obesity
Participants Wanted
Our lab is recruiting participants for the below study. We are especially looking for participants < 18 years of age, in order to broaden our age range a bit. If you live in the Charlottetown area and are interested in participating, please contact me at the below email address.
April 29 is “On Your Feet” Day
A few years ago Active Working founded Get Britain Standing. Along with Public Health England, they’ve since published guidelines on workplace sitting, and have gone on to create Get Standing organizations in Canada, Australia, and the US. Each of local group is now promoting On Your Feet Day for April 29th (next Friday). Each of the below sites offers posters, suggestions on ways to sit less at work, and ideas for company events. If you are looking to promote a more active/less sedentary workplace, I encourage you to check it out. Get Canada Standing Get Britain Standing Get America Standing Get Australia Standing Travis
Why you should always serve unhealthy snacks in a small bowl
It is often stated that the accumulation of excess body weight is a simple matter of energy intake exceeding energy expenditure. While this notion is certainly correct, it does not account for the myriad of factors that drive one to consume more calories than necessary. Take for example the size of a bowl from which you eat your snacks. Could this simple factor play a role in the number of calories you may consume? Back in 2005, Wansink and Cheney performed a wonderfully simple study and found that when snacks are offered in a large bowl, people take 53{7920e18cf5186565893a18d1f69fa52bf2806dc683a7bfcea51d671d2f7d8125} more food (146 extra calories) and eat 56{7920e18cf5186565893a18d1f69fa52bf2806dc683a7bfcea51d671d2f7d8125} (142 calories) more than when offered the same amount of food but in a smaller bowl (roughly half the size of …
Drinking water prior to meals may help weight-loss
It has often been recommended in popular weight-loss programs that overweight and obese individuals hoping to shed unwanted pounds should drink more water. As is often the case, the evidence base behind this recommendation was rather scant. Fortunately, a study published in the journal Obesity suggests the recommendation may be quite sound. In the study, Dennis and colleagues randomized overweight/obese older men and women to either a hypocaloric diet alone or a hypocaloric diet plus increased water consumption for a duration of 12 weeks. The hypocaloric diet consisted of 1200 calories for the women and 1500 calories for the men. Those in the diet + increased water group were required to consume 500 ml of water (2 cups) 30 minutes prior to each of the 3 large daily meals (breakfast, lunch, …
Obesity not necessarily a disability – Lexology (registration)
Obesity not necessarily a disabilityLexology (registration)Throughout his employment the employee was considered to be obese, as defined by the World Health Organisation, and at the time of his dismissal he had a body mass index of 54. His obesity was mentioned in connection with a meeting regarding the …
New research shows all-cause mortality linked to obesity has decreased over past 40 years – News-Medical.net
Parent HeraldNew research shows all-cause mortality linked to obesity has decreased over past 40 yearsNews-Medical.netNew research from Denmark involving more than 100,000 individuals suggests that the excess risk of premature death associated with obesity has decreased over the past 40 years. All-cause mortality was higher in obese individuals than in normal weight …Obesity May Not Take Years Off Your LifeWebMDThe skinny on obesity: Higher BMI not so badThe Straits TimesEffects Of Obesity: Being Obese May Not Reduce Lifespan After All, Study ClaimsParent HeraldKorea Timesall 57 news articles »
Planning against obesity in Italy – euronews
Planning against obesity in Italyeuronews“We did a series of simulations and they said that if we succeeded in having a population at the age of 50 in better health in terms of the level of obesity compared to the current population, this is how much I would be able to save,” Vincenzo Atella …and more »
Canada Makes Progress: Childhood Overweight/Obesity Declines – Medscape
MedscapeCanada Makes Progress: Childhood Overweight/Obesity DeclinesMedscapeChildhood overweight and obesity in Canada are now declining after years of increase, although Canadian children still remain relatively heavy, a new nationwide study finds. The results, based on data for more than 14,000 children aged 3 to 19 years of …
Extra pregnancy pounds tied to obesity even for normal size babies – Fox News
Fox NewsExtra pregnancy pounds tied to obesity even for normal size babiesFox NewsWomen who gain excessive weight or develop diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to have obese children even when the babies start out at a normal size, a U.S. study suggests. Previous research has linked greater pregnancy weight gain and blood …Moms Can Put Even Normal Weight Babies at Risk of Later ObesityAmerican Council on Science and HealthInfluential factors of the social divide in child obesity ratesScience DailyHigher Offspring Obesity Risk With Elevated Glucose During PregnancyMonthly Prescribing Reference (registration)Shanghai Daily (subscription) -HealthDay -NDTVall 83 news articles »
Obesity: The New Hunger – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalObesity: The New HungerWall Street JournalToday, obesity is the problem. Some 38{7920e18cf5186565893a18d1f69fa52bf2806dc683a7bfcea51d671d2f7d8125} of Americans are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last fall, compared with about 12{7920e18cf5186565893a18d1f69fa52bf2806dc683a7bfcea51d671d2f7d8125} in 1969. The statistics are worse among the poor. Obesity rates in America's poorest counties are …
Rebrand for ‘bariatric surgery’ urged to boost fight against obesity – BT.com
BT.comRebrand for 'bariatric surgery' urged to boost fight against obesityBT.comDropping the term “bariatric surgery” may lead to a rise in the number of operations carried out on obese people, experts have suggested. A new analysis of surgery to help obese patients in the UK concluded that the number of people getting bariatric …NHS urged to give a thousand people A WEEK anti-obesity surgeryMirror.co.ukMore obese patients in the UK should be offered weight loss operations, say surgeonsThe GuardianNHS needs to perform more weight loss surgery to curb the obesity epidemicEurekAlert (press release)OnMedica -SBS -BizTek Mojoall 11 news articles »
New potential marker for obesity found – Science Daily
New potential marker for obesity foundScience DailyThe study further used animal models to show that a deficiency in NT protects against obesity, insulin resistance and fatty liver disease associated with high fat consumption, thus identifying NT as a potential early marker of future obesity and a …and more »