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Study links diet with daytime sleepiness and alertness in healthy adults

5/7/2013 4:41 PM EST - American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Eating more fat may increase daytime sleepiness in healthy, non-obese adults, while eating more carbohydrates may increase alertness
DARIEN, IL – A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat.

Results show that higher fat consumption was associated with increased objective daytime sleepiness, while higher carbohydrate intake was...

Big Talent Helps Big Contestants Get Fit Fast

2/13/2013 1:30 PM EST - Mission Makeover

Pompano Beach, FL – February 13th , 2013 – Fit and fabulous former host of Entertainment Tonight Julie Moran (http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108058,00.html) is setting out to help 3 women makeover their lives on her new show Mission Makeover™, produced by O2 Production Studios and airing on Lifetime.

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Exercise Guru and Fitness Celebrity Tony Horton Joins Mission Makeover™

2/12/2013 3:08 PM EST - Mission Makeover

Pompano Beach, FL – February 12th , 2013 – Tony Horton joins celebrity host Julie Moran on the all new reality makeover series Mission Makeover™, produced by O2 Production Studios and set to begin airing on Lifetime this February.

Mission Makeover premiering Monday February 25th, 7:00am (ET/PT) and airing for 13 weeks on the Lifetime network follows the journey of 3 women on a mission of a lifetime. Not your...

Vitamin D can help infection-prone patients avoid respiratory tract infection

12/14/2012 1:30 AM EST - Karolinska Institutet

Treating infection-prone patients over a 12-month period with high doses of vitamin D reduces their risk of developing respiratory tract infection – and consequently their antibiotic requirement. This according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital published in the online scientific journal BMJ Open. Treating infection-prone patients over a 12-month period with...

Nursing not Enough for Losing Weight after Pregnancy

10/30/2012 3:00 AM EST - Sahlgrenska akademin vid Göteborgs universitet

While nursing and exercise help, sustainable weight loss after pregnancy requires lifestyle changes. A clinical trial conducted by Sahlgrenska Academy found that women who underwent dietary treatment averaged 10 percent weight loss.
Most women gain weight during pregnancy – typically only a few pounds, but pronounced and permanent approximately one-fifth of the time.

Given that a high body mass index increases...

Children with obesity must be treated in time

10/30/2012 2:30 AM EST - Karolinska Institutet

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that behavioural treatment for inducing weight-loss can be very effective for severely obese children. However, the treatment to change dietary and exercise habits must be given in time, as it showed to have little effect on adolescents with the same problem.
"The results are indeed alarming for these severely obese adolescents, who run a serious risk of...

Commercial weight loss programme evaluated

9/20/2012 1:00 AM EST - Karolinska Institutet

Anyone who wants to lose weight has a wide variety of diets to choose from, but knowledge of what works is often poor. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have now evaluated a Swedish commercial weight loss programme called Itrim, and found it to be effective. After one year, participants had lost 11 kg on average.
“Most of the participants lost a lot of weight in the first three months...

Only children are more likely to be overweight

8/24/2012 4:11 AM EST - Sahlgrenska akademin vid Göteborgs universitet

Children who grow up without siblings have a more than 50 percent higher risk of being overweight or obese than children with siblings. This is the finding of a study of 12,700 children in eight European countries, including Sweden, published in Nutrition and Diabetes.
The study was conducted under the framework of the European research project Identification and prevention of Dietary and lifestyle-induced...

Potential Link Found Between Early Diet Choices and Eating Disorders in Girls

8/16/2012 6:00 AM EST - Dian Griesel Inc

Researchers discovered that girls who consumed a low amount of fat and a high percentage of carbohydrates were more likely to demonstrate erratic eating habits by age 19.
A recent study from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center analyzed food preference data from girls, starting at age nine, over a 10-year period to see if there was any relationship between early dietary choices and the development of...

Two Studies Find Traditional Foraging Lifestyle Beneficial for Health

8/14/2012 6:00 AM EST - Dian Griesel Inc

Examining indigenous peoples of the Amazon region and Africa, researchers found they have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and experience less hardening of the arteries than people with more modern lifestyles.
Two recent studies in the journal Hypertension conclude that a traditional foraging lifestyle, practiced by hunter-gatherers, is good for your heart and health. Examining indigenous peoples...

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