Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from February 2003

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from February 2003

Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases childhood obesity risk.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Children who were exposed to cigarette smoke while still in utero have an increased risk of obesity, say researchers in Germany. Rudiger von...

Fatness increases mortality risk, even in fit adults.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Carrying around extra fat increases all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, even for people with a high level of fitness, according to a report in the...

Early childhood growth affected by maternal smoking.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a report from a research group in England, "There is remarkably wide variation in rates of infancy growth, however, its regulation is not well understood. We examined the relationship...

Portion size of food affects energy intake in adults.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Large portions of food may contribute to excess energy intake and greater obesity," researchers in the United States reported. "However, data on the effects of portion size on food intake in adults...

Resistance and aerobic exercise produce similar effects on nutrient oxidation.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance training and aerobic exercise have similar effects on energy expenditure in men, according to a report from a group in the United States. "Whether resistance exercise is as effective as...

Many young American adults exceed current U.S. military weight standards.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large percentage of the young adult population from which the U. S. military recruits members exceeds weight standards. "Each branch of the U.S. military enforces maximum allowable weight...

Physical development and lifestyle of Hong Kong secondary school students.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Body fat in adolescent boys in China decreased with age, while fat content increased with age in adolescent girls, according to a report from researchers in China. "Objectives of the present...

Weight loss plan created for women over 40.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is much harder for women over 40 to lose weight than it was for them in their 20s and 30s, and the holidays are a particularly difficult time for many. In fact, recent studies show that Americans...

Ephedra-based products discontinued.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health & Nutrition Systems International, Inc., (HNNS) was informed by its exclusive manufacturer that effective December 31, 2002 they will be unable to supply the company with ephedra-based products...

Energy intake underreported by elite lightweight female rowers.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diet recording commonly produces low estimates of energy intake and other methods of reporting energy intake may be needed for athletes who wish to maintain healthy weight and nutritional status. ...

Fatty acid composition of skeletal muscle reflects dietary fat composition in humans.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The composition of fatty acids in lipids of the skeletal muscles reflects the composition of fatty acids in the diet, according to a group working in Sweden. "We investigated whether the fatty acid...

Iron recommendations for pregnant women may be too high.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors may be prescribing too much iron supplementation to pregnant women, the authors of a new report say. "According to our current understanding, iron absorption with weekly iron supplements is...

Undernutrition increases mortality in elderly patients after hospital discharge.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low body weight related to undernutrition increases mortality following hospitalization in elderly adults, according to researchers in the United States. "The importance of undernutrition as a...

Zinc improves growth, lowers morbidity of Bangladeshi infants.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zinc supplementation promoted growth in zinc-deficient infants in Bangladesh, according to an international group of researchers. "Evidence for an effect of zinc supplementation on growth and...

Young people put themselves at risk of heart disease with lack of fitness.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk for heart disease is 1.5 to 2.4 times higher for people who are inactive compared with those who are physically active on a regular basis, according to a new report from the American heart...

Increased salt sensitivity related to leptin resistance in rats is mediated by endothelin.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A link between leptin resistance, obesity, and salt sensitivity has been suggested," researchers in the United States reported. "SHHF/Mcc-facp rats (SHHF) were used to study the effect of gene dosage...

Orexin-mediated feeding involves both leptin-sensitive and -insensitive pathways.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pathway involving leptin is activated by feeding induced by neuropeptide Y (NPY) and galanin, while pathways with and without leptin involvement are activated by orexin-induced feeding. According...

Takeda Chemical and Beth Israel Deaconess announce research agreement.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have signed a research agreement to investigate the molecular basis of diabetes and obesity and to develop new...

Norepinephrine transporter inhibition increases fat oxidation.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fat tissue may be sensitized to beta-andrenergic stimulation by inhibition of the norepinepherine transporter, according to a group in Germany. "Genetic variability, numerous medications, and some...

Adolescent diet influences sex hormone levels.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows that girls who eat a higher-fat diet during puberty may increase the levels of sex hormones in their blood that have been related to breast cancer in adults. "Our study shows that...

Ferritin in soybeans may be a good iron source for women.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It turns out that some soybean varieties may be a great help to women who are marginally iron deficient. Research assisted by the Agricultural Research Service showed that ferritin in soybeans is a...

Students eat excessive amounts of fat at school.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite a U.S. government mandate that school lunches and breakfasts meet federal dietary guidelines, some middle school students eat half, rather than the recommended third, of their daily allowance of...

Insulin-mediated hemodynamic changes impaired in muscle of rats.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Australia, "Insulin-mediated hemodynamic effects in muscle were assessed in relation to insulin resistance in obese and lean Zucker rats." "Whole-body glucose...

Medical costs rise with increasing obesity.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Overweight and obese individuals incur up to $1500 more in annual medical costs than healthy-weight individuals, according to a 2-year study of nearly 200,000 employees of General Motors. Average...

New data on obesity in kids sheds light on a growing problem.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An estimated 8.8 million children and adolescents ages 6-19 are considered overweight or obese, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics reported in the American Heart...

Research shows less income, education not always top factors in child obesity.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have noticed for years that adolescents who came from higher-income families with more education tended to be less obese in the United States than comparable children from families with less...

FOXC2 mRNA expression is associated with insulin resistance.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "The human transcription factor FOXC2 has recently been shown to protect against diet-induced insulin resistance in transgenic mice. We investigated the expression of...

Research group relates body fat to BMI cutoffs for overweight and obesity in children.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a recent research report from New Zealand, "body mass index cutoffs for use with children and adolescents, aged 2-18 years, that correspond to the well-accepted BMI cutoffs for overweight...

Preconception homocysteine and B vitamin levels affect birth status.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Females who receive too much or too little of some nutrients before becoming pregnant may increase their risk for giving birth too soon. "The associations between homocysteine, B vitamin status, and...

Aging and obesity augment the stress-induced expression of tissue factor gene.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a murine model, the tissue factor (TF) gene and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) appeared to be associated with thrombosis related to stress in older adults and those who were obese. ...

Oxyntomodulin reduces body weight gain compared to pair-fed rats.
February 1, 2003... 2003 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment with oxyntomodulin caused minimized weight gain and fat mass increase in a rat model. "Oxyntomodulin (OXM) is a product of proglucagon processing in the intestine and the central nervous...

Insulin sensitivity linked to visceral fat mass in premenopausal women.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in Canada found a strong association between visceral fat mass and insulin resistance in premenopausal women, according to a report in the...

Researcher discusses possible mechanisms involved in the link between obesity and cancer.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The obesity-related increase in cancer risk may be promoted through various mechanisms involving reproductive hormones such as estrogen,...

Amsterdam growth and health study shows effects of health information on disease risk factors.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS) biological risk factors for chronic diseases were measured on eight separate occasions over a period of 20 years in a group of apparently...

Postoperative pulmonary atelectasis related to morbid obesity is underestimated.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Perturbation of respiratory mechanics produced by general anesthesia and surgery is more pronounced in morbidly obese (MO) patients. Because general anesthesia induces pulmonary atelectasis in...

Researchers perform QTL analysis of self-selected macronutrient diet intake in mice.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States "investigated the inheritance of dietary fat, carbohydrate, and kilocalorie intake traits in an F-2 population derived from an intercross between C57BL/6J...

Acylation-stimulating protein deficiency induces obesity resistance in mice.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Acylation-stimulating protein (ASP) acts as a paracrine signal to increase triglyceride synthesis in adipocytes. ASP administration results in more rapid postprandial lipid clearance. In mice, C3...

Former WebMD executive producer joins NewsRx.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former WebMD executive producer and medical editor has joined Atlanta-based NewsRx, along with three board-certified editors. Dominique Walton Brooks, MD, with WebMD until 2001, will serve as...

Partnership to target development of obesity drug program.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation (CHIR) announced that it has entered an exclusive partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the research, development, and commercialization of Chiron's small molecule drug program...

Two milestones achieved in drug alliance.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martinsried/Munich, Germany, and U.S. Research Facilities in GPC Biotech AG (GPC) announced that it has achieved two milestones by using its Reverse Genomics technology platform for the analysis of the...

Researchers develop new model for understanding obesity, diabetes.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Through the study of fat storage in nematode worms, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have formulated a new model for understanding the mechanisms of...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 dependent on glucose for its action on insulin.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Canada, "The physiological effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are of immense interest because of the potential clinical relevance of this peptide. Produced in...

Weight loss program targets one change at a time.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChangeOne: The Breakthrough 12-Week Eating Plan: Lose Weight Simply, Safely, and Forever, is a new book that features Reader's Digest's first official diet. ChangeOne is an answer to the dismaying...

Cadmium absorption increases during pregnancy.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers say cadmium adsorption increases in pregnant female rats. "Increased intestinal absorption of essential nutrients is characteristic of pregnancy as the maternal gastrointestinal tract...

Abdominal and total body fat loss linked to regular exercise.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regular exercise, such as brisk walking, reduces total and intra-abdominal body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women, a study by a Yale researcher has found. "Previously sedentary...

Aortic distensibility in older patients related to systolic heart failure.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Aortic stiffness increases with advancing age and is associated with the age-related decline in exercise capacity in healthy persons. Previous studies have suggested that aortic compliance is reduced...

Ventilatory efficiency during exercise measured in healthy subjects.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "When evaluating dyspnea in patients with heart or lung disease it is useful to measure the quantity of ventilation needed to eliminate metabolically...

Increased insulin resistance found in obese children with certain polymorphisms.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from France, "In two cohorts of 174 and 165 obese Caucasian children, we measured insulin sensitivity and genotyped insulin receptor substrate IRS-1 and IRS-2 genes for the...

Only adipocytes release leptin while other cells produce prostanoids.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group from the United States published a report of research "designed to investigate the sites of PGE[subscript]2, prostacyclin and leptin formation inhuman adipose tissue. Most of the...

Corticosterone inhibits energy storage in adrenalectomized rats drinking sucrose.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "When allowed to drink sucrose, bilaterally adrenalectomized (ADX) rats exhibit normal weight gain, food intake, sympathetic neural activity, and ACTH...

Elderly dietary supplement users may not need them.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than half of all Americans ages 65 years and older took a multivitamin, an extra dose of calcium, or a more exotic substance like ginkgo biloba or shark cartilage in 2002, hoping to maintain or...

Scientists identify hundreds of worm genes that regulate fat storage.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and their colleagues have scoured thousands of genes in the Caenorhabditis elegans worm and have come up with hundreds of promising candidates that may...

Study: Supplementation with DHA correlates with improved IQ.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study indicates that mothers who supplemented their diet with fatty acids rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) during pregnancy and lactation gave birth to children who scored higher on...

Peppermint touted as athletic performance enhancer.
February 8, 2003... 2003 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breathing pure peppermint has been scientifically shown, through human testing at Wheeling Jesuit University (WJU) in Wheeling, West Virginia, to enhance athletic performance. Whether the reason...

Obesity and mutant gene combination increase risk of vertebral disc degeneration.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese people who possess an arginine to tryptophan change in the COL9A3 gene (Trp3 allele) are significantly more likely to develop lumbar disc...

Obesity increases cancer risk in women with lupus.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obesity appears to increase the risk of solid tumor development in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to a report in the...

Long-term fructose intake alters renal histology in rats.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from investigators in Israel, "The use of fructose as a pure sugar has considerably increased in the last three decades, especially as a sweetener in carbonated beverages....

Higher body mass index values found in a law enforcement cohort.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of researchers in the United States examined the role played by stress in the risk of cardiovascular disease among a cohort of law enforcement officers. "It is unclear to what extent law...

Exercise training does not reduce hyperlipidemia in pigs fed a high-fat diet.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The pig is often used as a model for studying lipoprotein metabolism as it relates to human atherosclerosis, but few studies have examined the complete lipoprotein profile and related enzymes in swine...

Moderate lifestyle activity can promote weight loss.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Moderate intensity physical activity achieved through changes in lifestyle may promote weight management. However, little is known about changes in...

Growth at puberty involves complex hormonal interactions.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Somatic growth and maturation are influenced by a number of factors that act independently or in concert to modify an individual's genetic potential. The...

Researchers investigate mass media effects on American adolescents' health.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The contributing influence of the mass media on problems facing U.S. teens today, including the increasing prevalence of obesity, is investigated and possible solutions discussed in a recent report...

Green tea components are neuroprotective and may even prevent CVA.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The neuroprotective effects of theanine and catechins contained in green tea are discussed. Although the death of cultured rat cortical neurons was induced by the application of glutamic acid, this...

Sociotropy found to be predictor of bulimia.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The authors tested the generalizability of A. Sugarman, D. Quinlan, and L. Devenis' (1982) psychodynamic account of eating disturbances, which posits that overt autonomy strivings associated with...

Hormone restoration brings total cholesterol levels down.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "a new hypothesis concerning the association of low levels of steroid hormones and hypercholesterolemia is proposed. This study presents data that...

Physical activity essential to cutting risk of chronic disease in older women.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Getting regular, moderate-intensity exercise may be critically important for postmenopausal women who want to reduce their risk of cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases, according to a...

Medical care system for NASA-Mir space flights discussed.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methods for successfully preserving the fitness of men and women during extended periods of time living on a space station have been reported by a team of researchers from Russia and the United States....

Why do women exercise less often than men?
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women work out less than men despite ample research that physical inactivity is a risk factor for heart disease. A new book explores the problem. "Lack of time is by far the most commonly...

Increased blood flow could lead to healthier blood vessels.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have found a new way in which exercise may protect against heart disease. Increased blood flow can mimic the powerful anti-inflammatory actions of certain glucocorticoid steroid drugs,...

New soy/beta-sitosterol supplement lowers cholesterol levels.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research performed in Italy suggests a new soy supplement can reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels. "Our aim was to test the hypocholesterolemic effect of a low-dose formulation of soy...

Judge dismisses McDonald's obesity suit.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of New York children that claimed McDonald's food caused them to suffer health problems including diabetes, high blood pressure, and...

Negative psychological traits increase risk of metabolic syndrome.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The metabolic syndrome is an important risk factor for major chronic diseases in women. A key component of the syndrome, central adiposity, is correlated with psychological risk factors associated...

Juvenon launches delivers anti-aging supplement.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Juvenon, Inc., announced that its Juvenon Energy Formula dietary supplement is now available for purchase online. The Juvenon Energy Formula consists of two mitochondrial-activating components...

Study finds meal portion sizes growing.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans aren't just supersizing their portions in fast-food restaurants, they're doing it in their own kitchens. In a new study, researchers looked at such foods as hamburgers, burritos, tacos,...

New center will probe links between diet, genes, and disease.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exploring the links between diet, genes, and diseases in minority populations is the aim of a new National Center of Excellence in Nutritional Genomics at the University of California, Davis, and the...

Human adipose tissue is a source of multipotent stem cells.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of California - Los Angeles have identified a novel source for multipotent stem cells. "Much of the work conducted on adult stem cells has focused on mesenchymal stem...

Hyperthyroidism increases physical activity and energy expenditure in rats.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Thyroid hormone excess is associated with increased energy expenditure. The contributions of increases in spontaneous physical activity and nonexercise...

Saturated fat byproduct likely contributor to diabetes.
February 15, 2003... 2003 FEB 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Innovative research from Colorado State University biochemists has identified a saturated fat byproduct as a potential contributor to the development of type 2 diabetes. The breakthrough has the...

Eating cereal for meals regularly can help overweight people slim down.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Using ready-to-eat cereal as a meal replacement can promote weight loss and help develop a sense of portion control, according to a report in the...

Women generally provide accurate anthropometric measurements.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Self-reported measurements of anthropometric factors are usually quite accurate and can be used in epidemiological studies, according to a report in...

Adipose tissue is a mediator of cardiovascular risk.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Working with overweight patients to reduce abdominal fat mass would improve their cardiovascular risk profile and general health, according to a report from Canada. "Two key findings regarding the...

Nonexercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) explains energy needs.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Nonexercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating, or sports-like exercise. It...

Sibutramine cardiovascular effects related to amount of weight loss.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Poland, "Sibutramine can produce dose-dependent increases in blood pressure and heart rate, especially during initial treatment. "However, the cardiovascular...

Cyclic estradiol treatment normalizes body weight in ovariectomized rats.
February 22, 2003... 2003 FEB 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis function strongly influences feeding and body weight in cycling females in many species. To test the sufficiency of cyclic variations in plasma estradiol to...