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1. Head Start participation associated with healthy changes in body weight among impoverished overweight and obese children

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   A team of researchers found that preschoolers in Head Start programs who were overweight or obese were more likely to reach healthier weights...

2. Time to eat?

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   obese through 24-hour access to the high-fat food were switched to time-restricted feeding. These animals lost weight, and then plateaued, while those...

3. Choosing a Safe & Successful Weight-loss Program

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   Weight loss, weight-loss program, weight control, weight management, obese, obesity, safe weight loss, effective weight loss, lifestyle changes...

4. News Around NIDDK, Winter 2011 - Director's Update

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   are overweight or obese, with even higher rates in some minority groups and women with lower incomes. Obesity is of particular concern in women who become pregnant...

5. Gut Microbes from People Can Transmit Obese or Lean Body Types to Mice

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   A study in mice has found that gut microbes obtained from obese or lean people, within certain dietary contexts, can transmit obesity or leanness...

6. “Maintain, Don’t Gain”—A Weight Management Approach To Help Those Already Overweight or Obese

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   Researchers have achieved promising results in an intervention to help overweight and obese African American women prevent further weight gain, using...

7. Workshop on Developing Precision Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Severe Obesity in Adolescents: Research Gaps and Opportunities

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   Trans-NIH workshop to promote research to optimize treatment approach for severely obese adolescents based on genetics, phenotypes, and environmental...

8. Discovery of Body Weight Regulation by the Protein MRAP2

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   that caused a deficiency of this protein. Without MRAP2, the mice became extremely obese, even when their food was limited so they could eat only as much...

9. Bariatric Surgery in Teens Leads to Relatively Few Short-term Complications

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   incidences of major complications in the first 30 days after the surgery. Children and teens who are obese—and particularly those with severe obesity...

10. After Your Baby is Born

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    Discusses gestational diabetes and how to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes later in life and keep your child from becoming obese or developing type 2...