BACKGROUND Diet-induced weight loss is accompanied by adaptive thermogenesis, ie, a disproportional or greater than expected reduction of resting metabolic rate (RMR). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether adaptive thermogenesis is sustained during weight maintenance after weight loss. DESIGN Subjects were 22 men and 69 women [mean ± SD age: 40 ± 9 y; body mass index (B...

Obesity is a world-wide pandemic and its incidence is on the rise along with associated comorbidities. Currently, there are few effective therapies to combat obesity. The use of lifestyle modification therapy, namely, improvements in diet and exercise, is preferable over bariatric surgery or pharmacotherapy due to surgical risks and issues with drug efficacy and safety. Although they are initia...

this study proposes a method employing thermogravimetric analysis (tg) to predict pollutionlevels by heavy metals (cr, cu, ni, zn, pb, cd and hg) in port sediments close to urban and industrial sitesfrom bay of cádiz. for this purpose, the thermogravimetric results of 14 sediment samples were recorded andshowed two characteristic ranges of temperatures (w1 as weight loss, %: 200-650°c) vs. (w2 ...

Lessons Learned from a Community Based Lifestyle Intervention for Youth at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Eva M Vivian1*, Lisa H Colbert2, Patrick L Remington3 1University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, USA 2Departments of Kinesiology and Population Health Sciences, 2035 Gymnasium-Natatorium, 2000 Observatory Drive, Madison, USA 3UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Health Sci...

Mixed-up DNA I nterphase human chromosomes show signifi cant intermingling, say Miguel Branco and Ana Pombo (MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London, UK). The idea is a counter to the most extreme view of chromosome territories. Territories were so named based on microscopists’ early observations: that individual chromosomes did not spread out over an entire nucleus. DNA labeling also indicated th...