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The headlines were abuzz last week with results of the latest study that 'proved' women are at some sort of biological disadvantage compared to men. This time, it's whether we're able to resist our favorite foods as easily as mencan.The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, presented13 women and 10 men with their favorite foods after a 20-hour fast. They were allowed Read the rest of this entry »

The headlines were abuzz last week with results of the latest study that 'proved' women are at some sort of biological disadvantage compared to men. This time, it's whether we're able to resist our favorite foods as easily as mencan.The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, presented13 women and 10 men with their favorite foods after a 20-hour fast. They were allowed Read the rest of this entry »

An intriguing study sheds some light on gender differences when it comes to abilities to resist temptation of food.

In an exercise in cruelty, doctors asked 23 men and women of healthy weight to go on a three-day fast and then tempted them with morsels of their favorite foods and trips to buffets where study subjects were told they could not partake.

The study, published in the Proceedings Read the rest of this entry »

Each year, the Thursday of Healthy Weight Week (third week in January) is devoted to women, to honor size diversity and “confirm that beauty, health and strength come in all sizes, and that talent, love and compassion cannot be weighed.” Awards this year go to two winners.Best program: Reflections Body Image ProgramDeveloped at Trinity University in San Antonio, this research-based program combats media images of female Read the rest of this entry »

Each year, the Thursday of Healthy Weight Week (third week in January) is devoted to women, to honor size diversity and “confirm that beauty, health and strength come in all sizes, and that talent, love and compassion cannot be weighed.” Awards this year go to two winners.Best program: Reflections Body Image ProgramDeveloped at Trinity University in San Antonio, this research-based program combats media images of female Read the rest of this entry »

Got curves?

Well, a new study (performed on mice) from Harvard Medical School suggests that 'pear-shaped' bodies, i.e., those of us with a little extra padding on the hips and buttocks, may be less likely to develop Type 2 diabetesthan 'apples' (people who tend to have extra fat around the middle).

Not all fat is bad, relates Dr Ronald Kahn, research team leader. He and his colleagues believe that different Read the rest of this entry »

Got curves?

Well, a new study (performed on mice) from Harvard Medical School suggests that 'pear-shaped' bodies, i.e., those of us with a little extra padding on the hips and buttocks, may be less likely to develop Type 2 diabetesthan 'apples' (people who tend to have extra fat around the middle).

Not all fat is bad, relates Dr Ronald Kahn, research team leader. He and his colleagues believe that different Read the rest of this entry »

Women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes under the age of 65 are at a higher risk than their male counterparts for worse outcomes after heart attacks.

“The female advantage with fewer cardiovascular events than in men at younger ages is attenuated once a woman has the diagnosis of diabetes,” report Dr. Anna Norhammar, Her team at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm have found that the discrepency is do to risk factors, and Read the rest of this entry »

Women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes under the age of 65 are at a higher risk than their male counterparts for worse outcomes after heart attacks.

“The female advantage with fewer cardiovascular events than in men at younger ages is attenuated once a woman has the diagnosis of diabetes,” report Dr. Anna Norhammar, Her team at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm have found that the discrepency is do to risk factors, and Read the rest of this entry »

Not many studies have been conducted on exercise and type 2 diabetes prevention in black women. But a recent publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that severalbrisk walks per week can help to lower black women's type 2 diabetes risk.

Julie Palmer of Boston University and her colleagues reviewed data from the Black Women's Health Study which is currently following45,000 black women between1995 to 2005.

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