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Low Vitamin D Levels Tied to Obesity in Kids – By Robert Preidt -HealthDay –...

FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D deficiency is common in American children and linked with obesity and different types of fat distribution in white and black youngsters, new research...

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Obesity Greater Risk for Fatty Liver Than Alcohol, Study Finds – HealthDay –...

Obesity and insulin resistance constitute a greater risk for fatty liver disease than moderate alcohol consumption, according to a new study that found drinking modest amounts of red wine posed no...

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Weight-loss hormone hCG gains popularity, critics – Billings Gazette (MT) –...

Christene Irigaray is a believer – and a thin one at that. HCG triggers the hypothalamus to mobilize stored, or reserve, fat into the bloodstream to be used as “food” 24/7, allowing the body to consume...

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Low vitamin D levels linked to type 2 diabetes in obese kids – NY Daily News...

Another study underscoring the importance of the sunshine vitamin has found that low vitamin D levels in obese children could be a precursor to the development of type 2 diabetes. To be published in...

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A new hormone revs up the body’s fat-burning engine – The Los Angeles Times...

Remember this name: irisin. A newly described polypeptide hormone named after the Greek messenger goddess Iris, irisin may one day play a role in defeating the twin epidemics of obesity and Type 2...

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4 Steps to Slim Your Waistline and Beat Belly Fat

Whether you are aiming for that all elusive six pack or just want to flatten your stomach, the path to getting there requires that you balance your hormones. Here’s a quick list that will not only...

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Soft drinks: Public enemy No.1 in obesity fight?

Pushing her meal cart into the hospital room, a research assistant hands out tall glasses of reddish-pink liquid, along with a gentle warning: “Remember, you guys have to finish all your Kool-Aid.” For...

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Avoid eating after dark to lose weight: study

Make your final meal of the day one that sets with the sun in order to lose weight. That’s the overriding conclusion of a recently published study which found that eating after dark could be a...

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Could Chicken Be Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?

You’re watching your weight, so you opt for chicken rather than red meat as your go-to smart diet choice, right? We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that’s good for weight watching,...

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Want to Lose Fat? Count Your Hormones, Not Your Calories

In part one and part two of this blog series, I explained that the calorie model of weight loss has failed miserably as a strategy for long-term body change. I have argued that it does not work, not...

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