Nutritional Supplements Aid Hospitalized Elderly (Healthday)
Nutritional supplements bolster the health of malnourished seniors in hospitals or long-term care settings, but are of little benefit to the well-fed elderly living at home, researchers say. (more…)

Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Knockouts
All treatments for obesity, including dietary restriction of carbohydrates, have a goal of reducing the storage of fat in adipocytes. The chief enzyme responsible for the mobilization of FFA from adipose tissue, i.e., lipolysis, is thought to be hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL). Studies of HSL knockouts have provided important insights into the functional significance of HSL and into adipose metabolism in general. Studies have provided evidence that HSL, though possessing triacylglycerol lipase activity, appears to be the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesteryl ester and diacylglycerol hydrolysis in adipose tissue and is essential for complete hormone stimulated lipolysis, but other triacylglycerol lipases are important in mediating triacylglycerol hydrolysis in lipolysis. HSL knockouts are resistant to both high fat diet-induced and genetic obesity, displaying reduced quantities of white with increased amounts of brown adipose tissue, increased numbers of adipose macrophages, and have multiple alterations in the expression of genes involved in adipose differentiation, including transcription factors, markers of adipocyte differentiation, and enzymes of fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis. With disruption of lipolysis by removal of HSL, there is a drastic reduction in lipogenesis and alteration in adipose metabolism. (more…)

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Diet and Weight Loss - Article
Of those who stay in treatment, most will not lose weight, and of those who do lose weight, most will regain it.Stunkard found that only 12% of participants in weight loss programs in the first half of the last century lost 20 lbs. or more. State-of-the-art treatments today […] (more…)

Teen Diet Online …
Teen Diet Online Are you a concerned parent of an overweight teen? Are you tired of watching your teenage son or daughter struggle with weight? If so, hereI Want to Help My.. (more…)

Dietary Guidelines For Adults
Based upon response to previous weight control articles the need for this dietary guideline for adults became apparent. We have always taken the approach that the more you understand why weight is gained the less likely you are to make the mistakes that so many weight watchers make. This article highlights workplace health but it also applies to each one of us who may be overweight.
The real secret to health is to eat adequate servings of nutritious foods and increase the amount of activity in your lifestyle. The thing to remember is that as we age we change, we become less active and therefore require fewer calories to drive our bodies. The problem is that the majority of us work hard when young, prove our worth and are soon rewarded with a supervisory or management role at work. Great, that takes care of income needs, but take a look at what it means to our health needs: (more…)