Sunday, April 1, 2012

[WATCH]: Differences in Appetite-Related Brain Activity with High and Low Calorie Food in Pre-Pubescent Girls

The factors behind the neural mechanisms that motivate food choice and obesity are not well known. Furthermore, it is not known when these neural mechanisms develop and how they are influence by both genetic and environmental factors. This study uses fMRI together with clinical data to shed light on the aforementioned questions by investigating how appetite-related activation in the brain changes with low versus high caloric foods in pre-pubescent girls. Previous studies have shown that obese humans have less striatal D2 receptors and thus reduced Dopamine (DA) signaling leading to the reward-deficity theory of obesity. However, overeating reduces D2 receptor density, D2 sensitivity and thus reward sensitivity. The results of

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[WATCH]: 500 Before and After Weight Loss Pictures! Amazing!

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[WATCH]: Fitness Friday - Keep your HEART Healthy - 2/17/12 .flv

Fitness Friday -- 2/17/12 - Keep Your Heart Healthy Every February we are surrounded by advertisements filled with heart shaped images celebrating Valentine's Day. Although V-Day has come and gone this year, those little symbols are also a great reminder of something much bigger... For nearly 50 years February has also been designated as American Heart Month! Unfortunately, most of us know someone who has had heart disease or a stroke. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2200 deaths per day. These conditions are also leading causes of disability preventing people from working and enjoying family activities. Given that February

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[WATCH]: OVERWEIGHT GUY ASKS FOR HELP

youtu.be http:www.fitlife.tv.com www.manifestyourlegacy.com http Desperate 22 year old asks for help the day before his 23rd birthday www.fitlife.tv Help Fat Cat

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[WATCH]: On Self Improvement - Recovering from Abuse

In this video I talk about how to 'better yourself'. how to become a better person and achieve better things. How minor setbacks arent an excuse to quit. I talk about my own personal issues with dealing with people and having survived abuse and how it effects

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[WATCH]: 1 of 5 PBS Frontline: Diet wars - Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com -- www.pbs.org In "Diet Wars," FRONTLINE examines the great diet debate. Viewers follow FRONTLINE correspondent Steve Talbot, whose discovery that those "few extra pounds" have put him perilously close to the clinical definition of obesity prompts him to evaluate the myriad

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[WATCH]: The First Lady Visits Caroline Family Practice

First Lady Michelle Obama visits Caroline Family Practice Community Health Center, a community clinic in Virginia. In her remarks, she discusses the importance of primary and preventative care, and reforming our health insurance system so that every person has access to quality, affordable care. July 27, 2009. (Public

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