Weight loss reduction surgeries showing long-term health benefits for adults and teens, studies say
At week six they attended an intensive seven-hour, silent meditation retreat. Comfort Food May Be Self-Medication for Stress, Dialing Down Stress Response A new study indicates that many humans might be self-medicating when faced with chronic stress, by eating more comfort foods containing sugar and fat. In the long term, the habit may dampen down the bodys stress response, governed by the hormone cortisol, according to UCSF researchers. In a study of 59 healthy, pre-menopausal women published in the November issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, UCSF psychologist Elissa Epel, PhD, and her colleagues found that among women who ranked in the top quarter for chronic life stress, having more abdominal fat was associated with lower daily cortisol secretion, and with less hormone secretion in response to acute stress. Researchers used a scientifically tested survey to gauge psychological stress before and after the four-month study, and recorded the womens fat and cortisol levels. The UCSF researchers looked for changes in the amount of deep abdominal fat and overall weight.
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Walking is an excellent way to beat stress. The only drawback is that it can have adverse effects on knees and back, once degeneration has set in. To make walking an effective exercise for weight loss, one should stick to the 5 S formula Dr Nadkarni points out… “Stretch your muscles before and after walking. Muscles like the calf muscle, the quadriceps or the front thigh muscles and the hamstrings situated in the back portion of the thigh, need to be supple while walking. A good stretching session with “Vertical Yoga” can help these muscles give their best performance while walking.
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Is walking enough for weight loss?
Michael Nusbaum, chief of bariatric surgery and director of Bariatric Services at Morristown Medical Center and Newton Medical Center, said the studies emphasize how well these procedures work keeping people healthy. “It shows what we have seen — that bariatric surgery is the only way to take the weight off and keep it off,” said Nusbaum, whose center performs 600 to 800 procedures a year. The study focusing on children is especially important to stress how safe the procedures are, particularly the gastric banding which can be reversed, Nusbaum said. “One of my concerns has always been whether a 15 or 16 year old can make a decision about a permanent surgery when they may not be mature enough,” he said. The national Institute studies on weight loss reduction surgeries, launched in 2003 with adults and 2007 among teens, are among the longest and broadest of their kind, according to the journal articles.
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