Why some dogs (and humans) are born hungry deewaajuudii 9:02 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation that affects body fatness tends to act in the brain. ... Tags : overweight
Always Hungry? It's Probably Not Your Insulin. deewaajuudii 12:00 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan David Ludwig, MD, recently published a new book titled Always Hungry? Conquer cravings, retrain your fat cells, and lose weight permanently ... Tags : overweight
New Evidence Strengthens the Link Between Hypothalamic Injury, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance deewaajuudii 4:30 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Obesity involves changes in the function of brain regions that regulate body fatness and blood glucose, particularly a region called the hyp... Tags : diabetes, overweight
Carbohydrate, Sugar, and Obesity in America deewaajuudii 10:53 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan We like explanations that are simple, easy to understand, and explain everything. One example of this is the idea that eating carbohydrate,... Tags : overweight
Why Do Girls and Boys Reach Puberty Younger Than They Used To? deewaajuudii 10:49 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Girls, and probably boys, are reaching puberty years younger than they did in our great-grandparents' generation. Why? There's no ... Tags : overweight
How Much Does Sugar Contribute to Obesity? deewaajuudii 1:30 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Last week, the British Medical Journal published a review article titled "Dietary Sugars and Body Weight", concluding that "f... Tags : overweight
A New Human Trial Undermines the Carbohydrate-insulin Hypothesis of Obesity, Again deewaajuudii 5:41 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan The carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis of obesity states that carbohydrates (particularly refined carbohydrates and sugar) are the primary caus... Tags : low-carb, overweight
Obesity → Diabetes deewaajuudii 10:10 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan A new study adds to the evidence that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in the US, and our national weight problem is ... Tags : diabetes, overweight
My AHS14 Talk on Leptin Resistance is Posted deewaajuudii 8:31 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan The Ancestral Health Society just posted a video of my recent talk "What Causes Leptin Resistance?" Follow the link below to acce... Tags : overweight, presentations
What about the Other Weight Loss Diet Study?? deewaajuudii 10:37 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan The same day the low-fat vs low-carb study by Bazzano and colleagues was published, the Journal of the American Medical Association publishe... Tags : low-carb, overweight
Low-carbohydrate vs. Low-fat diets for Weight Loss: New Evidence deewaajuudii 2:30 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan A new high-profile study compared the weight loss and cardiovascular effects of a low-carbohydrate diet vs. a low-fat diet. Although many s... Tags : low-carb, overweight
Fat and Carbohydrate: Clarifications and Details deewaajuudii 2:31 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan The last two posts on fat and carbohydrate were written to answer a few important, but relatively narrow, questions that I feel are particul... Tags : low-carb, overweight
Has Obesity Research Failed? deewaajuudii 4:00 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan I frequently encounter the argument that obesity research has failed because it hasn't stopped the global increase in obesity rates. Ac... Tags : overweight
A New Understanding of an Old "Obesity Gene" deewaajuudii 5:13 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan As you know if you've been following this blog for a while, obesity risk has a strong genetic component . Genome-wide association studi... Tags : genetics, overweight
Fat vs. Carbohydrate Overeating: Which Causes More Fat Gain? deewaajuudii 5:00 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Two human studies, published in 1995 and 2000, tested the effect of carbohydrate vs. fat overfeeding on body fat gain in humans. What did t... Tags : low-carb, overweight
More Graphs of Calorie Intake vs. BMI deewaajuudii 3:14 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan In the last post, a reader commented that the correlation would be more convincing if I graphed calories vs. average BMI rather than the pre... Tags : overweight
Calorie Intake and the US Obesity Epidemic deewaajuudii 5:00 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Between 1960 and 2008, the prevalence of obesity in US adults increased from 13 to 34 percent, and the prevalence of extreme obesity increas... Tags : overweight
Uncovering the True Health Costs of Excess Weight deewaajuudii 11:16 AM Tidak Ada Tanggapan Is excess weight hazardous to health, or can it actually be protective? This question has provoked intense debate in the academic community... Tags : overweight
Why Do We Overeat? A Neurobiological Perspective deewaajuudii 4:15 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan I just posted a narrated Powerpoint version of my talk " Why Do We Overeat? A Neurobiological Perspective " to YouTube. Here'... Tags : Food reward, overweight, presentations
Mindless Eating deewaajuudii 3:56 PM Tidak Ada Tanggapan You think you're in control of your eating behavior-- but you aren't In 2005, Brian Wansink's research group published a remarka... Tags : book review, overweight