Don Ryan/AP Camas Mayor Scott Higgins, left, steps on the scales as Washougal Mayor Sean Guard, right, and health coach Michelle Clark watch during their weigh-in in Washougal, Wash. Sean Guard watched other people exercising from the window of his car or his office in City Hall, as the pounds piled on slowly, a little [...]
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff Simon & Schuster The DASH diet first gained a name for itself 15 years ago as a successful eating approach that would lower blood pressure, more than just just reducing salt intake. Now, though, itâ™s been heralded as an effective method for losing weight — earning a number one ranking [...]
Omega-3-Rich Diet May Protect Aging Brains, Study Suggests By Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD May 2, 2012 — Early research suggests that eating fatty fish, nuts, and other foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. In a newly published study, researchers showed that people [...]
By Denise MannHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Moderate weight loss reduces levels of inflammation that have been tied to certain cancers, at least in postmenopausal women, a new study suggests. According to the findings, older women who lost at least 5 percent of their body weight through diet alone or diet plus [...]
Two disbarred Kentucky lawyers sentenced to prison for stealing from a $ 200 million fen-phen diet-drug settlement fund failed to persuade a federal appeals court to reverse their convictions. “The evidence of the defendants’ guilt in this case was overwhelming,” the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said today in upholding the 2009 convictions and [...]
Overweight or obese women who lose at least 5 percent of their body weight may lower their levels of the type of inflammation linked with cancer, according to a new study. The findings show that women who dieted, exercised and lost weight saw their levels of an inflammation marker called C-reactive protein drop by 42 [...]
PD fileExercise is a component of losing weight, but dieters who exercise can’t eat more and expect to lose weight. Here are some hard and disheartening facts about obesity and food that are revealed in the documentary “The Weight of the Nation.” If you have dieted down to a particular weight — say, you lose [...]
For many people suffering from diabetes mellitus (type II), morbid obesity is the major underlying cause. According to the American Diabetes Association, almost 90 percent of people newly diagnosed with diabetes are overweight. Obesity is the disease; diabetes is the symptom of the disease. As with any other disease, it is almost always better to [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams says altering her diet in support of big sister Venus hasn’t been much of a hardship. Serena said she’s cut down on eating chicken and fish and is eating more raw foods like Venus, who adopted the change to help her body cope with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease [...]
RICHMOND — Americans spend an astonishing amount of money on weight-loss products, some $ 33 billion each year. For all their money, not to mention time and effort, only about 2 percent of these people achieve and maintain long-term weight loss through dieting. Those who add exercise to the mix improve their results considerably.Research points [...]