Sentences with phrase «says obesity researcher»

«We now know that having a little less than the normal amount of leptin is enough to cause a problem with body fat and weight,» says obesity researcher Jeffrey Flier of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Studies like these two will eventually help tailor diets to people based on their physiology and genes, says obesity researcher Randy Seeley of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Not exact matches

Dr. Ruth Lawrence, a breastfeeding researcher from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, said she still believes that starting breastfeeding in the first place can help ward off obesity.

What researchers found worried them, as they said it could help predict obesity in children.

They say a new study found that, when exposed to heat, baby bottles release a chemical that, researchers say, has been linked to obesity, diabetes and developmental problems in lab animals.

The findings could offer scientists a new target for developing drugs against obesity and other appetite - related disorders, the researchers say.

A tax on sugar - sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks would reduce obesity in adolescents more than other policies, such as exercise or an advertising ban, and would also generate significant revenue for additional obesity prevention activities, say researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

«Obesity and aging are both prevalent and increasing in societies worldwide, but the consequences for the central nervous system are not well understood,» says Bart Eggen, lead author of the study and a researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.

The study clearly shows the utility of the adeno - associated virus in long - lasting gene transfer, says molecular geneticist Rudolph Leibel, an obesity researcher at Columbia University in New York City.

Defining obesity in children and recalibrating the caloric needs of overweight kids are key steps in shrinking the epidemic, researchers say

That's the question being raised by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, who say meat in the modern diet offers surplus energy, and is contributing to the prevalence of global obesity.

«Researchers once thought obesity was protective of bone because with more body mass, individuals have more bone mass; more bone mass typically decreases risk of osteoporosis and associated fractures,» said Pam Hinton, an associate professor in the MU Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.

«Researchers widely acknowledge that receiving inadequate sleep is a serious problem and can potentially contribute to a variety of health complications, such as a weakened immune system or an increased risk for obesity and diabetes,» says Dr. Laura Scheinfeldt, lead author on the paper and a research scientist at Coriell.

«These findings are important because they suggest that we may have another tool in our toolbox to combat childhood obesity,» says psychological scientist and lead researcher Jennifer A. Silvers, a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University in the laboratory of Professor Kevin Ochsner.

«We believe this research has implications for a wide range of people, from basic scientists who are interested in how reward processing changes across the lifespan, to obesity researchers looking to devise interventions to curb childhood obesity, to parents and pediatricians trying to raise healthier and happier kids,» says Silvers.

«This question has been around for at least 40 years,» says David Allison, an obesity researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), who was not part of the research.

Richard Atkinson, an obesity researcher at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, says, «If you think about all the combinations and permutations of those 130 genes, there are going to be dozens, hundreds, thousands of different kinds of obesity.»

Other researchers say rising rates of obesity and insulin resistance, linked to increased consumption of refined carbohydrates, are better predictors of heart disease than high cholesterol.

Given the importance of this discovery, the researchers are confident they will obtain the funding needed to continue their work — says principle researcher Ahmad Agil — «and be able to achieve their final objective: to confirm these findings in humans, by administering melatonin to help combat obesity and diabetes.»

But if replicated on a larger scale, the surprising discovery could lead to the reframing of conversations about how to improve children's diets and lower rates of childhood obesity, the researchers said.

While previous studies have shown a link between sleep duration and obesity, the new work highlights the importance of sleep timing, says Kristen Knutson, a sleep researcher at the University of Chicago in Illinois.

Ancient trysts between Neanderthals and modern humans may have influenced modern risks for depression, heart attacks, nicotine addiction, obesity and other health problems, researchers said.

«Our study shows that individuals with obesity who consume artificial sweeteners, particularly aspartame, may have worse glucose management than those who don't take sugar substitutes,» says Professor Jennifer Kuk, obesity researcher in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science.

Some of the simplest, safest lessons to help adolescents combat obesity may be raising their awareness of what they are eating and whether they are even hungry, researchers say.

Professor Byrne said while researchers in the past had shown that as dieting continued weight loss became more difficult, this latest MATADOR (Minimising Adaptive Thermogenesis And Deactivating Obesity Rebound) study looked more closely at ways to lessen the famine response and improve weight loss success.

Although numerous studies have examined the potentially detrimental effects of restrictive feeding practices on children, the current study was novel in that it focused on the interplay of the parent's emotions with their controlling the child's food intake, said lead author Jaclyn A. Saltzman, a doctoral researcher in human development and family studies and scholar in the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program.

Obesity, diabetes, neurological disorders, and aging will be major targets of the institute's researchers, Baetge said this morning.

«In addition to the researchers, surgeons and clinicians attending ObesityWeek, we encourage journalists to attend the session to learn more about how the media can participate in being part of the solution,» said Kyle, who also serves as Chairman of the Obesity Action Coalition National Board of Directors, a group representing individuals affected by the disease of oObesity Action Coalition National Board of Directors, a group representing individuals affected by the disease of obesityobesity.

Drugs that target this protein may one day help fight obesity, says lead researcher Jeffrey Gordon, a molecular biologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Matthias Tschöp, an obesity researcher at the University of Cincinnati, says understanding how NAPE affects our appetite for fat would hopefully lead to new drugs that muzzle hunger, without eliminating it.

The researchers say the technique, which uses cellular reprogramming, could be a new way to combat obesity and type II diabetes.

Consequently, the employees with sit - stand desks burned up to 87 more calories a day than their sitting counterparts — a small but significant amount that researchers say could be important in fighting the obesity epidemic in the United States.

«Future studies on how PAF / PAFR signaling controls UCP1 levels through beta3 - AR production in the BAT of animals and humans may reveal new therapeutic targets to treat metabolic disorders associated with obesity,» said Junko Sugatani, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Pharmaco - Biochemistry at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Shizuoka in Shizuoka, Japan.

The researchers say the next step is to develop small molecules or drugs that regulate p75 NTR to reproduce this effect and potentially serve as a therapeutic intervention for obesity and metabolic syndrome.

«Obesity is a serious problem in modern society and both obesity and male infertility rates continue to increase,» says Zhide Ding from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine in China and the researcher in charge of theObesity is a serious problem in modern society and both obesity and male infertility rates continue to increase,» says Zhide Ding from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine in China and the researcher in charge of theobesity and male infertility rates continue to increase,» says Zhide Ding from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine in China and the researcher in charge of the study.

«Obesity - related illnesses, particularly obesity hypoventilation syndrome and sleep apnea, may play a role in the development of pulmonary hypertension, and so we examined whether the protective effects of obesity seen in patients with heart failure were also seen in these patients,» said researcher Jose Caceres, MD, of Jacobi Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the BroObesity - related illnesses, particularly obesity hypoventilation syndrome and sleep apnea, may play a role in the development of pulmonary hypertension, and so we examined whether the protective effects of obesity seen in patients with heart failure were also seen in these patients,» said researcher Jose Caceres, MD, of Jacobi Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Broobesity hypoventilation syndrome and sleep apnea, may play a role in the development of pulmonary hypertension, and so we examined whether the protective effects of obesity seen in patients with heart failure were also seen in these patients,» said researcher Jose Caceres, MD, of Jacobi Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Broobesity seen in patients with heart failure were also seen in these patients,» said researcher Jose Caceres, MD, of Jacobi Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.

Although various studies propose a connection between childhood ADHD and obesity, «this is the first population - based longitudinal study to examine the association between ADHD and development of obesity using ADHD cases and controls of both sexes derived from the same birth cohort,» says lead author Seema Kumar, M.D., pediatrician and researcher at Mayo Clinic Children's Research Center.

Our findings suggest, however, that when breastfeeding mothers do not eat a moderate and healthy diet, there can also be increased risks of various health problems in the offspring, including obesity, diabetes, advanced puberty and reduced fertility,» said lead researcher Mengjie Wang, M.D., M.S., a graduate research assistant at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Toledo, Ohio.

Researchers say the contagion effect may occur because we mimic or unconsciously adopt the behavior of people we hold in regard and that it should be taken into account when trying to counteract obesity.

«Calorie labeling helps people understand what's in their food, and makes them aware of healthier options,» says lead researcher Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou, BSc, MSc, RD, member of The Obesity Society (TOS) and PhD student at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

The vaccine is a «very novel approach for the treatment of obesity,» says Matthias Tschöp, an obesity researcher at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.

«The results of the follow - up study carried out throughout 8 months show a significant increase in the use of bicycles as a main means of transport to travel to university, as well as the potential of this system to promote a healthy weight and, consequently, to reduce the incidence of obesity and overweight among citizens», says researcher Javier Molina.

With lower rates of obesity, the researchers say, rates of heart disease, diabetes, and other diseases that tend to increase with age, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease, could fall as well.

In the meantime, the researchers say, middle - aged people who are fighting obesity should not abandon common practices of reducing calorie intake and boosting exercise, even if it takes a while to see results.

Taken together, the researchers say, the results suggest that SNRK could be a target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity and its complications.

That said, diets with 60 kcal % fat are commonly used to induce obesity in rodents since animals tend to gain more weight more quickly (6, 7) thereby allowing researchers to screen their compounds after a shorter period of time.

The researchers say they've found evidence that obesity changes the microRNA (miRNA) signature — epigenetic regulators of gene expression — in both the dad's sperm and the daughter's breast tissue, suggesting that miRNAs may carry the epigenetic information from obese dads to their daughters.

Only half of Americans know that obesity increases the risk of several cancers and that a healthy weight is the second most important way — after not smoking — to reduce cancer risk, the researchers said.

Conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity are thought to boost the risk of these cardiac conditions by similar degrees, the researchers said.

The researchers said their finding that obesity overcomes this survival disadvantage for men will lead them to examine the role of sex hormones.