In a new study that explores why teens decide to lose weight, researchers from Brigham Young University found that many young people are influenced most by parents who model healthy behaviors. In fact, more than 60 percent of the teens involved in the study said that health was their primary motive for losing weight. “Most …
When it comes to eating disorder behaviors, parents and children aren’t seeing things eye-to-eye, new research reports. A study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders found that adolescents reported more severe eating disorder thoughts and beliefs than their parents did – a fact that should concern families struggling with a member who has …
Primary care physicians play an important role in recognizing and diagnosing eating disorders, but many of them don’t refer patients to specialists when help is most needed, new research suggests. A study presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies’ annual conference found that doctors were able to identify eating disorders about 60 percent …
If your cronies tend to opt for high-calorie, unhealthy foods, you probably will too. That’s the conclusion from a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “The evidence reviewed here is consistent with the idea that eating behaviors can be transmitted socially,” Eric Robinson, lead investigator of the study, …
Office workers who put their physical activity goals in writing are more likely to exercise, according to a new study. Finnish researchers found that workers who made a written commitment that was made into a contract and co-signed with the researchers were able to decrease muscle inactivity time by 33 minutes a day and increase …
The advertising industry has long held the ideal that thin, attractive women can sell anything by way of sex appeal. However, a recent study from Warwick Business School found that using skinny models in ad campaigns may actually backfire – discouraging women consumers from buying the very product the model is trying to sell. Pretty …
A study at the University of Granada confirms something many women hate to hear: men like models. But only if they look normal, that is. And while that may be encouraging for women, the study also found that men saw overweight women as being more unpleasant than females did. Sound obvious? Maybe. But the study …
In a large-scale study using data on more than 7,000 participants, researchers from the University of Bristol found that six in 10 13-year-old girls are afraid of getting fat. Only four in 10 boys expressed fear of gaining weight, the research found, and girls were twice as likely as their male peers to be “extremely …
It’s the time of year when old patterns can flare up when it comes to food and fitness – tasty temptations are everywhere, cold weather makes it hard to get outside and the stress of the holidays can sometimes lead to poor decisions. Exercise can be an effective way to relieve tension and offset holiday …
People with medically serious weight issues may have a hard time finding a reliable method to shed pounds, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine. For the study, researchers evaluated 200 weight-loss programs in specific areas of Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia. The main problem, they found, is that most programs don’t adhere …
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