Obesity and Weight Loss News

Time Priority: Cook or Exercise?

April 15th, 2013
Time Priority: Cook or Exercise? Taking the time to prepare healthy meals appears to come at the expense of exercise, suggests a new study. And, the coin goes the other way, with daily exercise time ...

New Strategy to Reduce Teen Obesity: Sleep More!

April 9th, 2013
New Strategy to Reduce Teen Obesity: Sleep More!  Talk about a win-win deal: A new study suggests that sleeping an additional hour each night may reduce the prevalence of adolescent obesity. Researchers ...

Happy Marriage Tends to Mean Weight Gain

April 5th, 2013
Happy Marriage Tends to Mean Weight GainMarriage has long been associated with health benefits. However, times change and contemporary marriage appears to be linked with weight gain. On the up side, Southern Methodist ...

Study Finds Vicious Cycle Between Obesity and Physical Activity

April 1st, 2013
Study Finds Vicious Cycle Between Obesity and Physical Activity While there is substantial research on the association between limited physical activity and obesity, new research confirms that being obese leads ...

People With Serious Mental Illness Can Lose Weight, Too

March 23rd, 2013
 People With Serious Mental Illness Can Lose Weight, Too  People with serious mental illnesses — such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression — can lose weight and keep it off ...

Poor Eating Behaviors Can Worsen Mood

March 18th, 2013
Poor Eating Behaviors Can Worsen Mood Consciously or unconsciously, people often turn to food to ease stress and/or improve mood. New research suggests this behavior may be counterproductive as researchers discover mood may ...

Depression in Kids Linked to Cardiac Risks as Teens

March 17th, 2013
Depression in Kids Linked to Cardiac Risks as Teens  Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, which can increase the risk ...

Work Burnout Seen as Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease

March 13th, 2013
Work Burn-Out is Significant Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease Americans are blessed and burdened by an unprecedented work ethic. Sociologists say that Americans work longer hours, take fewer vacation days, and retire ...

New Smart Lunchrooms Influence Healthy Choices

February 25th, 2013
New Smart Lunchrooms Influence Healthy Choices  Smart technology is in vogue with intelligent airplanes, bombs, classrooms, homes and of course, phones. Officials now report a simple and ...

Fat Talk Gives Way To Old Talk As Women Age

February 25th, 2013
Fat Talk Gives Way To Old Talk As Women AgeUK researchers have found that as women age they often talk about the negative aspects ...