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Stress drives you into eating more:Study

Sat, 06/25/2011 - 17:43 by Anupreet Kaur

People have a tendency to consume more of sugar or fatty foods under strenuous situations. A latest study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre reveals that excessive stress makes people eat such unhealthy foods.

Going to Church frequently can make you obese- study

Fri, 03/25/2011 - 22:10 by NeelamGoswami

Going to church regularly may give you peace of mind, make you happier and your life more satisfying, but a new study suggests that attending religious events regularly can make you obese.

Starting solids early may make babies obese--study

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 17:45 by Jaspreet Virk

Formula fed babies who are given solid foods too early in life are at higher risk of obesity, finds a new study.

USDA proposes new rules for serving healthy meals at schools

Sat, 01/15/2011 - 11:56 by Anter Prakash Singh

The federal government has proposed new guidelines regarding the food served to children at schools. The new rules aim at adding more fruits and vegetables and decreasing salts and fats from the daily school lunch.

Parental smoking ups risk of high BP in kids--study

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 16:06 by Jaspreet Virk

There is no doubt that second hand smoking poses many health hazards, but ever wondered how it impacts the young ones? Parents who smoke around their children not only expose them to lung disease, but also increase their risk of developing high blood pressure, a new study warns.

Study: Obese friends not the best to have

Sat, 11/06/2010 - 10:38 by Prince damin

Cambridge, Mass. -- Gaining weight may be socially contagious and the more obese friends you have the more likely you are to become obese, a study suggests.

Health experts say about a third of Americans are obese and at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and many types of cancer, USA Today reported.

Harvard scientists studying the obesity epidemic have applied an infectious-disease mathematical model to data from recent obesity studies.

"We find that having four obese friends doubled people's chance of becoming obese compared to people with no obese friends," researcher Alison Hill, the study's lead author, says.

Waist size, irrespective of BMI, ups death risk-–study

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 11:29 by Jamie Anderson

People with larger waistline run a twofold higher risk of death from any cause, findings of a new study suggest.

Orexigen’s two-drug obesity pill promising

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:27 by Sophie Anderson

Obese volunteers who took Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.’s (NASDAQ: OREX) obesity drug Contrave shed nearly 6 percent of their body weight, as against an average weight loss of 1.3 percent among volunteers taking placebos, results of the company-sponsored trail show.

Neck circumference gauges childhood obesity better

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:03 by Jamie Anderson

Body Mass Index (BMI) has hitherto been touted as a potent tool to screen obesity. However measuring the circumference of a child's neck may well come across as a better way to screen youngsters who are overweight and obese, results of a new study show.

Nearly half of Wisconsin’s black adults obese

Fri, 07/02/2010 - 18:25 by Neka Sehgal

On the whole, Americans in 28 states are still gaining weight, according to the statistics emerging from the annual obesity assessment released Tuesday by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Biking and brisk walking help shed weight

Wed, 06/30/2010 - 06:40 by Jamie Anderson

Middle aged women can shed weight simply by biking as well as by walking briskly, suggests the findings of a new study.

Demographics play role in bariatric surgery outcomes

Sat, 06/26/2010 - 16:59 by Sophie Anderson

Findings of a new study suggest that Caucasian, Hispanic, and female patients contract the fewest complications after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.