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Evidence of behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Addiction, Diet and Weight Loss, Dieting and Weight Control, Eating Disorder Research, Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Nutrition Research, Obesity

Does yo-yo dieting drive compulsive eating? There may be a connection. According to researchers the chronic cyclic pattern of overeating followed by undereating, reduces the brain's ability to feel reward and may drive compulsive eating. This finding suggests that future research into treatment of compulsive eating behavior should focus on rebalancing the mesolimbic dopamine system — the part of the brain responsible for feeling reward or pleasure.

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Bad break-ups may not trigger weight gain from emotional eating

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Diet and Weight Loss, Dieting and Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Fitness, Nutrition Research, Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Staying Healthy

That pint of ice cream after a nasty breakup may not do as much damage as you think. Despite the emotional turmoil, people on average do not report gaining weight after a relationship dissolution, according to new research.

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Why some US football players have higher cardiovascular risk

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Diet and Weight Loss, Fitness, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Medical Education and Training, Men's Health, Obesity, Sports Medicine

Research has shown that while elite athletes overall are at decreased risk of death from cardiovascular problems, a certain group of athletes — football linemen in the United States — actually have higher risk than the general population than other elite athletes.

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How do ketogenic diets affect skin inflammation?

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Cholesterol, Diet and Weight Loss, Food, Food and Agriculture, mice, Obesity, Organic, Skin Care

Not all fats are equal in how they affect our skin, according to a new study. The investigators found that different ketogenic diets impacted skin inflammation differently in psoriasiform-like skin inflammation in mice. Ketogenic diets heavy in medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) such as coconut, especially in combination with omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil and plant sources like nuts and seeds, exacerbated psoriasis.

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Tackling inequality could save millions of children

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Educational Policy, Health Policy, Poverty and Learning, Public Health, Public Health Education, Security and Defense

An unprecedented study mapping child deaths over almost two decades finds that nearly half of the 5.4 million under-5 deaths in 2017 can be attributed to differences in child death rates within and across countries.

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Factors that predict obesity by adolescence revealed

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Child Psychology, Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Dieting and Weight Control, Evolutionary Biology, Food, mice, Obesity, Parenting

Three simple factors that predict whether a healthy weight child will be overweight or obese by adolescence have been revealed in a new study.

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Sweetened drinks represented 62% of children's drink sales in 2018

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Attention Deficit Disorder, Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Nutrition, Poverty and Learning, Public Health, Resource Shortage, Retail and Services

Fruit drinks and flavored waters that contained added sugars and/or low-calorie (diet) sweeteners dominated sales of drinks intended for children in 2018, making up 62% of the $2.2 billion in total children's drink sales. The report also found that companies spent $20.7 million to advertise children's drinks with added in sugars in 2018, primarily to kids under age 12.

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Shipment tracking for 'fat parcels' in the body

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Cholesterol, Colon Cancer, Diet and Weight Loss, Dietary Supplements and Minerals, Diseases and Conditions, Fitness, Obesity, Triglycerides

Without fat, nothing works in the body: These substances serve as energy suppliers and important building blocks — including for the envelopes of living cells. Numerous diseases are related to disorders in the fat metabolism, such as obesity or cancer. Researchers are now demonstrating how the fat metabolism can be monitored down to the individual liver cell of a mouse with the greatest sensitivity.

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Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Diabetes, Diet and Weight Loss, Diseases and Conditions, Gastrointestinal Problems, Heart Disease, Medical Devices, Obesity, Wounds and Healing

New research has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in rodents and produces impressive results on body weight, fatty liver and diabetes control.

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Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Diet and Weight Loss, Environmental Issues, Environmental Policy, Geochemistry, Medical Topics, Obesity, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sustainability

The human fetus is considered to be particularly sensitive to environmental contaminants. A team has now been able to demonstrate for the first time how the widespread food estrogen zearalenone behaves in the womb. Using a new analytical method, it was shown that the xenoestrogen migrates through the placenta and is partially converted to other harmful substances.