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NEWS:
Dairy Seems To Lower Risk Of Obesity
Decoding the Surprisingly Active Life Of Fat Cells
Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra And Caffeine May Cause Heart Problems
Eating Food Away from Home Contributes to Excess Weight in Many School-Age Kids
Fructose, A Villain in the Diet?
Scientists Detail Hormone's Role in the Impulse to Eat
Some Wash. Schools Go Organic For Lunch
Stopping That Rebound In Weight
Study: Junk about one-third of U.S. diet
Top health officials adopt global plan to cut obesity
Weight Loss Surgery Has Lasting Benefits
Why lost sleep affects weight gain
ARTICLES:
Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity
Expert panel on weight loss surgery.
Experts Say Cause Of Obesity Is Complex
Fructose Sweetener Linked To Obesity Rise
Medical World Debates Risk Of Being Pudgy
Overweight Little Kids, Overweight Teens
Prevention and Treatment of Overweight in Children and Adolescents
The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
10: Management of obesity. (Med J Aust)
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ? A review of recent data related to cardiovascular complications of endocrine dysfunctions. (Clin Exp Hypertens)
Adiposity as Compared with Physical Activity in Predicting Mortality among Women (NEJM)
Alpha-lipoic acid, an anti-obesity agent? (Expert Opin Investig Drugs)
Attempting to lose weight; Specific practices among U.S. adults. (Am J Prev Med)
Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (JAMA)
Beneficial effects of weight loss on plasma apolipoproteins in postmenopausal women. (J Nutr Biochem)
Body mass index of children from the United Kingdom diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders. (Pediatr Int)
Caloric restriction, body fat and ageing in experimental models. (Obes Rev)
Chronic exercise lowers the defended body weight gain and adiposity in diet-induced obese rats. (Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol)
Chronicle of the Institute of Medicine physical activity recommendation: how a physical activity recommendation came to be among dietary recommendations. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Comparison of dietary intakes associated with metabolic syndrome risk factors in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation for 1 y reduces body fat mass in healthy overweight humans (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Dairy consumption and body mass index: an inverse relationship. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)
Diet and physical activity behavior among users of prescription weight loss medications. (Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act.)
Diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as risk factors for overweight in adolescence. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med)
Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesity. (Public Health Nutr)
Diet-induced weight loss, exercise, and chronic inflammation in older, obese adults: a randomized controlled clinical trial (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Dietary fructose reduces circulating insulin and leptin, attenuates postprandial suppression of ghrelin, and increases triglycerides in women. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab)
Dietary Magnesium Intake in Relation to Plasma Insulin Levels and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women (Diabetes Care)
Dietary supplements for body-weight reduction: a systematic review. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Ethnic differences in the prevalence of overweight among young children in Hawaii. (J Am Diet Assoc)
Fast food consumption of U.S. adults: impact on energy and nutrient intakes and overweight status. (J Am Coll Nutr)
Food and drinking patterns as predictors of 6-year BMI-adjusted changes in waist circumference. (Br J Nutr)
Food purchased away from home as a predictor of change in BMI z-score among girls. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)
Gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity: what can be achieved? (N Z Med J)
Guidelines help clinicians identify risk factors for overweight in children. (Pediatr Ann)
Higher intakes of calcium are associated with lower BMI and waist circumference in Australian adults: an examination of the 1995 National Nutrition Survey. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)
How effective is gastric bypass for weight loss? (J Fam Pract)
Increasing prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among u.s. Adults. (Diabetes Care)
Is weight loss a realistic goal of treatment in type 2 diabetes?; The implications of restraint theory. (Patient Educ Couns)
Measuring the 'obesogenic' food environment in New Zealand primary schools. (Health Promot Int)
Metabolic effects of conjugated linoleic acid in humans: the Swedish experience (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Methods used by the hippocratic physicians for weight reduction. (World J Surg)
Night eating and weight change in middle-aged men and women. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)
Nutritional considerations for vegetarian athletes. (Nutrition)
Obesity in children. Tackling a growing problem. (Aust Fam Physician)
Obesity surgery: Evidence-based guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES). (Surg Endosc)
Predicting preschooler obesity at birth: the role of maternal obesity in early pregnancy. (Pediatrics.)
Prevalence and trends of a metabolic syndrome phenotype among u.s. Adolescents, 1999-2000. (Diabetes Care)
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults, 1999-2002 (JAMA)
Psychiatric medication induced obesity: an aetiologic review (Obesity Reviews)
Psychological profile of the morbidly obese. (Obes Surg)
Sensitivity to reward: implications for overeating and overweight. (Appetite)
Supplemental products used for weight loss. (J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC))
[Television watching and some eating habits of 6-14-year-old children in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; a cross-sectional study] (Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd)
The coming epidemic of obesity in elderly americans. (J Am Geriatr Soc)
The diet-heart hypothesis: a critique. (J Am Coll Cardiol)
The Implications of Body Fat Mass and Fat Distribution for Cognitive Function in Elderly Women (Obesity Research)
The metabolic syndrome: an emerging health epidemic in women. (Prog Cardiovasc Dis)
The more food young adults are served, the more they overeat. (J Nutr)
The UK Women's Cohort Study: comparison of vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters. (Public Health Nutr)
Using the Internet for Life Style Changes in Diet and Physical Activity: A Feasibility Study (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Validity of dietary restraint among 5- to 9-year old girls. (Appetite)
Variables predictive of adherence to diet and physical activity recommendations in the treatment of obesity and overweight, in a group of Spanish subjects. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)
Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Water-Induced Thermogenesis (The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
Weight loss and health-related quality of life: results at 1-year follow-up. (Eat Behav)
Weight loss without losing muscle mass in pre-obese and obese subjects induced by a high-soy-protein diet. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)
Weight-control behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: implications for dietary intake. (J Am Diet Assoc)
INTERNET SITES:
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Balanced Diet
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Healthy diet
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Losing weight
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Protein in diet
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Vegetarianism
NIH - NIDDK Very-Low-Calorie Diets
NIH - NIDDK Weight Loss and Control
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