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- Metabolomics of Obesity: Gut Microbiota
- Biomarkers Database: Obesity in Different Populations
- Biomarkers Database: Obesity, Cognition, and Inflammation
- Biomarkers Database: Obesity, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Risks
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Category Archives: Obesity
Biomarkers Database: Obesity in Different Populations
Park, B.-Y., Hong, J., & Park, H. (2017). Neuroimaging biomarkers to associate obesity and negative emotions. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 7664. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08272-8 Pecht, T., Gutman-Tirosh, A., Bashan, N., & Rudich, A. (2014). Peripheral blood leucocyte subclasses as potential biomarkers of adipose … Continue reading
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Biomarkers Database: Obesity, Cognition, and Inflammation
Garcia-Mazcorro, J. F., Mills, D. A., Murphy, K., & Noratto, G. (2018). Effect of barley supplementation on the fecal microbiota, caecal biochemistry, and key biomarkers of obesity and inflammation in obese db/db mice. European Journal of Nutrition, 57(7), 2513–2528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1523-y … Continue reading
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Whole Grain Cereal, Obesity, and the PI3K/Akt Pathway
Whole grain cereal contains fibers, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. Whole grain cereal has been found to inhibit body weight gain and non-alcoholic fatty liver (Lee et al., 2017). Whole grain cereal could decrease the atrophy-associated factors, fat pad mass, and … Continue reading
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Tagged bioinformatics, fibers, minerals, muscle atrophy, obesity, pathway, phytochemicals, Systems Biology, vitamins, whole grain cereal
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Mindfulness, Behaviors, and Weight Loss
Can mindfulness trainings have effects on behaviors and weight control among those with overweight and obesity? A meta-analysis examined such possible effects from 12 randomized controlled trials (Ruffault et al., 2016). The studies were about the influences of mindfulness trainings … Continue reading
Mindfulness and Obesity-Related Eating
Obesity is closely related to eating behaviors including binge eating, emotional eating and external eating (O’Reilly et al., 2014). Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been found to be helpful for easing the obesity problem by improving eating behaviors. A meta-analysis examined … Continue reading
Mindfulness and Stress-Eating
Overweight and obesity problems have been associated with emotional eating behaviors, especially stress-related eating (Corsica et al., 2014). Although such problems are critical for weight management, it is not easy to provide effective interventions for improving eating behaviors. Potential interventions … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviors, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, obesity, Stress, Stress-Eating, Weight Control, weight loss
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Mindful Decision-Making Training and Obesity
Excessive caloric intake such as the overeating of “junk” foods including salty snacks may contribute to the problem of obesity. Such eating decisions may be related to neurobiological preferences. The training of mindful decision-making processes may provide a helpful intervention … Continue reading
Mindfulness, Emotional Eating, and Overweight
Mindfulness training may influence the eating habits and weight management. A recent study investigated the effects of a mindfulness and compassion-based method among 53 overweight or obese women (Palmeira et al., 2017). The study examined the possible influences of the … Continue reading
Weight Loss Programs and Mindfulness Meditation for Obesity
Obesity is becoming a health crisis affecting more and more people. Clinical standard behavioral weight loss programs (SBWP) have been proposed to ease the problem (Spadaro et al., 2017). Such programs are often combined with trainings on mindfulness meditation (MM) … Continue reading
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Tagged eating behavior, Meditation, mindfulness, obese, obesity, overweight, physical activities, weight loss, weight management
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Psychoneuroimmunology and Nutrition Books
Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Healing Stress and Chronic Diseases: Mind-Body Methods and Mechanisms (Psychoneuroimmunology) Vitamins and Weight Loss: How Vitamins Affect Fat Burning Exercises, Bariatric Surgery, and Obesity Related Diseases Natural Antioxidants and Weight … Continue reading
Anxiety, Inflammation, and Obesity
Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Anxiety and depression have been related to the higher levels of inflammation among those with obesity. This group of people may also have the higher risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, biomarkers, cardiovascular disease, Depression, inflammation, obese, obesity, psychoneuroimmunology
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Obesity, Emotional Conditions, Eating Behaviors, and Inflammation
Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Obesity has been associated with chronic low-degree inflammation that can result in stress and behavioral problems. A study investigated the correlations among adiposity, low-grade inflammation, eating behaviors, and emotional conditions … Continue reading
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Tagged adiposity, anxiety, biomarkers, Depression, Eating Behaviors, Emotional Conditions, inflammation, obesity, weight loss
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Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Eating Behaviors, and Obesity
How can mindfulness-based approaches affect psychological and physical health among those who are overweight or obese? A recent meta-analysis examined randomized controlled trials and focused on 15 relevant studies involving 560 individuals (Rogers et al., 2017). The study found that … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, BMI, Depression, Eating Behaviors, mindfulness, obese, obesity, overweight, psychological, weight loss
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Meditation, Weight Control, and Body Satisfaction
Meditation may have positive effects on weight control and body satisfaction. A recent study in Australia examined the relationship between meditation and weight control among 8009 Australian women (Lauche et al., 2017). The study also assessed the levels of body … Continue reading
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Tagged BMI, Body Satisfaction, exercises, health, Meditation, obese, obesity, Weight Control, weight loss, weight management
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