Insulin resistance is one of the key feature of metabolic syndrome, which could lead to type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Regular poor sleep raises the risk of serious medical conditions like obesity, heart and diabetes - and can even shorten life expectancy.
White tea can help prevent obesity 10.
Scientists hope that xanthohumol could be used to treat metabolic syndrome, a condition associated with obesity and high blood pressure, as well as age-related deficits in memory.
When eaten to excess, products containing fructose contribute to obesity, heart problems and liver disease, just like products with granulated sugar.
Obesity may have harmful effects on the brain, and exercise may counteract many of those negative effects, according to sophisticated new neurological experiments with mice, even when the animals do not lose much weight.
) New research, published in the journal Obesity and written about at BusinessWeek.
The British Dietetic Association said the fruit now needs to be thoroughly tested in humans to see if it could help with weight loss and stem the rise of obesity and diabetes.
Obesity, illness and other conditions can accelerate the shortening, causing cells to age prematurely, while some evidence suggests that healthy lifestyles may preserve telomere length, delaying cell aging.
" Earlier this year health officials urged the public to cut their sugar intake to between five and seven teaspoons a day to prevent rising levels of obesity and rotting teeth.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity and is more common in older people.
Small, dense LDL is the kind typically found in heart patients and in people who have high triglycerides, central obesity and other aspects of the so-called metabolic syndrome, said Dr.
If I ask you what constitutes "bad" eating, the kind that leads to obesity and a variety of connected diseases, you're likely to answer, "Salt, fat and sugar.
Journalist Richard Louv has proposed that depriving kids of nature has produced a cohort of children with attention problems, obesity and the like.
If you're oversleeping on the regular, you could be putting yourself at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.
More than half the dogs in the United States are overweight, according the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, which was founded to combat the problem.
The study compared mental abilities to body mass index (BMI), a measurement of weight in relation to height used to define overweight and obesity.
The fat Rhesus() monkeys are a popular attraction at the park, and gained fame in Japan after media dubbed them "metabo monkeys", a play on the Japanese slang for metabolic syndrome() -- a form of human obesity.
The secret to preventing and predicting obesity has been revealed by a team of Melbourne researchers, who believe stress and how we respond to it is the key factor to managing our weight.
'Excessive media use is associated with obesity, poor school performance, aggression and lack of sleep, ' said Marjorie Hogan, co-author of the new policy and a pediatrician.