Obesity Research | Scottsdale Weight Loss

SLEEP and Obesity

Posted: Nov 05 in Our Blog by

Yes, there is a correlation. There have been over 4 major studies each with thousands of patients showing a link between the amount of sleep you get and your weight.

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Weight Loss May Lead To Better Memory

Posted: Jan 01 in Our Blog by

A study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Jan 26 has been reviewed in several sources. One was the New York Times.

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Waist Circumference is the bomb!

Posted: Nov 01 in Our Blog by

Research just released in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms the association between waist size and risk for death. When the study group took weight (BMI) out of the picture, those with a waist size in the top 25th percentile were twice as likely to have died after the nearly 10 years of the study.

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Am I Overweight?

Posted: Oct 01 in Our Blog by

I just finished reading an interesting study out of the U of Melbourne that said 40% of parents whose children are overweight or underweight report that they believe their children are in the normal range and that parents were more likely to report that their sons were underweight and that their girls were overweight.

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