Fat tissue makes decisions for rest of body, scientists find.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  July 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......varied from eating to reproduction, fat is the body's chief consultant, said Dr. C...beginning to learn how they help fat control the body. Leptin tells the brain that the...women of the same age who maintain body fat, he said. The reason may be that...

The language of fat: are you constantly criticizing your body? Discover...

Scholastic Choices;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......using the language of fat --negative words and phrases about one's body to express her innermost...Jessica, mistaking fat for a feeling can bring on a sense of body loathing, depression...use the language of fat? It's easier to speak negatively about your body than it is to talk...

The skinny on fat: Beware of a juicy burger or greasy slice of pizza. The...

Scholastic Choices;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......word that can wreak havoc on your body. Why is fat in food so bad for you? In short...is fat? Fat is a nutrient. Your body needs some fat to survive. Why? Fat provides...to the shine in your hair. Your body gets fat from the food you eat. 2. If fat...

How to 'trick' the body into burning fat

Scotland on Sunday;  June 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......tricking' the body into burning stored body fat, rather than muscle energy, as soon...hormones sent signals to muscles to use body fat for energy rather than their own store...faddy, yo-yo, low-fat diets to reduce body fat. "What this means is that there is...

The skinny on fat: here's how to tell the difference between unhealthy fat...

Scholastic Choices;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......body is unhealthy. And a sure way to increase body fat is to eat fatty foods. Doctors say that a high-fat...FAT CELLS ACT LIKE insulation to keep your body warm. * FAT IS FUEL FOR YOUR BODY. If fat that you've eaten isn't burned as energy or used...

Eight steps to banish body fat

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 31, 2002 ;     598 words ......Eight steps to banish body fat -- Leaner look comes...breakfast causes the body to immediately tap into stored fat to come up with the energy...leaner, it also makes your body more metabolically active...calories to maintain itself. Fat, on the other hand, is...

Understand how fat benefits, harms body

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  February 8, 2000 ;     700+ words ......The 02-08-2000 Understand how fat benefits, harms body You know, one of the most overused...from carbohydrates. After the body uses whatever fat it needs for energy, any excess...largest amount, by far, goes to the body's fat cells. These fat deposits not...

In a pinch, body-fat tests can vary a lot

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 5, 1997 ;     578 words ......body sites to compute a total percent body fat. There are also high-tech methods...called the Futrex 5000, computes body fat by beaming an infra-red ray into the...not a bad idea to know your percent body fat, especially if you are among the growing...

Weighing body fat; On scale of factors, genetics rates high.(LIFE -...

The Washington Times;  January 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......using an ordinary scale instead of body-fat measurement devices with patients...body weight is a good way to judge body fat, says Dr. Frank, medical director...necessarily indicate a low percentage of body fat, says Stacey Snelling, associate professor...

NEW TAYLOR MONITOR HELPS REVEAL THE TOTAL PICTURE.(Taylor Precision...

HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  March 21, 2005 ;     207 words ......Precision Products is aiming to give consumers an even truer picture of their overall body fat with the Total Body Fat Analyzer and Scale that measures body fat on both the upper and lower portions of the body simultaneously. Taylor is launching the...

ROAD TO FITNESS; BURNING BODY FAT A HEAD TO TOE EFFORT

Dayton Daily News;  April 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ......exercise, we are really referring to getting rid of body fat, not muscle. Body fat accumulates from head to toe and comes off the same...example, did you know that there are different types of body fat? The `love handle' fat that men tend to have on the...

Cross-validation of methods to predict body fat in African-American and...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......football players. Criterion percent body fat (%FAT) was determined by hydrostatic...density (BD) and calculate percent body fat (%FAT), is time consuming, costly...al. calculated the density of the fat-free body to be 1.113 g.m[L.sup.1] and provides...

which matters more: body fat or BMI?

Shape;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......mass index (BMI) or percentage of body fat? We answer three of your body-measurement...is the difference between BMI and body-fat percentage? A Although both are ways of estimating how "fat" a person is, body-fat percentage is a more useful tool because...

Get a Grip on Body Fat // You Can Start By Measuring Flabby Flesh

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 8, 1993 ;     700+ words ......You can look slender and have unacceptably high body fat. Or you can tip the scale way beyond what's acceptable...below average. There's more to the question of body-fat ratios than vanity. If your body-fat level is ideal, you reduce the risk of high blood...

Body fat tips scales in battle of bulge

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 20, 1987 ;     598 words ......popular new machine that measures body fat. "Once people see they are way over...incentive booster." The percentage of body fat is a truer indication of health and...weight. Women have 4 to 6 percent more body fat than men. But too much fat is unhealthy...