Weight Loss
San Francisco Bay Area neighbor Albany, California passed a similar measure, preliminary figures showed and measures in Oakland, California and Boulder, Colorado, were on track to pass as well, with votes still being counted early on Wednesday. The levies on sugar-sweetened beverages arrive a month after the World Health Organization recommended that governments introduce these types of taxes in a bid to battle obesity, diabetes and other diet-related diseases.
Title: Follow-Up Appointments Boost Weight-Loss Surgery Success
Category: Health News
Created: 11/5/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM
Even after a year on a gluten-free diet, nearly 20 percent of children with celiac disease continue to have intestinal abnormalities (enteropathy) on repeat biopsies, reports a study in the Journal…
Researchers reveal how an enzyme produced through digestion of protein suppresses hunger to reduce food intake and cause weight loss.
Curbing appetite by making patients feel full could jumpstart a weight-loss program, researcher says
By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – Families that eat dinner with the TV on tend to eat less healthy food and to enjoy the meals less than families who leave the TV off, according to a recent U.S. study. “Family meals are protective for many aspects of child health,” lead author Amanda Trofholz said by email, adding that parents can take this time to check in with children and teach them about setting limits on their diets. “Having the TV on during the family meal may reduce the opportunity for this connection between family members and blunt the protective effects of the meal,” said Trofholz, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
New study suggests a certain toxic metabolite might be responsible for type 2 diabetes. This might explain why some normal-weight people develop diabetes.
By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – Obese people who have weight loss surgeries like gastric bypass are much less likely than those who don’t have surgery to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, according to a Swedish study. People who chose to get weight loss surgery are also less than half as likely to develop hyperuricemia, too much uric acid in urine, which can be a precursor to gout, the study team writes in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Gout is an intensely painful condition involving tender joints and redness that is caused by a build-up of uric acid in joints.
Children from kindergarten through second grade put on weight when school’s out, study found