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  • News:Obesity May Cause Osteoarthritis

    By National Institutes of Health July 25, 2009

    TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- If fear of heart disease and diabetes isn't enough reason to slim down, here's another: Being overweight or obese can cause rapid deterioration of the cartilage in the knee, leading to osteoarthritis, researchers report. Osteoarthritis usually progresses...

  • Research:As Your Waistline Gets Bigger, Your Brain Gets Smaller

    By National Institutes of Health August 27, 2009

    For every excess pound piled on the body, the brain gets a little bit smaller. That's the message from new research that found that elderly individuals who were obese or overweight had significantly less brain tissue than individuals of normal weight . "The brains of obese people looked 16 years...

  • Research:Just Go to Bed! Snacking at Night Packs on Pounds

    By National Institutes of Health September 07, 2009

    Late-night forays to the fridge might have you packing on the pounds even faster than munching during the day does, a new mouse study suggests. That's because the body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm, may play a role in metabolism, researchers say. "We have found causal evidence that eating...

  • Research:Anxious Kids at Risk For Obesity as Adults

    By National Institutes of Health September 16, 2009

    Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found. In the study, published online Sept. 11 in the journal BMC Medicine , researchers from the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Center at the Institute of Psychiatry at...

  • News:Researchers Learn Why Some Birth Control Pills Cause Weight Gain

    By News-Medical.Net July 26, 2009

    Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have identified women who are likely to gain weight while using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, more commonly known as Depo-Provera or the birth control shot. These findings dispel the myth that all women who use DMPA will gain...

  • Opinion:Fast Food Calorie Posting Not Leading to Less Eating

    By Reason Foundation October 08, 2009

    by Jacob Sullum In July 2008, New York City began requiring chain restaurants to list calorie counts on their menu boards. The first study of this mandate 's impact, published online yesterday by the journal Health Affairs , suggests that, contrary to the highly optimistic projections of...