Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that simply reducing caloric intake is not enough to promote significant weight loss, according to a EurekAlert report. The researchers, headed by Judy Cameron Ph.D., studied 18 female rhesus macaque monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. The monkeys...

A new Australian study suggests that watching TV may shorten your life. The study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association and reported by MSNBC, reviewed television viewing time in relation to subsequent all-cause deaths of 8,800 Australian adults. The researchers found that each hour of TV-viewing was associated with...

Reuters reports that a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows exercise seems to simultaneously make people hungrier, yet more readily satisfied by a meal. In a study of 58 overweight and obese adults who started an exercise regimen, researchers found that exercise tended to boost participants’ hunger...

The Lancet reports on a 10-year follow-up study of the Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, which showed dieting and exercise can keep diabetes at bay more effectively than the prescription drug metformin. Researchers followed  approximately 3000 overweight people who were divided into 3 groups and assigned either a diet and exercise...

The NYT Well Blog reports on new research which indicates moderate exercise can lower one’s risk of contracting the flu, and the severity of flu symptoms as well.  Strenuous exercise, however, can make one more susceptible.  Laboratory experiments on mice infected with a flu virus showed more than half of mice who were sedentary died...