Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Weight control news 11/09/2007

Financial Incentives Help Employees Lose Weight (Newswise)
Moderate financial incentives can promote employee weight loss, according to the findings of a new study by researchers at RTI International and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Weight Gain May Spell Trouble for Heart Failure Patients (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Short-term weight gain can signal worsening outcomes for heart failure patients, a new study shows.

Weight Gain May Spell Trouble for Heart Failure Patients (Health Scout)
TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Short-term weight gain can signal worsening outcomes for heart failure patients, a new study shows. Patients who gain as little as two pounds over the course of a few weeks may require hospitalization within the month, according to heart researchers.

Portion Control for Weight Control: Size Perceptions Called Key
Diet Coke and Mentos reactionSpeaking improvementsIt will come as a surprise to few that the daily food-energy intake of the average American man rose by 168 calories over the past 30 years, or that the average American woman’s intake ...

Is a calorie always a calorie?
Over the past few weeks I’ve taken some heat in the comments section for my writing that weight loss or weight gain involves more than a simple accounting for calories. The entirety of mainstream medicine and nutrition believe that ...

 
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