Nutrition News
Why lost weight can creep back on
NEW YORK (BBC Health News) -- Scientists have discovered why it is often harder to keep weight off than to lose it in the first place.
A team at New York's Columbia University has shown the key is falling levels of the hormone leptin, which controls appetite.
They found that giving people...
Bad eating habits ‘locked into culture’
Posted under Nutrition News on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Drnutrion
05.12.05
A New Zealand doctor who specialises in obesity says it comes as no surprise that the country now ranks at number seven in an OECD league of the world's most obese nations.
Wellington hospital director of clinical services Robyn Toomath said it had to be expected, considering a...
Study finds coffee reduces liver risk
Posted under Nutrition News on Sunday, 4 December 2005 by Drnutrion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Coffee and tea may reduce the risk of serious liver damage in people who drink alcohol too much, are overweight, or have too much iron in the blood, researchers reported on Sunday.
The study of nearly 10,000 people showed that those who drank more than two cups of...
High-fructose corn syrup fueling obesity epidemic, doctors say
Posted under Nutrition News on Sunday, 4 December 2005 by Drnutrion
By Carolyn Poirot
Knight Ridder Newspapers
FORT WORTH, Texas — High-fructose corn syrup isn't completely
responsible for the nation's 6 million overweight children — but Dr. George Bray says it's a big part of the problem.
Nurture trumps nature in the current childhood-obesity...
Hormone injection key to fighting obesity
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 02 December 2005
Every dieter knows that shedding excess pounds is far simpler than maintaining a new slimline self. Now Obesity specialists at Columbia University claim to have remedied the problem. They say that by restoring the hormone leptin...
Obesity big enough for both of us, hospitals say
Cleveland Clinic may be advertising its bariatric surgery in UPMC's back yard, but there are still plenty of candidates to go around
Sunday, December 04, 2005
By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A battle of the bulge is brewing between hospitals in Pittsburgh and Cleveland...
Lawyers ready suit against soft drinks
Posted under Nutrition News on Sunday, 4 December 2005 by Drnutrion
Sales in schools targeted by group
By Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post | December 2, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The fight against sugary soft drinks is beginning to foam over.
A coalition of lawyers who have actively and successfully sued tobacco companies says it is close to filing a...
Fast-food ‘healthy options’ still full of fat and salt
Posted under Nutrition News on Thursday, 1 December 2005 by Drnutrion
By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent
Published: 01 December 2005
Healthy options offered by burger and pizza chains are still stuffed with salt and fat despite menu changes.
An investigation of the food sold by the "big four" - McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Pizza Hut -...
Coffee stimulates short-term memory: study
Posted under Nutrition News on Thursday, 1 December 2005 by Drnutrion
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Caffeine has a positive effect on short-term memory and reaction times, according to an Austrian study.
Researchers at the Innsbruck Medical University discovered that the caffeine found in coffee, tea, soft drinks and chocolate stimulates areas of the...
Babies born to overweight mothers ‘face adult obesity’
Posted under Nutrition News on Thursday, 1 December 2005 by Drnutrion
By David Rose
PREGNANT women have long been expected to “eat for two” and satisfy their craving for unhealthy foods, but expectant mothers who overindulge may be condemning their children to a lifetime of obesity, researchers have said.
Although obstetricians agree that women should...
