Weight Loss

New Drug Helps Overweight Monkeys Lose Weight – Could We Be Next?

March 14, 2012

In a recent trial conducted at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, scientists have found that Adipotide – a new drug designed to attack excess body fat – has helped obese monkeys lose weight, according to a study published in the Science Translational Medicine Journal. Although questions still exist regarding the drug’s effectiveness [...]

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Women Who Gain Weight After Pregnancy At Higher Risk for Diabetes

February 23, 2012

A recent study by the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, shows increasing evidence that women who gain weight after their first pregnancy are at an increased risk for developing pregnancy-related diabetes, which is also known as gestational diabetes, during their second pregnancy. The study also found that if the women lost [...]

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Brown Fat Could Be Key to Weight Loss

February 2, 2012

By now we’ve all heard that eating right plus exercising will lead to weight loss, but the specific reasons why and how this happens often remain elusive, even within the medical community. Thanks to a new study published by Nature and conducted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in conjunction with Harvard Medical School, however, it [...]

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PX90 Exceeds Fitness Standards for Weight Loss, Study Finds

November 26, 2011

The first-ever scientific study of its kind was conducted recently on the popular PX90 weight loss and fitness program by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) with the help of the University of Wisconsin’s La Crosse program. The study was led by John Porcari, Ph.D. and Joel Woldy, M.S., who are both researchers with the [...]

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Global Weight Watchers Study Shows Increased Weight Loss

November 24, 2011

Overweight and obese dieters who participated in a new global study lost more than two times as much weight by following the Weight Watchers program, as compared to others who only received weight-loss counseling from medical professionals. Published initially in The Lancet, the study was the first of its kind and resulted from a unique [...]

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