http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/weight-watch-in-the-news.html Weight watch in the news From Weight watch blog Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:54:12 GMT en-us http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/images/blogs/weight-watch-news-33420.jpg http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/weight-watch-in-the-news.html 75 100 http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2007/get-your-daily-five-veggies-and-fruit.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2007/get-your-daily-five-veggies-and-fruit.html Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:54:12 GMT Looking for a healthier beverage alternative than what comes out of a can or bottle? How about a beverage that provides a slew of phytonutrients and antioxidants found in many of the world's most nutritious fruits-including açai. ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2007/the-brown-fat-master-switch.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2007/the-brown-fat-master-switch.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:57:28 GMT Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a long-sought "master switch" in mice for the production of brown fat, a type of adipose tissue that generates heat and counters obesity caused by overeating. A team headed by Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, suggests in the recent issue of Cell Metabolism that turning up the equivalent switch in people might be a new strategy for treating overweight and obesity. The researchers said their next step is to rev up the control in mice and overfeed them to see if they are resistant to becoming obese........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2007/exercise-in-elderly-improve-quality-of-life.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2007/exercise-in-elderly-improve-quality-of-life.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:57:28 GMT A new study appearing in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society compares the efficacy of three programs designed for reducing falls and improving quality-of-life among the elderly; education, home safety assessment and modification (HSAM) and exercise training. The study also examines the secondary effects of these programs on functional balance, daily activity, fear of falling and depression level, finding that exercise training yields the most significant improvements........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/fatties-do-better-after-heart-attacks.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/fatties-do-better-after-heart-attacks.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:57:28 GMT Some doctors will admit to a little schadenfreude that health freakery does not confer cardiac invulnerability. There is nothing more depressing for the family doctor than trying to advise a slim, trim, lycra clad, non-smoking, gym-visiting middle-aged vegetarian, who has just has his first heart attack, on life style changes.

So much easier to help the flabby lounge lizard who is three stone overweight and has not taken exercise since TV remote controls were invented.

Now we hear that fatties who have heart attacks may have a better prognosis than the the health freaks. ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2007/get-your-fat-people-here.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2007/get-your-fat-people-here.html Mon, 21 May 2007 16:04:15 GMT WYork Model Railway at the weekend. Fantastic place. Best model rail place we've been to for ages because you could actually press buttons and make stuff happen. Sometimes it was start a train, but sometimes it was something so small you had to peer really close to see what you were doing; like getting a miniature angler to cast for a fish. It was the tiniest of actions but it didn't matter because there's something magical about pressing a button and making something happen in another ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2007/eating-well-is-the-best-revenge.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2007/eating-well-is-the-best-revenge.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:02:42 GMT We all know that eating fruits, vegetables and soy products provides essential nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, while obesity leads to the opposite. Yet proving the effect of nutrition, or obesity, on cancer is an experimental challenge and a focus for scientists. According to emerging evidence being presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, eating well might still be one of the more pleasurable ways to prevent cancer and promote good health........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/lifestyle-choices-and-heart-risks.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/lifestyle-choices-and-heart-risks.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:02:42 GMT Genetics and family history play a large role in a persons risk for heart disease, but factors in diet, lifestyle and the environment are also thought to influence susceptibility to the disease. A number of studies presented today at the American College of Cardiologys 56th Annual Scientific Session look at how health-related behaviors can influence a persons risk for cardiovascular disease. ACC.07 is the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, bringing together cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/free-honey-bunches-of-oats.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/free-honey-bunches-of-oats.html Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:57:13 GMT I don't generally post on freebies and minor financial stuff that can save you 10 cents, but, via Boston Gal, I see that Honey Bunches of Oats cereal is offering free samples at this site. ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/britain-producing-food-to-waste-it.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/britain-producing-food-to-waste-it.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:02:42 GMT Are you an indulgent consumer and make impulse purchases of food that you are unlikely to eat? If so, then you are shamelessly wasting food that a hungry person could have ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/thai-health-promotion-foundation-exercise-anywhere.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/thai-health-promotion-foundation-exercise-anywhere.html Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:09:10 GMT Thai Health Promotion Foundation has launched this print advertisement to draw attention of people about as there is always time and space can be created for few games to play even exercise can be done in similar fashion. The campaign has taken efforts to outline the scope of exercise can be created any moment as per convenience. To exemplify the idea campaign has shown some games that need proper and huge arrangement are being played in smaller makeover. ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/musculoskeletal-care-during-pregnancy.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/musculoskeletal-care-during-pregnancy.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT Despite the high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy, few women in underserved populations receive treatment for their low back pain, according to a February 2007 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT). Moreover, researchers found that pain in a previous pregnancy may predict a high risk for musculoskeletal complaints in future pregnancies........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/unhealthful-weight-control.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2007/unhealthful-weight-control.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT Participation by adolescents, particularly males, in sports emphasizing weight, such as ballet, gymnastics and wrestling, is strongly linked to both unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use, as per scientists at the University of Minnesota. The scientists studied more than 4,500 adolescents from 31 public middle and high schools in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The students were asked if in the past week or the past year they had engaged in self-induced vomiting, used diet pills or laxatives or engaged in any other extreme weight-control behavior........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2007/vitamin-d-may-reduce-falls-in-elderly.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2007/vitamin-d-may-reduce-falls-in-elderly.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT New research suggests that reducing the number of falls suffered by seniors in nursing homes may be helped by taking a vitamin, along with other measures known to decrease falls. According to a study in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, seniors taking a high daily dose of vitamin D experienced 72 percent fewer falls compared to those taking a placebo........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/obesity-linked-to-acid-reflux-disease.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/obesity-linked-to-acid-reflux-disease.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT As per a new article in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GRD), more usually known as, acid reflux, is associated with obesity. Since (GRD) is strongly linked to more serious conditions, such as esophageal ulcers and cancer, weight reduction treatment may be useful in therapy and prevention of these conditions........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/first-robot-assisted-weight-loss-surgery.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/first-robot-assisted-weight-loss-surgery.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons are the first in North Texas to perform robotically assisted laparoscopic gastric-bypass and colon-resections surgeries. The procedures were performed using DaVinci, a four-armed robot controlled by the surgeon via a joystick. DaVinci can provide better camera views and more precise surgical manipulations than are available in traditional laparoscopic surgeries........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/confusion-about-calories-is-nothing-new.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/confusion-about-calories-is-nothing-new.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT While enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family, most try to avoid thinking about the seemingly unending number of Calories they're consuming. It probably never crosses their minds, however, to think about why food is measured in Calories. James L. Hargrove, associate professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences, said many nutritionists aren't even sure of the true origin of the Calorie (or why it's supposed to be capitalized)........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/microwaving-your-french-fries-before-you-fry-them.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/microwaving-your-french-fries-before-you-fry-them.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT Microwaving your French fries before you fry them reduces the levels of a cancer-causing substance, reveals findings published recently in the SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. The discovery of acrylamide - a possible carcinogenic in humans - has led to much research being done to investigate the benefits of alternative cooking methods. Acrylamide forms during processes such as frying, baking and roasting where high-temperature and low-moisture conditions exist........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/added-benefit-of-statins.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/added-benefit-of-statins.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT UC Davis researchers have shown that statins not only improve cholesterol levels, but also dramatically reduce disease-causing inflammation in patients with metabolic syndrome - a condition defined by symptoms that include abdominal obesity and high blood pressure. The study, published online in the September 12 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, offers new hope to the one in four Americans with metabolic syndrome who have double the risk of developing heart disease and are five times more likely to develop diabetes........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/breast-cancer-survivors-change-lifestyle.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/breast-cancer-survivors-change-lifestyle.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT Breast cancer survivors' beliefs about what may have caused their cancer are connected to whether they make healthy changes in lifestyle after a cancer diagnosis. This is the finding of a research study appearing in the August 2006 issue of Psycho-Oncology by scientists at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/classification-of-diets.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/classification-of-diets.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:07:23 GMT People have come to identify some essential factors which influence the general state of health and quality of life. These factors include eating, working, exercising, resting and spiritual activity closely linked to one's mental state. Eating crucially influences the state of health. It provides the body with essential vital substances which are subsequently converted into the necessary forms of energy for life. For this reason, special attention has always been given to eating. A wide range of diets emerged from various traditions and philosophies........ ]]>