Los Angeles Times
Weight-loss surgery may lower heart attack, stroke riskCNN(Health.com) — Obese people who decide to undergo stomach surgery to speed weight loss may lower their risk of having — and dying from — a heart attack or stroke, according to new research. Swedish researchers followed 4047 very obese men and women …Weight Loss Surgery [...]
Volatility Is A Poor Measure Of Risk In Your PortfolioSeeking AlphaIn 2004, almost 9% of North American adults were on the Atkins diet, where participants must dramatically reduce the amount of carbohydrates they consume to lose weight. The effect of this diet craze was that sales of carbohydrate rich foods (like …
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Is the Dukan diet a health risk?The Sun"This may sound a bit like the Atkins Diet but high-fat foods are not included in the Dukan. "Other foods in the Attack phase are lean and skinless chicken, turkey, lean ham, seafoods such as crab and mussels, cottage cheese and skimmed milk. …and more »
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Low Carb Diet Health RiskFemaleFirst.co.ukThe research from HGCA has revealed that 38 per cent of men and women have adopted zero or low carbohydrate diets made popular by Dukan and Atkins in the last two years. As a result of adopting diets that exclude food groups, a large proportion of …
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Los Angeles Times
Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Inflammation, Disease RiskU.S. News & World Report"We're amassing evidence that weight loss is a very important part of changing the way the body's systems work in people with high-risk diseases like diabetes and heart disease," chief investigator Gary D. Miller, an associate professor at Wake Forest …Weight Loss [...]
Los Angeles Times
Low-carb diet poses no risk to heart health, say new studiesThe IndependentThe report itself was prompted by concerns from people who wanted to follow a low-carb diet like Atkins, South Beach or the Zone but were wary of the diets' higher fat content. "Our study should help allay the concerns that many people [...]
MedIndia
Obese not at risk from high fat dietsTimes of India"Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, and even if it means eating more fat," says the studies' lead investigator exercise physiologist Kerry Stewart, Ed.D. Stewart, …Eating Fat, Staying LeanNew York Times (blog)Lower carb, higher [...]
Health Newstrack
Weight gain after 1st baby's birth ups diabetes risk in 2nd pregnancyDailyIndia.com"Taken together, the results support the avoidance of gestational weight retention and postpartum weight gain to decrease the risk of GDM in a second pregnancy, as well as the promotion of postpartum weight loss in overweight or obese women, …Weight Gain Between Pregnancies [...]
The Hindu
Middle Age Weight Gain may Increase Risk of DementiaDr. CutlerIndividuals who gain excess weight during their 40s may have an increased risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a recent study published in the journal Neurology. During middle age, many individuals decrease their levels of physical …Middle-Age Obesity Invites Old-Age DementiaMyHealthNewsDailyall 115 [...]
Men’s News Daily
Low-Carb Diet and the Risk of DeathMen’s News Daily(Witness one of the more popular and enduring of these “have it your way” dietary fads, the now discredited Atkins Diet, which advocated a reduction in …R&D Diet Cookie Seeking Volunteers for Web-based Weight Loss StudyOnline PR News (press release)New Risks for Low-Carb DietOn Public [...]
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