Sentences with phrase «against excessive weight gain»

Meal frequency findings were inconsistent between female and male adolescents, but suggest that female adolescents who frequently consume breakfast and dinner are protected against excessive weight gain in young adulthood, which supports other prospective [43, 44] and cross-sectional studies [45].

Responsive feeding involves caregivers providing a variety of foods, setting up predictable routines around eating, and accepting when children report hunger or satiety, which protects children against excessive weight gain [6, 8, 9].

In most research on the question of whether and how breastfeeding might protect against excessive weight gain, the focus has been on the components of breast milk.

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When you're fasting your body uses fat as fuel and preserves muscle.Researchers from the National Institute of Aging theorized in 2003 that intermittent fasting helped trigger the SIRT1 gene, thought to both stimulate cells to release fat for use as an energy source and to deactivate the genes responsible for promoting fat storage.Other research conducted at the University of California at Berkeley indicate that this type of alternate day fasting can protect against diabetes and excessive weight gain.

Dr. Pate stated that while he would not speak against any of the three aspects, the most unique contribution that the Committee could make would be to emphasize prevention of excessive weight gain.