Sentences with phrase «rather than obesity»

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Accelerated fat cell metabolism would essentially tackle obesity at its root biological level, rather than simply facilitate behavioral changes.

Latest research shows obesity could result from not always having enough food rather than always having too much.

«I would rather write a prescription for safe, outdoor play for my pediatric patients than see them five years later with depression, anxiety and obesity,» says Wendy Kohatsu, MD, with Santa Rosa Family Medicine and assistant clinical professor at the University of California in San Francisco.

On the other side of the debate, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the benefits for the infant in terms of reduced risk of infection, adult obesity, allergies, and asthma are so great that breastfeeding must be viewed as an «investment in your child's future» rather than a «lifestyle choice.»

The film acknowledges that first lady Michelle Obama raised the issue of childhood obesity, but it pretty much declares her «Let's Move» campaign a failure because it focuses on exercise and because she has worked with food companies rather than opposing them.

The film includes video diaries of preteens and teens who are fighting obesity and, rather than being exploitative, their stories make the viewer feel on a visceral level just how intractable this problem is.

In an effort to halt the rising rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement, Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools, recommends families take a broader approach to nutrition, considering children's whole diet pattern — rather than simply the amount of sugar, fat, or specific nutrients in individual foods.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

«Tackling obesity is a top priority for the government, and this change is part of our commitment to make the NHS a service that prevents ill health, as well as treating it - a wellbeing service, rather than a sickness service.»

She added: «The debate around this important issue has been based on high emotions and subjective opinions rather than a sensible dialogue about how we can tackle childhood obesity.»

Tweaking these bugs — rather than the genes themselves — may be a way to treat inherited diseases and perhaps even protect against obesity.

Armstrong, who is also a pediatrician, acknowledges the paper focuses on the problem of obesity rather than solutions, and wanted to encourage families with direct advice.

We now know how to turn fat cells into ones that burn calories as heat rather than store them — raising the prospect of a gene therapy for obesity

In other studies, obesity has been associated with a decreased risk of early death; however, follow - up studies suggest that this «obesity paradox» may be explained by unintentional weight loss in the few years preceding death, rather than a truly protective effect of obesity.

Most people studying the obesity paradox in kidney cancer think that changing medical guidelines to endorse obesity or weight gain rather than weight reduction is misguided.

Eating those excess calories can contribute to overweight and obesity and is often driven by environmental cues — the sight of beautiful dessert or the colorful wrapper of a candy bar — rather than metabolic need.

Rather than ratchet up the competition, the various players investigating the obesity paradox in kidney cancer did something unusual in the cutthroat world of scientific research: they decided to collaborate.

Efforts to lower childhood obesity rates often focus on adding «good» foods, rather than on avoiding «bad foods,» she said.

«Understanding how maternal exposures impact obesity - related disease such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease will allow us to develop lower cost preventative therapies to utilize up front rather than awaiting complications down the road.»

So is obesity causing sleep deprivation, rather than the other way around?

Behaviors that evolved as survival mechanisms to ensure that an animal feeds itself become inconvenient and potentially detrimental side effects in industrialized human populations where cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity, rather than starvation, pose greater risks to long - term survival.

There ought to be a new definition of obesity, Hamdy proposes, «one based on the location of fat rather than on its volume.»

But an alternative explanation could flip this theory on its head: perhaps the brain changes in obese individuals are the cause of obesity, rather than the result.

The extent to which NAFLD itself, rather than associated conditions such as diabetes, obesity, or atherogenic dyslipidemia, is responsible for increased cardiovascular death has been a matter of debate.

Similarly, those who are genetically inclined to depression or obesity may be more likely to spend their free time watching TV in the family room rather than shooting hoops on the basketball court.

Donna Spruijt - Metz, director of the mHealth Collaboratory at the USC Center for Economic and Social Research, and her team are testing an innovative approach to address obesity: devices that measure mood and eating behaviors rather than focusing on dietary intake.

(3,18; cf. 19,20) Even in visceral fat, it has recently emerged that the obesity - driven rise in inflammation and insulin resistance is associated with an abnormal accumulation of senescent cells, albeit senescent endothelial cells rather than adipocytes.

We identified 52 variants contributing to obesity in 2 % of cases including multiple novel variants in GNAS, which were sometimes found with accelerated growth rather than short stature as described previously.

«The study also reinforces the concept that sleep deprivation is an important risk factor for obesity, detectable very early on in life,» she added, although the research only showed an association rather than a cause - and - effect link.

Still, with childhood obesity rates around 17 % in the U.S. (and thankfully at least holding steady for the last few years), I'd rather try to shape the trends than just go along with them.

Worldwide obesity levels are peaking at record breaking highs, life expectancies are decreasing rather than increasing, and obesity is costing governments all around the world billions upon billions every single year.

His groundbreaking research is leading to new philosophies on how to treat conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, autism, obesity, PTSD, and anorexia by looking at a system of two brains rather than a separate gut and brain.

«These results, and in particular those regarding discordant siblings, strongly suggest that the association between cesarean delivery and childhood obesity is real, rather than an issue of inadequate control for shared causes as we and others had proposed,» he said.

Rather than targeting a single point in the obesity cascade, we need multiple targets and treatments.

The food industry has helped promulgate the erroneous message that inactivity, rather than consumption of manufactured, calorie - rich, nutrient - poor foods, is the prime cause of obesity.

With a high obesity rate there seems to be a lot more focus on weight loss rather than weight gain, so what do we do if we want to gain healthy weight?

With a high obesity rate there seems to be a lot more focus on weight loss rather than weight gain, so what do we do if we want to gain

Could this new message — to avoid gaining weight rather than try to lose it — offer a new way to fight the obesity crisis?

Additionally, the low levels of calcium in the first positive study were mainly associated with higher rates of obesity; the insulin resistance in calcium deficient girls could have been caused by the obesity rather than calcium itself.

i'm so glad that Americans are starting to wake up to the knowledge that the main day - to - day health issues plaguing us stem from sugar and simple carb overload rather than believing fast food - funded studies that blame fat, etc for obesity and other preventable illnesses.

Once the liver starts getting overloaded, fructose will be metabolized into fat rather than liver glycogen, which can lead to obesity, the collection of fat around vital organs and insulin resistance.

As an alternative obesity treatment, this dietary model aims to teach people about regulating internal cues of hunger rather than external cues such as emotion - driven eating, habitual eating or reward - driven eating.

This central obesity, rather than generalized obesity is characteristic of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

In chronic inflammatory conditions such as Diabetes, atherosclerosis or Metabolic Syndrome, immune cells must repair damaged tissue rather than fight infections.2 To further complicate things, many of these conditions are associated with an increased risk of obesity.

However, for many Americans, obesity is the result of storing more calories in the body rather than burning them through exercise and a proportional amount of physical activity.

He encouraged the Committee to base its recommendations on national food consumption data rather than small, non-representative clinical studies to determine the relationship between 100 percent fruit juice, and fruit product consumption in childhood obesity.

«We're continuing to see more pets diagnosed with obesity rather than overweight.

«We're continuing to see more pets diagnosed with obesity rather than overweight,» said APOP founder, veterinarian Dr. Ernie Ward.

The Mandometer ® method is revolutionary because it ignores the standard approaches for treatment of eating disorders and obesity, focusing instead on eating behavior rather than on psychological issues in the case of eating disorders, or which specific foods are to be eaten in the case of obesity.

Obesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological tObesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological tobesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological therapy.