- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 18th, 2008
Medicare Wants to Cut Funding for Weight Loss Surgeries
The insurance company ran a study of its own, before making this decision
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 12th, 2008
Text Messaging Used for Obesity Self-Monitoring
Children fighting the disease could use this technique
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 11th, 2008
Obese Women Have Weaker Impulse Control
They are more impulsive than other women
- Health
- By Dan Talpalariu
- November 11th, 2008
Fast Food Consumers Are the Children of the Corn
The entire industry of fast food is based on corn
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 6th, 2008
Banned Obesity Drug Causes Heart Problems
Fenfluramine was associated with high risk of developing heart conditions
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 1st, 2008
Diabetes Glucose Levels Reduced by Aerobics
Resistance training also helps control glucose amounts in the blood
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 30th, 2008
American Doctors Fight Obesity Using Melanin
The antioxidant is normally responsible for eye and skin color
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 28th, 2008
Scientists Looking for New Ways to Fight Obesity
Higher metabolic rates are the key to losing weight
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 23rd, 2008
New Obesity Drug in Trials
This medicine could reduce weight by half, studies show
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 18th, 2008
Human Weight Tied to Gut Bacteria
A certain species of bacteria influences the absorption rate of the intestines
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 13th, 2008
New Possible Cure for Diabetes
Scientists uncovered fat-regenerating stem cells
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 6th, 2008
Physical Exercises Are Not Underrated
The obese could benefit a lot from just a few minutes of workout per day
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 4th, 2008
New Way to Lose Weight Discovered
Scientists have found an alternate means of forcing the body to consume fats
- Behavior/Humans
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 5th, 2008
Blame Obesity on Food not Sedentariness
Study shows that the daily amount of burnt calories remained constant
- Learn to know your body
- By Monica Gaza
- May 29th, 2008
Pregnant Women's Diets Can Trigger Child Obesity
A recent study warns that overweight mothers could unwillingly predispose their unborn children to obesity
- Learn to know your body
- By Monica Gaza
- May 26th, 2008
The Junk Sleep Epidemics
British researchers have coined a new phrase to describe sleep deprivation and its harmful side-effects