist of too little protein, and too much fat and carbohydrates. The study included 25 healthy young adults, ages 18 to [...]
On Friday, 3 members of congress called for an investigation into 1-800-GET-THIN, a Southern California company that markets the Lap Band and is associated with several surgical centers. The Congressmen’s request for this investigation also included an overall investigation of the safety and efficacy of the Lap Band. A strong factor in prompting this request [...]
A new matched-paired study published online in Archives of Surgery found that both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and gastric band bariatric procedures have excellent weight loss outcomes at six years. The findings indicated that gastric bypass patients lost 78.5 percent of their excess weight after six years, and gastric banding patients lost 64.8 percent. For the [...]
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February 20, 2012