Weight in Biological News

U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

... adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, ... and reporting having participated in unhealthy weight control behaviors, are more likely to suffer from ... psychological well-being, avoid unhealthy weight control behaviors, and encourage family ...

UTMB study identifies women at risk of gaining excessive weight with injectable birth control

... have identified women who are likely to gain weight while using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, ... the myth that all women who use DMPA will gain weight and will help physicians to counsel patients appropriately. DMPA users whose weight increased by 5 percent within the first six ...

Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women

... a high body mass index," Cherala said. "But body weight and amounts of fat can seriously change the ... different between obese and normal body weight subjects. Rather, the researchers found that ... levels in both obese women and those of normal weight eventually were about the same, but it took ...

Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows

... can help obese patients to more quickly lose weight and to avoid deficiency of a critical B vitamin. ... a significantly greater percent of excess weight loss than that of control group," said Morton, ... the probiotics group registered a 47.6 percent weight loss, compared with a 38.5 percent for the ...

Two dietary oils, two sets of benefits for older women with diabetes

... and dairy products that has been associated with weight loss in previous studies. Both are composed ... body mass index (BMI), a common health measure of weight relative to height. All of the women in the ... by an average of 3.2 percent, reducing the weight of the fat tissue by an average of between 2.3 ...

New research shows dinosaurs may have been smaller than we thought

... when they used the equation to determine the weight of living animals such as a hippopotamus and an ... that the equation greatly overestimated the weight of these animals. The researchers developed a ... the larger the pillars must be to support the weight of the building. In the same way, the legs of an ...

3 to 6 months to lose weight gained in pregnancy is normal

... themselves but there is no guarantee Gaining weight in pregnancy is not only normal, it is necessary. ... the placenta and baby need. Some of this added weight will usually be lost as soon as the baby is born. ... Sawicki. "But for about half of all women, the weight will not go away as quickly." "Eating for ...

IUPUI study finds living near fast food outlet not a weighty problem for kids

... that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near supermarkets, ... near a fast food outlet had little effect on weight and living near a supermarket did not lower it. ... an overweight eight-year-old boy could lower his weight by three to six pounds. Surprisingly, living in ...

'Shortcuts' of the mind lead to miscalculations of weight and caloric intake, says Penn study

... a role in the American population's 30 years of weight gain. Researchers who focus on the cognitive ... in which the subjects were asked to estimate the weight of adult women from either photographs or a live ... demonstrated that when estimating the body weight of women, participants apparently disregard or ...

Study suggests obese women should not gain weight

... a daily food diary (study group). The average weight gain in the control group was 31 pounds, compared ... group. Twenty-three extremely obese patients lost weight during their pregnancy. The findings showed ... study group than in the control group. (A birth weight over 10 pounds poses significant hazards to both ...

New guidelines to fight obesity in pregnancy issued

... MAY 28, 2009 -- Starting pregnancy at a healthy weight and gaining the right amount during pregnancy is ... Medicine issued new guidelines for the amount of weight a woman should gain during pregnancy. While the guidelines for underweight, normal weight and overweight women were unchanged, the IOM ...

Report updates guidelines on how much weight women should gain during pregnancy

... of scientific evidence indicates that how much weight women gain during pregnancy and their starting weight at conception can affect their health and that of ... Council. The report recommends new pregnancy weight gain guidelines for American women that aim to ...

Babies born to native high-altitude mothers have decreased risk of low birth weight

... Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Birth weight differences High-altitude pregnancies typically produce lower birth weight infants, even among women whose families have ... were no differences in fetal growth or birth weight between the two groups. At high altitude, the ...

Study finds link between individual stress and adolescent obesity

... Researchers measured the height and weight of the adolescents to determine their body mass index, which was subsequently used to determine weight status based on two widely used classification ... mothers, fathers aren't immune to their child's weight status either. "My own research focuses on ...

Does mom know when enough is enough?

... infants tend to overfeed them, leading to excess weight gains during the 6 month to 1 year period. ... the mothers were interviewed, and the child's weight was measured. Feeding diaries were also checked ... A number of characteristics that predicted infant weight gain from birth to 3 months were included in the ...

People of higher socioeconomic status choose better diets -- but pay more per calorie

... and fruit provide fewer calories per unit weight than do fast foods, sweets, candy and desserts. Energy dense foods provide more calories per unit weight but tend to be nutrient-poor. Diets of low ... nutrient content have been associated with less weight gain and with lower rates of obesity, type 2 ...

LSUHSC public health researcher finds reason for weight gain

... the lead author of a research paper showing that weight gain and obesity are more linked to an increase ... with those of calories from solid food on weight loss in adults over an extended period. The study ... calorie intake was significantly associated with weight loss at both 6 months and 18 months. Second, the ...

6 young ASU faculty earn NSF Career awards

... based on the way proteins with low molecular weight are adsorbed (how substances condense on a ... reinforced composites provide higher strength per weight than other structural materials, such as metals. ... tensile strength and the ability to bear more weight and stress. "We are the first to show you can ...

Poison: It's what's for dinner

... that can comprise up to 24 percent of the dry weight of the plant." Dearing says she conducted the ... in winter, they actually lose weight. They gain weight in the spring when they also eat annual plants ... and they also were able to maintain their weight eating creosote, while the Great Basin rodents ...

Poison: It's what's for dinner

... that can comprise up to 24 percent of the dry weight of the plant." Dearing says she conducted the ... in winter, they actually lose weight. They gain weight in the spring when they also eat annual plants ... and they also were able to maintain their weight eating creosote, while the Great Basin rodents ...

Beverage consumption a bigger factor in weight

... When it comes to weight loss, what you drink may be more important than ... between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was positively associated with a reduction ...

Gladstone scientists reveal key enzyme in fat absorption

... "Because mice that lack this enzyme do not gain weight on a high-fat diet, it is an intriguing target for future interventions to prevent weight gain and the problems associated with that extra ... to the propensity of some people to gain weight from diets rich in fat," said Eric Yen, PhD, lead ...

A diet rich in calcium aids weight loss

... 12, 2009 Boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss, according to a study published in the most ... of Medicine made the discovery in a 15-week weight loss program they conducted on obese women. The ... which obviously works against the goals of any weight loss program," said Angelo Tremblay, holder of ...

Researchers uncover 'obesity gene' involved in weight gain response to high-fat diet

... the fat cells of mice. These mice rapidly gained weight while eating a high-fat diet for 12 weeks. On ... to lack PKC beta gained relatively little weight and showed minimal health effects after eating ... from their original genes, the new mice lost weight while eating up to 30 percent more food than ...

Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, new Scripps study finds

... a stark 88 percent decline in the estimated weight of large predatory fish imaged in black-and-white ... foot) on average. The fishes' average estimated weight dropped from nearly 19.9 kilograms (43.8 pounds) ... has not declined in conjunction with the size and weight of the caught fish. Although trophy fish dropped ...

Success for first outdoor, large-scale algae-to-biofuel research project in Nevada

... percent lipids and five percent starches on a dry weight basis, less on a fresh weight basis." The professor oversees the venture along ... feedstock, which produces more than half its weight in oil as well as developing a practical process ...

Natural brain substance blocks weight gain in mice, UT Southwestern researchers discover

... levels of a natural brain chemical don't gain weight when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT ... aimed to distinguish which action was involved in weight control. The researchers increased the levels ... that the leptin was more effective in controlling weight in these mice. In addition, when the researchers ...

Eating less may not extend life

... strain, known as C57BL/6, roughly doubles in weight over its adult life. That strain benefited from ... caloric restriction works best in mice that gain weight rapidly in early adulthood, Sohal said. ... mice have a lower metabolic rate that promotes weight gain. ...

Nutritional supplementation program helps prevent weight loss among children in African country

... supplement for three months had a lower rate of weight loss and a reduced risk of wasting compared to ... (defined as a certain deviation that a child's weight is from the median [midpoint] weight of a child of the same height in a reference ...

Our microbes, ourselves

... How this microbial mlange may be linked to body weight changes associated with morbid obesity is a ... microbial populations in the human gut and body weight among three distinct groups: normal weight individuals, those who have undergone gastric ...

Early childhood diet may influence future health

... If you have trouble keeping weight off and you're wondering why the surprising ... between an adult's propensity to put on weight and our early childhood diet. Reimer is a ... on the high protein diet as packed on much more weight and body fat than the rats who had 'grown up' ...

Athletes not spared from health risks of metabolic syndrome

... Ohio College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might ... run. Buell and colleagues suggested that because weight loss during competitive years might not be ... want to be big, but they can't assume all their weight gain is lean mass just because they're lifting ...

Disabling enzyme allows mice to gorge without becoming obese, new study finds

... However, as the mice aged, the disparity in weight gain became clear. By 64 weeks of age - ... the AdPLA enzyme averaged only 39.1 grams, a weight more typical of a low-fat diet, while the control ... players in controlling fat metabolism and body weight were endocrine factors, primarily hormones that ...

Physical activity may not be key to obesity epidemic

... cancer. But Loyola research suggests that weight control might not be among the main benefits. ... that physical activity has a positive effect on weight control, but that does not appear to be the ... centers found there was no association between weight gain and calories burned during physical ....

Who are you kidding?

... Temple University. She said, "Compared to normal weight women who accurately assessed their pre-pregnancy weight status, the odds of gaining excessively during ... they weighed less than they really did. Normal weight women who thought they were overweight had twice ...

Brain enzyme may play key role in controlling appetite and weight gain

... of a brain enzyme may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity. The findings were reported in ... deal with all those calories by putting on extra weight and becoming insensitive to insulin two of the ... S6K-enhancing virus, they overate less and gained weight more slowly than control animals, the researchers ...

Apple or pear shape is not main culprit to heart woes -- it's liver fat

... For years, pear-shaped people who carry weight in the thighs and backside have been told they ... aggressively with therapies to help them lose weight because weight loss can make a big difference. "Fatty liver ...

Adiponectin is a metabolic link between obesity and bone mineral density

... in lean controls. It is known that excess body weight and elevated body mass index are strongly correlated with high bone mineral density, and that weight loss is associated with loss of bone mineral ... observed in the absence of differences in body weight between the two groups of mice. Dr. Archer ...

Gaps in adhesion

... This is equivalent to a millionth of the weight force of a flea. This force alone could not keep ... of the binding sites would have an effect if a weight was pulling evenly across the whole length of the ... surfaces are very rough at nano level, so that a weight on one end always pulls more strongly there than ...

UNC study: Text messaging may help children fight off obesity

... of calorie intake and expenditure and of body weight is extremely important for the long-term success of weight loss and weight control," said Jennifer R. Shapiro, Ph.D., ...