Weight Guides
Bone, joint problems plague obese youths
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
By Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press
Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research suggests.
"A lot of people think...
World’s most fattening holiday foods
From egg nog to creamed corn, what's worst for your waistline?
By Susan Yara
Updated: 5:01 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2005
Around the world, holidays are inextricably tied with food. Often the bigger the holiday, the bigger the feast. Not only that, but the food is nearly always especially tasty...
Is a Japanese diet the key to slimming down?
By Debra Samuels, Globe Correspondent | November 21, 2005
On the heels of the wildly popular ''French Women Don't Get Fat," we can now read why Japanese women don't get fat -- or old.
If only everyone would just eat and act like the Japanese, says Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama, we'd all...
Family can shape your eating habits
November 21, 2005
By Sally Squires, Special to The Times
If you're feeling hungry as you read this, blame your parents — at least in part.
A growing number of studies find that real and perceived hunger appear to be passed down from generation to generation, just like hair color or...
Dieters, step on your scales
November 21, 2005
# Those who weigh themselves regularly have a better chance of losing extra pounds, a recent study finds. But not all experts agree.
By Rosie Mestel, Times Staff Writer
Losing weight is hard — and you might say hardly studied. Only recently have scientists...
WHO Says Not Enough Done to Fight Obesity
By UTA HARNISCHFEGER
Associated Press Writer
November 16, 2005, 8:14 AM EST
GENEVA -- Efforts so far by the food and drink industry to improve the nutritional value of their products to help fight childhood obesity are simply not good enough, the World Health Organization said.
"The...
Genetically altered ‘skinny’ mice could lead to drug to treat obesity: study
Tuesday, Nov 08, 2005
TORONTO (CP) - In a discovery with implications for fighting obesity in humans, Canadian scientists have discovered a molecular switch in specially bred laboratory mice that makes the animals skinnier than their normal brethren.
The altered mice, which lack a certain...
Obesity May Contribute to Liver Trouble
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A diet high in fat and sugar triggered immune system abnormalities -- including reduced levels of natural killer T (NKT) cells -- in the livers of mice, says a study led by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The study authors said these diet-related...
Weight loss lowers hormone levels in obese kids
By Megan Rauscher
Fri Oct 28, 4:10 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A condition involving abnormally high levels of androgens (steroid hormones) known in medical circles as "hyperandrogenemia" starts early in obese children, a study shows, possibly placing them at increased risk for the...
New Program Will Tackle Obesity in Minority Kids
FRIDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new initiative to combat obesity in U.S. black and Hispanic children is ready for launch in 2006, according to sponsors at the American Council for Fitness and Nutrition (ACFN) and the American Dietetic Association Foundation (ADAF).
Both groups plan to...
