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Ninety-two Percent of Obese Kids Have a Vitamin D Deficiency

Posted: Monday, December 19, 2011

Overweight kids have lower levels of vitamin D than their slimmer counterparts, regardless of season, sex, or race and ethnicity.

Fructose a Negative for Diabetes Patients

Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011

Although it negates the dumping of glucose directly into the bloodstream, fructose may not be an ideal sweetener for diabetes patients.

New Approach to Management of Overeating in Children

Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011

The published study describes two new methods for reducing overeating.

Nervous System Holds Key to Weight Loss

Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011

People who have 'sympathetic nerve activity' are more likely to shed pounds.

Medicare Now Pays for Intensive Obesity Counseling

Posted: Saturday, December 03, 2011

Medicare will pick up the tab for obesity screening and intensive behavioral counseling, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced.

Scientists Develop Weight-Loss Chewing Gum

Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2011

A team of US scientists believes they're close to delivering a gum that can help users fight the battle of the bulge one chew at a time.

Overweight People Eat Fewer Meals than Others

Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2011

In a new study looking at factors that may help in preventing weight gain researchers found that normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people.

Resveratrol Improves Metabolism in Obese Men

Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011

Resveratrol, an ingredient found in red wine, may improve the health of obese men.

New Drug Cuts Blood Supply to Fat Cells for Weight Loss without Exercise

Posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011

Adipotide basically reduces the blood supply specifically to fat cells, causing them to simply wither away.

NIH Urges You To Make a Plan To Prevent Diabetes, Complications

Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011

In observance of National Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, the National Institutes of Health urges people to set goals and make plans to prevent diabetes and diabetes-related complications.