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10 Food ‘Shifts’ to Improve Your Diet

10 Food ‘Shifts’ to Improve Your Diet

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News TUESDAY, July 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) — No matter how committed you are to eating healthier and/or losing weight, making drastic changes can be hard. A better approach is to make small shifts in the foods you eat every day, according to the U.S. 2015-2020 […]

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Gut Bacteria Supplements Might Boost Obese People’s Health

Gut Bacteria Supplements Might Boost Obese People’s Health

By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, July 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Supplements of a type of gut bacteria may benefit people at heightened risk of diabetes and heart disease, a preliminary study suggests. Researchers found that the supplements, containing bacteria called Akkermansia muciniphila, appear safe and potentially effective. Over […]

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Health Tip: Help Prevent Obesity

Health Tip: Help Prevent Obesity

(HealthDay News) — Obesity can develop as a result of poor eating habits, inactivity or genetics. Latest Diet & Weight Management News To help prevent obesity, the URMC suggests: Work to change your family’s eating habits and activity levels. Be a role model for healthy eating and physical activity. Limit screen time to less than […]

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Many Young Men Putting Health at Risk to Bulk Up

Many Young Men Putting Health at Risk to Bulk Up

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News TUESDAY, June 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Image is everything for most teens and young adults, and 22% of young men and 5% of young women turn to potentially dangerous methods to “bulk up,” a new study says. These unhealthy methods — dubbed “disordered eating […]

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Coffee Might Be Your Go-to Brew for Weight Loss

Coffee Might Be Your Go-to Brew for Weight Loss

By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, June 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Could America’s favorite morning drink also help fight one of its biggest health issues, obesity? That’s the suggestion from a British study that finds coffee stimulates the human body‘s “brown fat,” a heat-generating form of fat that literally […]

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Rates of Drug-, Alcohol-Linked Death Triple After Weight-Loss Surgery

Rates of Drug-, Alcohol-Linked Death Triple After Weight-Loss Surgery

By Donna SiegfriedHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A new study offers some sobering news about weight-loss surgery. People who undergo a gastric bypass procedure called Roux-en-Y are three times more likely than those in the general population to die of drug- or alcohol-related causes, according […]

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How Does Your Diet Stack Up?

How Does Your Diet Stack Up?

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Ever wonder how your diet habits — good or bad — compare to others? Annual surveys done by the International Food Information Council Foundation detail positive changes that people are making and where improvement is still needed. People […]

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How Much Fat Do You Really Need?

How Much Fat Do You Really Need?

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, June 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) — With all the attention that the very high-fat Keto diet is getting, you might be wondering how much fat is healthy and how much your body really needs every day to thrive. First, know that some fat is […]