By Bronwyn Thompson June 12, 2023 Your brain chemistry may be making it that much harder to lose weight Depositphotos Nearly 42% of adults across the US have obesity, according to the most recent reporting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And while size and poor health outcomes aren’t always connected, adults with...
By Bronwyn Thompson March 26, 2023 A change in the brain’s neural pathways while dieting facilitates rebound weight gain Depositphotos Anyone who has achieved it knows that maintaining weight loss long-term is an uphill battle. The hormonal, metabolic and neural factors that regulate body weight means it can be more a matter of biology than willpower. At...
Cash beats offering stand-alone free tools, such as weight-loss programs, diet books, and wearable fitness trackers, the researchers report. The researchers tracked the weight-loss efforts for up to a year of 668 low-income, mostly Hispanic men and women whose average weight to start the trial was 218 pounds. The researchers randomly assigned all participants to...
BY GARY SCHEINER, MS, CDCES | OCTOBER 4, 2022 Q: I’ve lost a lot of weight recently by following a careful diet. At first, my blood sugars came down nicely. But now, even with more weight loss, my blood sugars won’t budge. Do you have any ideas? I have type 2 diabetes. A: Congrats on the weight loss!...
by Wiley Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a decrease in body mass index (BMI) was associated with both a lower incidence of the structural defects of knee osteoarthritis and a lower likelihood that such defects would progress, or get worse. Researchers examined radiographic analyses of knees at baseline and at 4...
by Diabetologia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year, found that contrary to the perceived wisdom, people of normal weight with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can reverse the condition through substantial weight loss. Eight of the 12 participants achieved remission...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.,Nov 20 2020 Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a new study from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust that demonstrates that age is no barrier to losing weight....
