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A new study suggests that the best way to lose weight is to start the day off with a balanced breakfast and then have your cake and eat it too -- literally.

It may sound counterintuitive, but according to the results of a study out of Tel Aviv, adding a dessert to a 600-calorie breakfast can help dieters lose more weight and keep it off.

The reason? The body’s metabolism is at its most active in the morning, researchers say, making it the optimal time to indulge -- and curb -- sweet cravings. Dieters also have the whole day to work off the extra calories.

The study, announced by Tel Aviv University on February 7 and published in the journal Steroids, assigned 193 obese adults two different diets over an eight-month period. 

One group was put on a low-carb diet that included a small, 300-calorie breakfast, while the second group was given a 600-calorie breakfast, high in protein and carbohydrates, which always included a chocolate dessert.

Gender allowances were also made, as men consumed 1,600 calories a day and women 1,400.

Halfway through the study, scientists observed that groups lost an average of 33 lbs (15 kg) per person.

In the second half of the study, however, while the low-carb group regained an average of 22 lbs. (10 kg), the second group lost another 15 lbs (7 kg).

At the end of the 32-week program, those put on the dessert breakfast lost an average of 40 lbs (18 kg) more per person than their peers.

Ingesting a higher proportion of daily calories at breakfast makes sense, researchers say, as it helps rev up the metabolism but also alleviates cravings, researchers said.

Furthermore, restrictive diets that ban small indulgences like desserts more often than not cause people to fall off the proverbial wagon and cheat, regaining any weight lost.

However, in another German study published last year, researchers came to a different conclusion about breakfast habits and weight loss. After analyzing and comparing the food diaries of 300 participants, scientists found that people ate the same at lunch and dinner regardless of the size of their breakfast, resulting in a total increase of daily caloric intake overall.

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For Better or for Worse, TOPS Members Lose Weight Together

MILWAUKEE, WI – Love is in the air during February, and TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight-loss support organization, is no exception.  Many couples join a TOPS chapter together because the group not only improves members’ relationship with food but can also enhance bonds between significant others.  TOPS is an ideal opportunity for couples to encourage one another and work toward a common goal, and it is an important aspect of many members’ success – in weight-loss and relationships.

A Vow to Lose Weight

Don and Mildred Dillard joined TOPS in 2001 to lose weight and improve their health together.  TOPS became an important aspect of their lives and, through mutual support, they were able to reach their goals.  Don became his state’s King in 2009 (losing more weight than any other male member in the state during that year) and the 2009 International King Runner-Up (losing more weight than any other male member in the entire organization, except the International King, during that year).  At State Recognition Days, after it was announced that he lost 141.25 pounds and Mildred lost 54 pounds, Don said that he had another goal:  to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 29, 2011.

As their anniversary approached, Don worked with his TOPS Coordinator and chapter Leader to plan a surprise vow renewal ceremony that would take place after the group’s weekly meeting.  The ceremony was led by the Rev. Mark Gilson, the husband of a chapter member.

“I decided to have the ceremony after a TOPS meeting, because if it weren’t for the group and everything TOPS promotes, I probably wouldn’t have been able to overcome my health issues and see our 50th wedding anniversary,” Don explains.

Wedded Weight Gain

After their first few years of marriage, Sean and Raechel Weed had gained weight and struggled to lose.  In April 2008, they decided to join TOPS together to learn healthy eating and lifestyle tips and reach their weight-loss objectives.

“We were constantly cheering for one another’s success and encouraging each other when we struggled,” Raechel says.  “We pushed and pulled to the finish line and finally reached our goal.  Sean lost 30.5 pounds, and I lost 29 pounds.”

The evening of their KOPS (Keep Off Pounds Sensibly) graduation, they were surprised with a wedding ceremony graduation by Area Captain Judy Bell.  Raechel and Sean were the “bride” and “groom,” and the graduation was sealed with a kiss.  “Our celebration was very special, and it was another reminder of the support we have received from other TOPS members,” Raechel shares.

Love and Marriage

Ed La Fleur and Jean Bolton were both longtime TOPS members.  Ed was a 16-year KOPS and Assistant chapter Weight Recorder, and Jean had held several chapter offices.  In June 2011, the TOPS members tied the knot.

“Our chapter was very happy to hear that two of our members were going to marry,” says Mary Perkins, Treasurer of their TOPS chapter.

TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is the original weight-loss support and wellness education organization. Founded more than 64 years ago, TOPS is the only nonprofit, noncommercial weight-loss organization of its kind. TOPS promotes successful weight management with a “Real People. Real Weight Loss.” philosophy that combines support from others at weekly chapter meetings, healthy eating, regular exercise, and wellness information. TOPS has about 170,000 members – male and female, age seven and older – in nearly 10,000 chapters throughout the United States and Canada.

Visitors are welcome to attend their first TOPS meeting free of charge. Membership is affordable at just $28 per year in the U.S. and $32 per year in Canada, plus nominal chapter fees. To find a local chapter, view http://www.tops.org or call (800) 932-8677.

 

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MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

PetroAlgae Inc. (OTCQB: PALG.PK - News) announced today that the company’s board of directors has approved a name change to “Parabel Inc.”

Parabel provides renewable technology and solutions to address the global demand for new sources of feed, food and fuel. The company has developed proprietary technology to enable customer licensees to grow, harvest, and process locally-available, aquatic micro-crops to create products for agriculture and energy markets. The company’s license model is designed to deliver strong economic returns to customer licensees, as well as investment and employment opportunities in emerging economies.

“In the past year, the company has significantly accelerated its commercialization as a result of key strategic changes,” said Anthony Tiarks, CEO of Parabel. “We have developed a scalable and flexible customer licensee model and our technology is now being implemented at pilot scale around the world. Our priority is to facilitate the commercial-scale production of animal feed and potentially human food ingredients, using non-genetically modified and non-algae micro-crops. We believe it is the right time for these important developments and achievements to be given expression through a new name.”

Parabel’s protein product has been validated as a replacement for fish meal protein in tilapia diets, and has been successfully tested as a feed ingredient in other aquaculture, poultry and swine applications. The company’s meal product has been confirmed as a new source of feed in ruminant diets, such as dairy cattle. Furthermore, Parabel’s protein product could qualify as the first major new plant protein source for humans since soy entered the human diet in the 1950s, with initial academic testing demonstrating that the product contains potentially valuable properties for human applications.

Unlike many other agricultural and food production systems, Parabel’s technology is designed to support year-round production operations, with the objective of providing a high degree of consistency, predictability, and profitability.

In addition, Parabel continues to work with third-party technology providers to explore opportunities for conversion of its micro-crop residues into renewable fuels.

In a further recognition of the company’s evolving identity, Mr. Tiarks will assume the role of Chairman in addition to his duties as CEO. The board simultaneously accepted the resignation of John Scott, Ph.D., who founded PetroAlgae and has served as non-executive Chairman since June 2011. In accepting Dr. Scott’s resignation, the board expressed its appreciation for his vision and leadership.

About Parabel

Parabel Inc. (OTCQB:PALG.PK - News), based in Melbourne, Florida, provides renewable technology and solutions to meet the significant and growing demand for agricultural products and energy in global markets. The company’s solution is designed to deliver strong economic returns to customer licensees as a consequence of continuous, year-round production operations. Parabel also intends to provide social and environmental benefits, through job creation, community investment, and sustainable production that absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide and does not compete with the existing food supply, require arable land, or pollute soil or water. For more information about Parabel, please visit our website at http://www.parabel.com.

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By IRENE KRAFT

February 12, 2012

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Gyms. Treadmills. Exercise balls. Diets.

What works for human athletes, it turns out, also works for four-legged ones trying to get into tip-top shape for the nation's premier canine contest — the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

On Monday and Tuesday, more than 2,000 champion dogs of 186 breeds will convene in New York's Madison Square Garden to compete for the ultimate honor, Best in Show, awarded to the top dog in the nation.

And in the dog-eat-dog world of purebred sports, some owners will go through what seems like extremes to give their beloved canines a shot at that title.

They'll firm up their muscles, groom their coats, buy them the best supplies and monitor their diets in hopes of catching the eyes of judges looking for the purest specimens.

For the last couple of months, Donovan, a 3-year-old Irish setter, has been working out twice weekly at Animal Therapy Center in Bethlehem Township. Owned by Wright Veterinary Medical Center, the center is equipped with physical therapists/trainers and some of the same equipment you'd find in a gym.

Donovan's owners, Lydia Miller of Williams Township and Matthew and Jayneann Wikler, of Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., are hoping the training, which costs $450 for 20 half-hour sessions, gives him a competitive edge.

"This is my heart dog," said Miller, using a term synonymous with soul mate.

She bred him and she'd do anything, she said, to improve his performance. That includes buying a $100 lead to replace the leather one Donovan doesn't like.

Just as a baseball player works on his upper-body strength to improve batting, a dog may benefit from athletic training, said Dr. Pamela Mueller, a veterinarian at Wright Veterinary Medical Center.

"You want to train the dog for the sport it competes in," added Mueller, who helped design a conditioning program for Donovan that would strengthen his rear and core muscles to help him look better in the show ring.

In the workout, Donovan steps over a series of raised poles to encourage a flowing gait, balances on a rocker board to strengthen his core and walks with his front legs on an oval-shaped exercise ball to strengthen his hind end.

He wraps up the session with a brisk walk on the Aqua Paws water treadmill.

"It's like running in the surf," Mueller said.

By strengthening muscles, proper training can prevent injury in athletic dogs, she said.

Phil Zeltzman, a traveling veterinary surgeon in the Lehigh Valley, agreed.

"I'm not into show dogs, but some of these agility dogs are true athletes," he said. "Conditioning to prevent injury and make dogs stronger is a good thing, particularly when it's done in a controlled veterinary environment."

But dogs can be over-trained, Mueller cautioned.

"You train them to reach their peak performance, like for a show like Westminster. But after the show, they must relax and allow their muscles to rest," she said. "A dog can't always be at peak performance. They are more prone to injury."

Miller said she has already seen results. Since he started the training, Donovan has placed in three major events, she said.

Tom Bavaria, who showed his first dog at Westminster 20 years ago, doesn't take his 4-year-old Akita, Trader, to the gym. But he does put him on a treadmill.

"Everybody's got little training tricks," said Bavaria, of Weisenberg Township.

But his preferred way of exercising Trader, who won breed honors at Westminster last year and is returning this year, is to let him run and play in the yard with his other dogs: "It's far better than any treadmill that I can put him on," he said.

Frank DePaulo of Germansville uses home exercise equipment for his 5-year-old pointer, Josh.

"I have an indoor trotter," he said. "He goes on it twice a day, 15 minutes at a time. It gets him into a nice steady gait and keeps him fit, especially this time of year."

DePaulo, who is showing Josh at Westminster this year, judged the pointer and ridgeback breed competitions at Westminster two years ago. In his 30 years of breeding and raising both breeds of dog, he has never heard of taking a dog to a gym for workouts.

"I'm sure it's pretty unusual," he said. "Most people have trotters or they do road work, tethering the dog to a golf cart or car to give them a workout."

Susan Palla, who raises Great Danes, has relied on the hills on her Upper Mount Bethel property to strengthen her dogs' back ends. But Lil' Carrie, the dog she's taking to Westminster, needs to strengthen something else — her bond with handler Javier Rojas.

To do that, Lil' Carrie spends every moment with Rojas during the weeks leading up to the show and even sleeps with him.

Established in 1877, the Westminster Kennel Club is America's oldest organization dedicated to the sport of purebred dogs. Its annual dog show is the second longest continuously held sporting event in the country, just one year behind the Kentucky Derby. It's considered the Super Bowl or Academy Awards of the dog show world. So there's little wonder why owners of purebreds strive to compete in it.

Last year, Hickory, a 6-year-old Scottish deerhound, one of the oldest breeds to be registered in the club, won best in show. The judge said he choose the tall, coarse-haired dog because her body structure and movement were exactly as it was supposed to be when the breed was established 150 years ago.

It shows that the extremes owners take to prepare their dog to show may not matter, Bavaria said. Genetics can determine the winner. As with models, bone structure is key.

"Just like with people, you have to be born with it," he said.

Few owners faced the challenges Cynthia Meyer of Salisbury Township did in getting her Chesapeake Bay retriever Rita's coat in shape for Westminster. After Rita gave birth to two hefty puppies in August, hormonal changes caused her to lose her close-cropped but curly coat.

"Her back was almost bald. She looked more like a Labrador retriever," Meyer said.

She also put on a little baby weight.

Meyer cut back on Rita's food and supplemented her diet with green beans to fill her up on fewer calories. And, she added a raw egg to Rita's food to improve her coat.

"I also had to walk her three miles every day," she said.

She forced back Rita's coat by wetting it and putting her outdoors in the cold or by keeping her in the cooler basement of her home. It worked. Rita's coat grew back in two to three weeks and she was ready to hit the pre-Westminster show circuit.

Looking good in the show ring is about coat as much as fitness, agreed Sherry Hanley of Slatington, who will be taking her Belgian sheepdog Wynonna to Westminster this year.

She bathes and grooms Wynonna's long black fur weekly and sprays it every day to keep the coarse coat from breaking.

"We also feed her premium dog food and proper vitamins," said Hanley, who quickly learned how expensive raising show dogs can be.

When she first started showing Eli, her 13-year-old Belgian sheepdog, she bought a motor home to make traveling easier. Her expenses in Eli's first year — the motor home, gas to fuel it and show entry fees at $30 a pop — totaled $125,000.

They came home from a big, prestigious show at the end of that year with no honors — just a silver key chain given to all participants.

"I like to tell people it's my $125,000 key chain," Meyer said. "Showing dogs is an expensive habit."

Some owners are lucky. They have breeds that require little grooming or exercise.

Diminutive Rocky, a 6-pound Chihuahua, doesn't need much work other than walks to keep him in shape, said owner Connie Newcomb of South Whitehall Township.

"He's one of those dogs that loves to be at a show," she said.

But one trick does improve his show performance.

"He gets a little filet mignon," Newcomb said. "I cut it up into pieces. And he knows that's the special show treat."

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Danville, VA – The gluten free craze started when more and more Americans discovered they had an allergy to gluten and wheat products. But now, the practice has spread. People are looking to gluten free in an attempt to lose weight, but does it work? And more importantly, is it healthy?

Eating muffins, cookies, pasta and pretzels to lose weight may sound too good to be true. Anderia Dalton, the assistant manager of Next Level Nutrition in Danville, says some of the gluten-free food tastes really good, are, especially the cookies. She says the craze is cashing in.

"We get an order every two weeks and we sell out pretty well in between times. So there's definitely a need for it," said Dalton.

It's become a popular diet option, with grocery stores now offering shelves full of wheat and gluten free products. But dieters beware.

"People that should be on a gluten free diet have been diagnosed by their doctor as either having gluten intolerance or having celiac disease," said nutritionist Jennifer Dietz.

Nutritionists say going on a gluten free diet is only for those with a wheat allergy. The common misconception is that a gluten free diet is a carb free diet.

"Those calories would be the same. Those are still starches, so if you remove a starch if it's coming from wheat, you still have a starch if it's coming from rice or corn or potato. So, you're just exchanging carb for carb," said Dietz.

Nutritionally, many gluten free products are unhealthier than their conventional counter parts. One brand of gluten free pretzels for instance has more calories, fat, and sodium per serving.

Not only are there major differences in calories and fat between gluten free and conventional products, but major differences in price as well. Conventional pasta is $1.79 and gluten free is $5.59. Conventional corn flakes are $3.69 gluten free is $5.49. The same goes for snacks, conventional pretzels are $3.29 and gluten free ones are $8.39.

So if you're trying to lose weight - don't fall for the fad. Gluten free doesn't mean healthier.

"A calorie is a calorie, wherever it's coming from. If you want to lose weight, you've got to eat less than you normally eat consistently, day in and day out," said Dietz.

Nutrition experts we spoke with say they've seen a recent increase in wheat allergies. If you think you may be allergic to gluten, be sure to consult your doctor.

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Diet programs tend to target women. Some marketing campaigns enlist celebrity spokeswomen who project solidarity and understanding. Others are based on books written in a cheery-chatty women's-magazine style. And some plans are built around a support system, which experts say is huge for women. "Women are more inclined to go to group meetings, while men would rather download an app that provides all the instruction they need," says David Katz, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center.

But how about the diets themselves? U.S. News, which publishes an annual ranking of Best Diets, took a closer look at 7 plans pitched to women. They're listed below by how they rank in U.S. News's Best Weight-Loss Diets. One just might work for you. If you want additional options, check out the full range of diets. Pitching to women is more about marketing than about science or nutrition.

Weight Watchers. While the company promotes a plan for men, this points-counting program is a favorite among women. Support is the biggie. Dieters can attend weekly meetings to swap weight-loss tips and recipes with other members, and women appreciate that kind of motivation and feedback, says the company. Plus, they're likelier to have success than when they're on their own. The women's plan isn't markedly different from the men's version, though: Men typically just have more points to spend on food each day, since points are allotted based on height and weight.

[Diets for Dessert Lovers]

Jenny Craig. Prepackaged, home-delivered meals make the program easy to follow—often a selling point for working moms. And as with Weight Watchers, support is key. Dieters are paired with a Jenny consultant who provides weekly one-on-one counseling sessions. (Men who sign up for the program are matched with a consultant trained to address male dietary issues.)

Flat Belly Diet. Women will likely favor the style of the Flat Belly Diet ($15.99, Rodale, 2008), which calls for lots of "Sassy Water," infused with ginger, cucumber, and mint leaves. The featured exercise routines are designed for women, with female models demonstrating each move. (There is, however, a separate book for men that calls for "Fire Water" and outlines male-oriented exercises with male models. Men get more daily calories, too.)

[Diets That Let You Eat Out]

Nutrisystem. The heat-and-eat diet eliminates guesswork with portion-controlled, home-delivered meals. Women get about 1,250 to 1,500 daily calories, along with three 10-minute activity sessions per day. Support factors in, too: A counselor advises on how to get back in the kitchen without sabotaging weight loss. (Nutrisystem's women's and men's plans are virtually the same other than different calorie caps.)

Abs Diet For Women. The plan, outlined in The New Abs Diet for Women ($25.99, Rodale, 2011), claims to deliver a flat stomach in six weeks. It's packed with gym-free workouts, including exercises that target the legs and butt, as well as moves that incorporate yoga and Pilates. There are also interval workouts purported to burn off pregnancy weight. One of the most obvious differences between the book and its male counterpart, The New Abs Diet ($25.99, Rodale, 2010), is that testimonials and exercises feature women, not men.

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The Petite Advantage Diet. Jim Karas's The Petite Advantage Diet ($25.99, HarperOne, 2011) specifically targets women under 5 feet, 4 inches. Karas's premise is that shorter women must work harder than their taller counterparts to lose weight. He argues that cutting out just 40 calories a day—which he says equates to about 4 pounds of fat in a year—is a meaningful goal. The plan emphasizes portion control and women are encouraged to avoid high-calorie ingredients like olive oil and avocado, opting instead for small servings of whole grains.

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'Dieting' doesn't work, but a healthy weight loss plan will help you reach your goal.

By Joanne Barker
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It may seem like many of the kids at school talk about the latest popular diet and weight loss plans. These fad diets usually restrict your food choices and might require special foods, pills, or supplements, too. In return, the promise of a quick and easy way to lose weight probably sounds good. But, a fad diet will always go out of style.

"A lot of teens try every diet out there and feel like failures when they don't work," says Linda Schander, LRD, CDE, outpatient dietitian with Sanford Health Eating Disorders Institute, Fargo, N.D. That’s because fad diets are too good to be true.

Like other teens, you may jump from one fad diet to another, and another, hoping you'll find the right weight loss diet plan. But, you may not even need to lose weight.

For many overweight teens, the first step is to simply hold your current weight. If you're still growing, as you get taller your weight will spread out and that will lower your BMI (body mass index), which is a measure of your body fat. Increasing your activity, choosing healthy foods, and limiting your portion sizes will help you stop gaining more weight. And that alone could be enough.

In fact, newer science shows the whole concept of "dieting" doesn't really work for anyone to lose weight or even stay at a healthy weight. Fad diets, at best, offer a temporary fix. Almost everyone who goes on a fad diet gains back every pound they lose -- and sometimes more.

The problem is that many people think of a "diet" as short-term. But it really isn't. What works best to lose weight, scientists find now, is an overall healthy lifestyle plan. It's not just about what to eat today and tomorrow and while you're "on a diet." It's about learning how to eat well all the time. It's about how to make healthy choices that help you for the rest of your life.

Plus, fad diets fail to meet kids' nutritional needs, Schander says. The poor nutrition you get from a fad diet can cause many health problems. While you're on a fad diet, you run the risk of becoming dehydrated, having diarrhea, constipation, nausea, and headaches, or feeling tired all the time. In the long run, a fad diet could lead to weak bones, anemia, or keep you from growing as tall as you should.

A good, healthy diet, which should be part of your larger healthy living plan, is one that you -- and your body -- can live with over the long haul, not just a few weeks. It includes balanced nutrition from a variety of foods, which will give your body and brain energy to move and think. The right healthy living plan will also help you learn skills, like how to be physically active, to help you get to a healthy BMI and stay there.

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A low-key, long term approach to teen weight loss produced modest benefits in a clinical trial, Australian researchers report, though a version of the program that added texts and emails didn't help kids slim down any further.

The study, by Binh Nguyen at the University of Sydney and colleagues, included 151 teenagers in a 24-month program called Loozit, based on group behavior-modification sessions for teens and their parents.

At the 12-month mark, 40 percent of the teens had reduced their body mass by at least five percent and a quarter had reduced by at least 10 percent, though most remained overweight.

Despite the small effect on weight, Elissa Jelalian of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, said the results are promising because the program was less intensive than other weight loss efforts, and yet had nearly the same impact.

"I think it's certainly worthy of further investigation," Jelalian, who was not involved in the new work, told Reuters Health.

During the first two months of Loozit, the kids, who were between 13 and 16 years old, participated in seven weekly group sessions that focused on healthy eating habits, increasing physical activity, decreasing time spent in front of a screen and improving self esteem.

They also spent some time exercising and preparing and tasting foods during the sessions.

Parents, too, attended weekly group sessions where lifestyle-modification was discussed.

For the next 22 months, teens and parents went to booster sessions every three months.

The study's results, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent, only include outcomes from the first 12 months of the program, which 124 kids completed.

Jelalian said other weight loss programs for kids have relied on group interventions, "which I think can be helpful. They try to mobilize other kids their age who are dealing with similar challenges and to create a peer group."

The differences between Loozit and other programs is that the kids only go through 14 sessions over two years, compared to about 20 in other cases, and the discussions are held in community locations rather than in academic or hospital settings.

Most studies of teen weight-loss approaches have centered on more intensive and heavily monitored interventions, sometimes in in-patient settings, the researchers note.

The other thing Nguyen's group did differently is that half of the kids also received text messages, emails and phone calls to follow up and coach them through the program.

"That's the direction a lot of people are going. And it makes sense, teens are plugged in," said Jelalian, who was not involved in this study. "Unfortunately, it didn't look like that added anything to their findings."

After the 12 months there were no differences in weight loss, cholesterol levels, mental health and behavioral measures between the two groups.

"It is possible that the (additional contact) provided was too mild and that participants could have benefited from more frequent, intensive contact," Nguyen wrote in an email to Reuters Health.

She added that the results don't prove that coaching through texts or emails is ineffective, and future research should look at whether more frequent contact could help make a difference.

There were positive differences between where the teens started out and where they ended up, the researchers point out.

The kids had lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels at the end of the year as well as higher scores on measures of self worth, academic and athletic abilities, and social acceptance.

On average, the kids actually gained weight -- which isn't necessarily surprising, given that they grew more than an inch during the study period.

To account for this, the researchers looked at changes in the kids' body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight relative to height.

After adjusting for a child's age and sex, the researchers found a slight drop in BMI after 12 months, indicating that the kids were shifting toward a more normal body size, although they were still overweight.

Jelalian said it's important to try new approaches to getting overweight and obese kids to lose weight, because research has typically focused on adults or younger children.

"There are some developmental considerations for adolescents that are unique," she said, such as the onset of puberty and a growing independence from parents.

"There are few other programs for this age group and that are sustainable in community-based settings," Nguyen said. "We know of no others in Australia that have been tested in research studies."

She said she would definitely recommend Loozit for overweight teens. And that her team is following up with a study on the results of the full 24 months of the trial.

So far, "These findings highlight the potential benefits of a low intensity weight management program targeted at adolescents that is sustainable in community settings," Nguyen and her colleagues write in their report.

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WESTPORT, CT--(Marketwire -02/10/12)- James R. Lyons, M.D., plastic surgeon, former clinical instructor at Yale and author of "The Brown Fat Revolution: Trigger Your Body's Good Fat to Lose Weight And Be Healthier" (St. Martin's Press/2010) -- the only book that has been written on the benefits of increasing brown fat -- has launched the Brown Fat Diet Across America Program, a 3-month diet and exercise program to take place in 11 American cities. Geared for women between the ages of 35 and 65, the program is based on the contrarian notion that fat is the key to shedding pounds and years off the body. But it has to be the right kind of fat -- calorie burning brown fat.

Said Dr. Lyons, "As a plastic surgeon who has practiced for over 30 years, my interest in brown fat began during surgeries when I noticed different qualities of fat in the body from literally holding it in my hands -- one type of fat that was yellow and mushy, while the other was firm, resilient and brown. In these surgical settings, I was able to determine that my patients who had healthier lifestyle habits including quality diet and exercise regimes had more brown fat than those folks who were less health-oriented."

New Scientific Research Supports Benefits of Brown Fat
Dr. Lyons' groundbreaking Brown Fat Diet Across America Program comes on the heels of a recent media frenzy that was prompted by 2 new research papers on how brown fat, when triggered by cold or exercise, can help you look lean and toned. One study, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation showed that cold can induce brown fat to burn "yellow" fat in humans. A flurry of article ensued in The New York Times and Time, among other major news sources.

Dr. Lyons has a unique understanding of the psychology of motivation and commitment and the physiology of muscle development and fat loss. Said Dr. Lyons, "I have spent years studying the health benefits and beauty secrets tied to brown fat -- a journey has been fueled by my passion for my roles as a plastic surgeon, seasoned body builder and champion ballroom dancer. I am thrilled to see so much of the world finally jumping on the brown fat bandwagon."

To demonstrate that Dr. Lyons was ahead of the curve, "The Brown Fat Revolution" was being printed in 2009 at the same time that The New England Journal of Medicine published an important article linking brown fat to weight maintenance. "The Brown Fat Revolution" was then voted as one of the "Top 10 Notable Diet Books of 2010" by Time magazine. "Lose The Fat, Lose The Years," a soft cover edition on "The Brown Fat Revolution," was recently released in the fall of 2011.

Get Brown Fat Now
Much of the current news stories focus on the possibility of a wonder drug based on the newly discovered hormone Irisin, which was shown in the science journal Nature to induce the creation of brown fat. Irisin also exists in people as well as mice.

But Dr. Lyons says, "Why wait for the miracle pill?" He is encouraging people who want to lose weight, look fit and obtain a radiant youthful glow associated with brown fat to take a proactive approach right now by using his Brown Fat Method to increase brown fat naturally and quickly. His Brown Fat Diet Across America Program includes:

The Brown Fat Diet: a 4 week-program (alternating carbohydrates and protein while also embracing nutritious, healthy fats to keep blood sugar at an even keel to avoid fat production) The Brown Fat Exercise Method: A 30-minute training program in a cold temperature environment that includes a routine centered on weights and bungee cords -- not cardio -- keeping metabolism up continuously (not temporarily as cardio does) to burn more fat.) Go here to see Dr. Lyons performing this workout on YouTube: http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=RdFw_ovrIaI

To learn more about the Brown Fat Revolution and The Brown Fat Diet Across America Program, visit http://thebrownfatrevolution.com.

James R. Lyons, M.D.:
Dr. Lyons is the author of "The Brown Fat Revolution: Trigger Your Body's Good Fat to Lose Weight And Be Healthier" (St. Martin's 2010) and "Lose the Fat, Lose The Years" (St. Martin's 2011).

He is a former clinical instructor in plastic surgery at Yale University. Dr. Lyons is currently a practicing surgeon in Westport, Connecticut, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Connecticut Society of Plastic Surgery, the New Haven County Medical Society, and the Yale Surgical Society. In l977, he received the Yale Plastic Surgery Residents' Award for Teaching Excellence.

Dr. Lyons was the National Junior Ballroom Champion in Latin and International styles and appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in l966. He is also a seasoned bodybuilder, and a fitness and nutritional expert.

For more on Dr. Lyons and the Brown Fat Revolution, visit: http://thebrownfatrevolution.com.

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Westport-Based Plastic Surgeon James R. Lyons, M.D., Author of the Only Diet and Exercise Books on Brown Fat, Launches ...

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