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Study Shows Strong Link between Obesity and Mortality The largest study of its kind has confirmed a strong association between overweight and obesity and an increased risk of death. The study also identified a range of body-mass index (BMI) at which mortality risk is lowest, confirming earlier studies indicating that people who are in the [...]
People will gain significantly less weight by middle age – especially women – if they engage in moderate to vigorous activity nearly every day of the week starting as young adults, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. Women particularly benefitted from high activity over 20 years, gaining an average of 13 pounds less than those [...]
A new study found that nearly 1 in 4 overweight American women believes her body weight as normal, while conversely, around 1 in 6 normal weight women regards herself as overweight. The study was done by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and is published in the December 2010 issue of Obstetrics [...]
I just got back from a brief vacation in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna–the land of Parma ham, proscuitto, Pasta Bolognese and tasty hard cheeses. One of the regional specialties is a ravioli filled with spinach and ricotta covered in a butter sauce and sprinkled with parmesan cheese (Are your arteries choking yet?). [...]
Today,more than 200 health professionals attended the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University’s first educational research forum of the 2010-2011 school year that featured Bonnie Spring, PhD, a behavioral psychologist at Northwestern. Her lecture entitled “Untangling the Web of Women, Smoking and Weight” made me realize how much we still need to learn [...]
Benefits shown in middle-aged and elderly women Middle-aged and elderly Swedish women who regularly ate a small amount of chocolate had lower risks of heart failure risks, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association. The nine-year study, conducted among 31,823 middle-aged and elderly Swedish women, looked at [...]
We all hear that fiber is good for you yet many American’s don’t get enough of it in their diets. Experts recommend that men get about 38 grams of fiber a day and women get about 25 grams. Unfortunately, the average intake in the United States is only 14 grams a day. Dietary fiber is [...]
I just received a FDA email about the safety of color additives in food. What caught my eye was the subheading: “Without color additives, colas wouldn’t be brown, margarine wouldn’t be yellow and mint ice cream wouldn’t be green.” I wonder if colorless food could help reduce the obesity epidemic!!! Seriously, to read the [...]
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued its 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report on April 13. The 2009 reports include a new section on lifestyle modifications because preventing or reducing obesity is a crucial national goal. The reports found: One-third of obese adults have NEVER received advice from their [...]
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