Mobile App Leads to Weight Loss
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Twitter Helps People Lose Weight
January 15, 2013 (Newswise) — A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network joining people throughout the world, is a valuable support system for helping people lose weight.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Childhood Obesity Linked to More Immediate Health Problems Than Previously Thought
January 13, 2013 (Newswise) — While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters are at far greater risk than had been supposed.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Poll of Psychologists Cites Emotions As Top Obstacle to Weight Loss
January 10, 2013 (American Psychological Association) — When it comes to losing weight, a popular New Year’s resolution for many, people often focus on eating less and exercising more. But results of a new survey of psychologists suggest dieters should pay attention to the role emotions play in weight gain and loss if they hope to succeed.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
How Belly Fat Differs From Thigh Fat — And Why it Matters
January 11, 2013 (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) — Researchers discover that the genes active in a person’s belly fat are significantly different from those in his or her thigh fat, a finding that could shift the way we approach unwanted belly fat—from banishing it to relocating it.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Higher Levels of Obesity Associated With Increased Risk of Death; Being Overweight Associated With Lower Risk of Death
January 1, 2013 (JAMA) — In an analysis of nearly 100 studies that included approximately 3 million adults, relative to normal weight, overall obesity (combining all grades) and higher levels of obesity were both associated with a significantly higher all-cause risk of death, while overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality, according to a study in the January 2 i
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Limiting Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels in Pregnancy May Influence Body Fat of Children
January 10, 2013 (University of Southampton) — Southampton researchers have demonstrated that mothers who have higher levels of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which are found in cooking oils and nuts, during pregnancy have fatter children.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Identification of a New Gene with a Key Involvement in Obesity and Diabetes
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Poll of Psychologists Cites Emotions As Top Obstacle to Weight Loss
January 10, 2013 (American Psychological Association) — When it comes to losing weight, a popular New Year’s resolution for many, people often focus on eating less and exercising more. But results of a new survey of psychologists suggest dieters should pay attention to the role emotions play in weight gain and loss if they hope to succeed.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Scientists Unlock How Insulin Interacts With Cells
January 10, 2013 (Newswise) — The discovery of insulin nearly a century ago changed diabetes from a death sentence to a chronic disease.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Next Steps in Potential Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
January 10, 2013 (Newswise) — Type 1 and type 2 diabetes results when beta cells in the pancreas fail to produce enough insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar. One approach to treating diabetes is to stimulate regeneration of new beta cells.
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Genes and Obesity: Fast Food Isn't Only Culprit in Expanding Waistlines -- DNA Is Also to Blame
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
New Research May Explain Why Obese People Have Higher Rates of Asthma
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Most-Used Diabetes Drug Works in Different Way than Previously Thought
January 7, 2013 (Perelman School of Medicine) — A team, led by senior author Morris J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, the Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Medicine, with the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, found that the diabetes drug metformin works in a different way than previously understood.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Physical Education Requirement at Four-Year Universities at All-Time Low
January 9, 2013 (Newswise) — Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared to historic levels.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
