06.07.10 - Want To Get Faster, Smarter? Sleep 10 Hours A Night
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New research adds to a growing body of evidence showing the perks of a good night's sleep.
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05.28.10 - BREC to offer senior fitness
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Recreation and Park Commission voted unanimously Thursday to provide physical fitness programs for people ages 70 and up through a partnership with Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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05.26.10 - 13 Things You Never Knew About Your Weight
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When scientists first discovered it in certain chubby mice, they called it simply the fatso gene. Years later, when they scoured the human genome for markers that increased vulnerability to type 2 diabetes, the fatso gene (now more politely called FTO) showed up there too.
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05.24.10 - Step lively! More steps a day cuts metabolic syndrome risk
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Walk a little, and your body will thank you. Walk a lot, and it will really thank you. That's the message of a new study that links taking more steps in a day to a lower risk of an extremely common condition known as metabolic syndrome, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
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05.20.10 - More Steps a Day Lead to Better Health
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Walk a little, and your body will thank you. Walk a lot, and it will really thank you. That's the message of a new study that links taking more steps in a day to a lower risk of an extremely common condition known as metabolic syndrome, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
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05.13.10 - Increased level of steps per day led to decreased risk for metabolic syndrome in adults
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“Adults who maintain an active lifestyle by accumulating more steps are likely to have a lower prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual CV risk factors,” Peter T. Katzmarzyk, PhD, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in Baton Rouge, La., said in a press release.
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04.29.10 - Researcher to head Pennington center
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The Louisiana State University System has selected a top Merck & Co. obesity researcher to head the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. LSU President John Lombardi announced the appointment of Steven Heymsfield Thursday.
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04.29.10 - LSU taps Merk researcher, executive to head Pennington center in Baton Rouge
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The Louisiana State University System has selected a top Merck & Co. obesity researcher to lead the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, the system announced today.
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04.29.10 - Pennington names new executive director
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center named a new executive director Thursday morning. Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield, global director for scientific affairs and obesity at Merck & Co., will head the facility, Pennington reported through a news release.
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04.29.10 - Heymsfield to get Pennington post
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Steven Heymsfield is expected to be named the new executive director of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center at an 11 a.m. press conference today.
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04.23.10 - Is All That Sitting Really Killing Us?
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Yes, we all sit too much, but will our sedentary ways reduce our lifespans? Olivia Judson, in a recent online Op-Ed column in The Times, told readers to "Stand Up While You Read This," and an article in The Times's business section renewed different models of standing desks.
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04.22.10 - Engery drink bill falls flat
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Legislation to ban the sale of energy drinks to children younger than 16 was voted down Wednesday in a Senate committee.
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04.22.10 - Ban on energy drinks to kids fizzles in Senate
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A Senate bill to ban the sale of some high-caffeine beverages to youths did not have the energy boost necessary to survive its first committee hearing Wednesday.
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04.22.10 - Committee blocks limiting sale of engery drinks
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A Senate committee said Wednesday that parents, not the state, should decide whether children under age 16 should be able to buy energy drinks.
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04.13.10 - A New Way to Lose Weight?
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In the quest to fight obesity, scientists are looking at an intriguing question: Is it possible for adults to lose weight by having more baby fat?
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04.12.10 - Weighing the Evidence on Exercise
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How exercise affects body weight is one of the more intriguing and vexing issues in physiology. Exercise burns calories , no one doubts that, and so it should, in theory, produce weight loss, a fact that has prompted countless people to undertake exercise programs to shed pounds.
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04.09.10 - Child Obesity Soaring in Rural America
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In the past 35 years, the percentage of overweight or obese children in one Louisiana town has more than tripled, new research shows.
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04.06.10 - New study set for Alzheimer's
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With more than 600 people enrolled, a long-term study of Alzheimer’s disease by the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention, at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, is the 12th largest in the country, says director Jeffrey Keller.
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04.04.10 - New Cellulite Cream, Cellulean Cellulite Cream, Promises A 78% Reduction.
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Clinical trials showed that double the amount of fat loss occurred when combined with a healthy diet and moderate exercise. Nine clinical trials have been conducted at UCLA, LSU and the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre proving the effectiveness of this revolutionary treatment. The Cellulean cellulite treatment is proving to be a godsend for long time cellulite sufferers.
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04.04.10 - Stave off weight gain after menopause
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Many women say losing or even maintaining weight after menopause is difficult, and now a study from Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge sheds light on why. Scientists have found that women have a lower metabolism after menopause.
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04.02.10 - Esperance, LSU work on cancer drug
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Venture capital funds in Louisiana and Arizona invested $9 million in financing to bring the drug out of early development at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and into later phases at the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center on LSU’s main campus.
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03.22.10 - Pennington Researcher Launches Body Image Web Site
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Tiffany Stewart, a psychologist and faculty member at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has helped to establish a Web site for people dealing with body image issues. The Body Image Project is aimed at people dealing with weight issues and eating disorders. "Regardless of size, most women perceive themselves as larger than they really are," says Stewart. The site features testimonials from people who have overcome body image issues or who are struggling with these issues. Stewart says once people become more comfortable with their own bodies, they can live a healthier, happier life. Visit the Web site here.

03.19.10 - Energy drink ban gets backing of LSU doc
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A Louisiana lawmaker who suggests banning the sale of energy drinks to kids under 16 said he just wanted to put it up for discussion Now a researcher at LSU says she thinks it's a good idea.
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03.17.10 - 5 Key Questions About Weight Loss
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With all the studies, surveys, diets and weight-loss claims pummeling you with advice everywhere you turn, it's no wonder that so many myths and misperceptions about weight loss persist. To help clarify the fact from fiction, TIME put a few pressing questions to the experts.
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03.02.10 - Nutrition experts battle industry groups over sugar
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Before you chug down another regular soda, or spoon sugar into your tea or coffee, consider this: There's a heated debate going on over the health risks of consuming too much sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and other caloric sweeteners.
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03.01.10 - Middle-aged dieters hit a brick wall after 10 pounds or so
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Some of the USA TODAY readers who participated in the seventh annual Weight-Loss Challenge, especially those who are middle-aged or older, know it well. After losing 10 pounds or so, they hit a brick wall and their weight loss stalled.
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02.25.10 - Sitting at Work: A Health Hazard
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Many of us spend large chunks of our day sitting, especially when we're at work. If we're not glued to a computer screen or tethered to a phone, then we're stuck in seats around tables in meetings. And that's on top of the hours we spend sitting in cars, buses or trains getting to and from work
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02.22.10 - Wellness Day for Women Set at Pennington
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center will hold a free health expo, the Irene W. Pennington Wellness Day for Women, Saturday in the C.B. Pennington Jr. Building on the Pennington campus. The event is open to the public.
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02.05.10 - Genes for 1 in 5 mean exercise won't improve endurance
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About one in five people can train all they want but, because of their genetic makeup, are not likely to see much improvement in their endurance levels, an international team of researchers reported Thursday.
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02.04.10 - Is it worth your time? Genes tell
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When you put in hours at the gym, you expect to get fitter. It turns out, that assumption doesn't hold true for everyone. A new study suggests specific genes may determine, at least in part, how much we really benefit from exercise.
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01.12.10 - Wireless sensors mobile phones aid obesity battle
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In Louisiana, where obesity is rampant, study participants at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center put wireless pedometers on their shoes and have been given Blackberry Curves to take pictures of what they eat. Data and photos get sent to weight counselors, who then prepare personalized health advice for their changes.
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01.12.10 - Watching TV Linked to Higher Risk of Death
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Dr. Hamilton of the Pennington research center cautions that such population-based studies can only show correlations, but his own study of what happens when people and animals become inactive offers support for the connections.
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01.12.10 - Too much TV may mean death earlier
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The amount of television a person watches is a good index of the overall time they spend sitting, Dunstan says. But there’s also some evidence that watching TV may be unhealthier than other sedentary activities, says Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., an exercise scientist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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01.10.10 - Pedometers can motivate users to get in step
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"People describe them as being like little personal trainers," says Catrine Tudor-Locke, associate professor and director of the Walking Behavior Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. "They provide ready, real-time data so you can make decisions about how you're going to spend the rest of your day and make adjustments as needed."
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01.09.10 - What's the Secret to Losing Weight and Keeping It Off?
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In an elegant 2007 essay in the International Journal of Obesity, Dr. Claude Bouchard of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., points out a number of factors that are related to weight gain, including...
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01.07.10 - 7 Secret Benefits of Exercise
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According to Peter Katzmarzyk, an epidemiologist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, people who spend most of the day sitting down have much higher mortality rates than those who don't, even if they are physically active during another part of the day.
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01.06.10 - Pennington Getting High Tech in the Fight Against Fat
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A federally funded pilot project at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center is exploring whether people can increase weight loss when tracked by technology.
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01.06.10 - Fight Against Fat Goes High-Tech With New Devices
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A federally funded pilot project by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana is exploring whether people can lose more weight when tracked by technology.
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01.03.10 - STEPS We Take
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Dr. Tim Church, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., called inactivity at work "a big player in the obesity epidemic," and if a recent experiment by the Chattanooga Times Free Press is any indication, a person's walk of life has a lot to do with that level of activity.
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01.02.10 - Hungary After that workout?
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An individual's tendency to compensate has direct bearing on how easy -- or difficult -- it will be for that person to lose weight by exercising, says Timothy Church, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, whose research has focused on compensation.
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12.28.09 - 10 Questions: Timothy Church
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Officially, Timothy Church is the John S. McllHenny Endowed Chair in Health Wisdom at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. His own self-description is less grandiose: He’s an “exercise guy.”
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12.20.09 - Cholesterol's Too High? Eat Lots of Eggs
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High intake of dietary phytosterols can help the body better rid itself of cholesterol, a new study found. The study, published in January 2010, shows that daily intake of dietary phytosterols in the dose of 2059 mg per day significantly reduces serum low density cholesterol in adults.
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12.19.09 - 5 Habits That Put You At Risk for Diabetes
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“Most people assume that you have to be really obese to get diabetes, but being overweight is not the only qualifier,” says Timothy Church, M.D., author of “Move Yourself,” and professor of preventative medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research.
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12.17.09 - Pennington Biomedical Research Center Preventative Medicine Expert Speaks at Standard Functional Foods Group Expo West Event
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Standard Functional Foods Group will be hosting an invitation only cocktail event at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim on March 12. The guest speaker will be Dr. Timothy Church, medical doctor and professor of Preventative Medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University.
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12.13.09 - Pennington close to choosing finalists
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The finalists to become the next executive director of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center are expected to be chosen Monday at the next search committee meeting.
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12.10.09 - 13 apply for job as Pennington's executive director
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Thirteen applicants have applied for the job as executive director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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11.25.09 - Paid to eat... a lot
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T Acclis, a Southern University engineering senior from Opelousas, is participating in a study being conducted at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The study aims to determine how rapid weight gain affects future health.
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11.11.09 - Patients shed dozens of pounds in free program
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In a landmark national study, people who lowered their calories, fat intake and increased physical activity were able to prevent the onset of diabetes better than with medicine.
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11.06.09 - Obesity linked to specific cancers
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About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight.
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11.06.09 - Alzheimer's Education
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More than 500 people showed up at a forum on dementia research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center looking for information — and they got it. A panel of researcher physicians succinctly laid out the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, the various hypotheses of causes and what researchers are trying to do to stop the disease.
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11.06.09 - Pennington nets millions to study exercise, elderly
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is receiving about $6 million to study the effects of exercise that prevents elderly people from losing the ability to walk.
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11.05.2009 - Pennington receives $6 million to study exercise, age
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is getting about $6 million over the next two years to study whether a specific exercise program can stave off disability in older people.
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11.04.2009 - What Can Prevent Walking Disability in Older People?
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The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the award of $29.5 million in grant support over the next two years to determine whether a specific physical activity program can stave off disability in older people.
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11.02.2009 - First lady, La. program promote healthy living
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First lady Michelle Obama is encouraging American youth to eat right and enjoy a healthy lifestyle of fun through exercise... In Louisiana, BlueCross Blue Shield of Louisiana and LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center have teamed to spread a similar message through the Louisiana 2 Step program.
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11.02.2009 - New LSU study looks to pack on the pounds
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Johnathan Acclis has gained three pant sizes in the past four weeks — and is getting paid nearly $4,000 to do it. Acclis, a Southern University engineering senior from Opelousas, is participating in a study being conducted at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The study aims to determine how rapid weight gain affects future health.
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10.28.2009 - Public event on dementia to allow dialogue
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A first-time public forum on dementia research on Nov. 3 at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center will feature experts from across the country — and plenty of time for questions.
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10.24.2009 - Diabetes drug may also help in weight loss
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A medication under review by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of type 2 diabetes may also promote weight loss, according to a study published online Thursday in the Lancet.
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10.22.2009 - Investigational drug may promote weight loss
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A medication that is under review by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes may also promote weight loss, according to a study published online today in the Lancet.. The drug, liraglutide, was approved earlier this year in Europe for the treatment of diabetes. It is marketed under the brand name Victoza.
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10.22.2009 - 3 new diet pills race to hit the market
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Three pharmaceutical companies are racing to get their new diet pills to market first, drug company scientists said. In the drugs' trials, some patients showed improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides and blood-sugar control, USA Today reported Thursday.
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10.19.2009 - Exercise? A lot of good that is for weight loss
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Two separate studies, one by the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Centre at the University of Pittsburgh, another by Timothy Church, director of the Laboratory of Preventive Medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Louisiana, came to the same conclusion. Both took groups of hundreds of sedentary women, and randomly assigned them different amounts of exercise for a year. In both studies the results were surprising..
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10.11.2009 - 1500 Calorie Diet Plan for Women
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Eating only 1,500 calories can help you lose weight no matter what you eat, according to a study done by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the Harvard School of Public Health. This worked no matter what the participants ate as long as they ate around 1,500 calories (cutting around 750 calories from their diet) and no less than 1,200 calories.
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10.07.2009 -The Calorie-Restriction Experiment
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As Americans become fatter and fatter - a study published in July revealed that obesity rated increased in 23 states last year and declined in none - a select group of men and women under the watchful care of medical professionals have spent the past few years becoming thinner and thinner.
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10.01.2009 - Counting Calories
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Will the centuries-old search for the fountain of youth end in Baton Rouge? The answer may be as close as a familiar building on Perkins Road. In 2002, Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC), Washington University in St. Louis and Tufts University in Boston shared a $30 million National Institute on Aging grant to establish a study called the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy, or CALERIE. Pennington’s portion of the funding—$12.4 million—was the largest grant ever received in Louisiana from the National Institutes of Health.
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09.30.09 - Pennington quotes spark exercise debate
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When Time magazine ran a cover story in mid-August headlined, “The Myth About Exercise,” it raised a bit of a ruckus in the world of exercise and/or weight loss research.
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09.30.09 - Sneaky Calories - Enforcing law on school snacks part of the battle against teenage obesity
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Thirty-one percent of 15-year-olds in the U.S. eat french fries every day. Here's another unappetizing statistic: Chips and fries make up one-third of teenagers' vegetabel intake. Catherine Champagne with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center presented these statistics at a recent conference on childhood obesity.
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09.28.09 - Exercise vs. counting calories as weight-loss strategy
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Moreover, even if exercise doesn't help much in the battle to lose weight, it is essential to maintain weight loss, says Dr. Timothy Church, director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
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09.21.09 - Pennington project photographs portions
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What exactly constitutes a bite of food is the root of a joint LSU and Pennington Biomedical Research Center research project.
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09.20.09 - Editorial: 'No child left on their behind'
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The health experts assembled by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge had three major recommendations along with their report card.
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09.18.09 - Our Views: Poor choices shape health
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Katzmarzyk, who works at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, was at the Press Club to unveil Pennington’s second annual report card on the state of children’s health in Louisiana.
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09.17.09 - Super-size healthy-kid efforts
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is the latest to sound the warning: Our kids are too heavy. They eat too much and too much of the wrong foods. They spend too much time in front of the TV and the computer. They don't exercise enough.
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09.15.09 - Survey: 22 percent of Louisiana's youth don't eat any fruit in a week
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More than 20 percent of children surveyed said they hadn’t eaten a single piece of fruit in the week before responding, according to a study released Monday that painted a dim picture of the health of Louisiana’s young people.
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09.15.09 - State gets ‘D’ grade in caring of young
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A Pennington Biomedical research team gave Louisiana children’s health a “D” for the second year in a row.
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09.14.09 - Louisiana fares poorly in children's health survey
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A new report card gives Louisiana a "D'' in children's health, saying too many kids are overweight and too few get enough physical activity, spending more time parked in front of a TV set than children in other states.
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09.14.09 - LA kids receive "D" on health report card
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) in Baton Rouge released its second statewide report card on children's health Monday, but the grade was the same as last year.
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09.08.09 - Obesity top concern in BREC survey
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Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk, head of population studies at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, said Louisiana is ranked fifth in the nation for childhood obesity. Katzmarzyk said data show there are lower numbers of obese children in neighborhoods that have more recreational facilities.
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08.25.09 - Delegates prepare for International Egg Conference in Canada
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At the IEC conference, Dr Dhurandhar will discuss the power of protein, including how eggs can help combat obesity. Dr. Dhurandhar is an associate professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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08.24.09 - Interval Training: Good Exercise For All Ages
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"The benefit of interval training is that it's a very efficient way to increase your fitness quickly," says researcher Tim Church of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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08.20.09 - Eat less, live longer?
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“There’s something magic in calorie restriction,” said another researcher, Eric Ravussin, a professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, who is also involved in the study of calorie restriction on humans. “You can move the (life span) curve to the right.”
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08.20.09 - Nutritionists debate ill effects of high-fructose corn
syrup
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"It's the dishonesty of sugar that kept it out of trouble," says Dr. George Bray, a professor of medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
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08.17.09 - A family history of Alzheimer's disease
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For more than 60 cousins, sorrow has added a mission to kinship. They are the children of 12 brothers and sisters, 10 of whom have or died of Alzheimer's disease... For the next 15 years or more, the 60-plus first cousins and their children will get annual assessments as part of a study by the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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08.05.09 - To care for dementia
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The purpose of the public forums is “to find out from the citizens here in the state their major needs … how (dementia) impacts your life and what you see is the biggest priority,” said Jeffrey Keller, the director of Pennington’s Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention and a member of the task force.
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08.03.09 A Family Strikes Back
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To strike back at the disease, more than 60 first cousins — the children of those 12 Bourgeois siblings — and their own children will be participating for the next 15 years or more in a study of the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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07.29.09 - Creating Fat That Makes You Fit
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Leslie Kozak, a molecular geneticist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, calls the experiment "elegant," but he says that "the application is really a long way off--if ever."
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07.29.09 - Creating Fat That Burns Calories
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Researchers have whipped up a batch of calorie-burning brown fat cells, a feat which may ultimately lead to new ways to treat obesity and metabolic disorders such as diabetes, a paper published online July 29 in Nature reports.
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07.13.09 - Restricting calories leads to a longer life
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Another study by a team of researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center came up with similar results. Anthony Cicitarese, Eric Ravussin and their colleagues have found that oxidative damage that has been linked to aging might explain how nutritious, but calorie limited intake can extend life.
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07.03.09 - Practicing what they preach - Pennington employees take steps to get healthy, too
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Barbara Cerniauskas, Katherine Lastor and Michelle Begnaud advise people how to achieve a healthy weight as dietitians at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. So what do they do to stay slim themselves? They exercise regularly. And, Pennington makes it convenient for them to do so.
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07.02.09 - Small Changes to Get Healthier
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"You're more likely to succeed by making small changes," says Catherine Champagne, Ph.D., professor of research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System. "If you totally overhaul your diet or start an ambitious exercise program, you're less likely to stick with it."
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05.22.09 - Pennington begins search for director
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A new Pennington Biomedical Research Center executive director should be hired by year’s end with public advertising beginning in June, a search consultant said Thursday.
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05.19.09 - Eat less, live longer?
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...Knox enrolled in a study at Pennington Biomedical Research Center that aims to determine if eating fewer calories can slow down human aging. Although not designed as a weight loss study, Knox and other participants are dropping pounds as a result of the prescribed calorie restrictions.
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05.18.09 - State benefits from broader view
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Pennington is a world-renowned research facility in nutrition, fitness, obesity and diabetes. It brings in hundreds of millions in research dollars and some of the world's top researchers in the field. It's not just good for Baton Rouge or for LSU, it's good for the entire state...
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05.17.09 - US: Over-eating alone explains obesity epidemic
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Professor Boyd Swinburn worked with researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the US to determine how much of the obesity epidemic was caused by excess calorie intake and how much by reductions in physical activity.
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05.15.09 - More sitting time linked to early death, study says
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Exercising for more than an hour each day may not make up for all the sitting done the rest of the day, according to a study by Pennington Biomedical Research Center researchers published this month in the journal, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
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05.14.09 - Experts say artificial sweeteners pose few risks
Featured on www.2theadvocate.com“I’m on record as saying artificial sweeteners are a good thing for people who need to cut calories,” said Catherine Champagne, a registered dietitian, professor of dietary assessment and food analysis, and professor of nutritional epidemiology at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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05.09.09 - Study finds danger in too much sitting
Featured on www.kansascity.com“This is an important observation because it suggests that high amounts of sitting cannot be compensated for with occasional leisure time physical activity even if the amount exceeds the current minimum physical activity recommendations,” wrote researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute in Ottawa. The study appears in the May issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
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05.08.09 - Intensive Medical Intervention Successful in Primary Care Setting for Patients With Extreme Obesity: Presented at ECO
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Lead author Donna Ryan, MD, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, presented the results of this 2-year, randomised, pragmatic clinical trial here on May 7.
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04.24.09 - Our Views: Holden touts exercising
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The mayor has joined with a coalition of businesses and organizations, including area universities and the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center, to promote healthier lifestyles. The Healthy BR campaign over the course of the year will be one of a number around the country sponsored by Holden’s fellow mayors.
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04.21.09 - Chewing Gum Touted as Diet Strategy
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"This research supports the role of chewing gum as an easy, practical tool for managing snack, especially sweet snack, intake and cravings," said lead researcher Paula J. Geiselman, chief of women's health and eating behavior at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Louisiana State University.
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04.08.09 - Calorie Burning Fat? Studies Say You Have It
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...The best evidence for the effects of brown fat is from earlier studies in mice, said Leslie P. Kozak, a professor of molecular genetics at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University.
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04.08.09 - US panel partly backs wider use of AstraZeneca drug
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"I think this represents a second-line therapy," said panel member Frank Greenway, an endocrinologist at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.
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04.03.09 - 13 Things You Never Knew About Your Weight
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...Scientists now suspect that there are lots of fat genes. "There could be as many as 100 of them," says Claude Bouchard, PhD, executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University System, "each adding a couple of pounds here and a pound or two there. That's a noticeable difference when it comes to how much more fat we need to burn off."
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04.02.09 - Mayor’s family bike ride focuses on obesity threat
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Mayor-President Kip Holden announced plans Wednesday to kick off a parishwide health-awareness campaign by leading a family bike ride along the levee on Saturday, April 18... Partners involved in the mayor’s Healthy BR initiative include...Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation...
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04.02.09 - Study confirms: Don't reward yourself for calories burned
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There is a great lesson here: People generally overestimate the calories they are burning with exercise, and they may reward themselves by eating more," said
lead researcher Tim Church, director of preventive-medicine research at the
Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
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04.02.09 - Beverage Consumption a Bigger Factor in Weight
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Researchers examined the relationship between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was positively associated with a reduction in liquid calorie consumption and liquid calorie intake had a stronger impact on weight than solid calorie intake.
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04.01.09 - Dementia conference to address how to maintain brain health
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...Jeffrey Keller, associate executive director for Basic Science Research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, will talk about dementia and medications. Keller is also the director of Pennington’s new dementia research initiative, the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention.
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03.23.09 - Pennington director search panel to meet
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The search for a new director for LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge begins this week. Claude Bouchard, the current executive director, said last week he will step down this summer and return to research and teaching.
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03.20.2009 - LSU creates search panel: Bouchard successor sought for Pennington
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The LSU System wasted little time in naming a 15-person search committee to replace Pennington Biomedical Research Center Executive Director Claude Bouchard.
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03.18.2009 - Executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge will step down
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Dr. Claude Bouchard said today that he is stepping down as executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.
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03.17.2009 - Staying fit on the cheapFeatured on www.nationalpost.com
"Seven chronic diseases have consistently been shown to be associated with physical inactivity, including coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertension, colon cancer, breast cancer, Type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis," the authors Peter Katzmarzyk and Ian Janssen said.
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03.13.2009 - Secrets of Cinnamon
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Could a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon a day keep diabetes at bay? Maybe. Although not the most reassuring answer, “maybe” is the most conclusive answer Pennington Biomedical Research Center scientists offered during a recent public seminar about the health benefits of foods.
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03.13.2009 - BR firm hauls in capital: NuPotential gets second $1 million shot, set for conferences
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NuPotential of Baton Rouge has gotten its second $1 million payment from a syndication of venture capital firms, and the biotech startup plans to seek additional funding during two upcoming venture capital conferences.
*PBRC researcher Dr. Ken Eilertsen is a co-founder of NuPotential.
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02.26.09 - In 4-diet study, all lost weight if they watched their calories
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To get to the heart of the matter, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health financed a two-year study of hundreds of overweight people. The research was conducted by experts at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, part of the Louisiana State University system.
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02.26.09 - Low-fat? Low-carbs? Answering best diet question
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center put four popular diets -- high carb, high fat, low-fat and high protein -- to the test to see which of the regimens resulted in more weight-loss success.
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02.23.2009 - Pennington launches Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center has launched a new research effort into dementia called the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention.
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02.19.09 - Pennington offers ‘Spice Is Life’ event
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road with entrance off Kenilworth Parkway, is sponsoring a program on spices and their potential benefits for healthy aging and combating diabetes and cancer. The program is free, but seating is limited. Preregistration is suggested. The program will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 3. To register online, see
http://www.PBRC.edu/SpiceIsLife/.

02.17.09 - Study Confirms: Don't Reward Yourself for Calories Burned
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"There is a great lesson here: People generally overestimate the calories they are burning with exercise, and they may reward themselves by eating more," says lead researcher Tim Church, director of preventive-medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.
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02.10.09 - 2008's Biggest Deals
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...Impact: Continuing growth of Louisiana’s biotech industry, as well as Pennington’s nationally recognized research in nutrition and preventive medicine; 1,100 new direct and indirect jobs; more than $40 million in earnings a year; and economic impact of more than $110 million a year.
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02.09.09 - Quality of life improves with exercise
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...The more exercise they did, the better they felt, but even 10 minutes more exercise a day gave them some quality-of-life benefits, says Tim Church, one of the study's authors and director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.
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02.09.09 - America’s Diet: Too Sweet by the Spoonful
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...Dr. George Bray, a specialist in obesity and metabolism at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University, has calculated that “the current epidemic of obesity could be explained by the consumption of an extra 20-ounce soft drink each day.”
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02.04.09 - Study: Women step up their walking when it's warm outsideFeatured on www.dailyrecord.com
...Tim Church, director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, says this study shows that your step levels "aren't written in stone. You can problem-solve and find ways to exercise during these challenging months."
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02.03.09 - Nutrition 21 Launches Breakthrough Weight Management Product: Iceland Health(R) 'Appetite Control Formula'
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...This innovative weight management product is based on the powerful results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Nutrition 21's Chromax(R) Chromium Picolinate (patented for reduction of food cravings), conducted by key researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the largest academically-based nutrition research center in the world.
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02.02.09 - Wellness Day for Women speaker focuses on stress
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Women should learn to prioritize and take better care of themselves to reduce their stress and improve their health, said Valerie Myers, a clinical psychologist at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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01.31.09 - Our Views: New space for research
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LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center will have trouble attracting new research dollars and competing with other national research institutions if it doesn’t expand.
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01.30.09 - Letter: Researcher criticizes pay article
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Louisiana is a state that still suffers from a bad reputation of being a “good-ole-boys state” and is considered to perform well below the national levels. However, our leaders have recently made an effort to re-establish a good name for this state.
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01.29.09 - A Burden Lifted
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...Fortunately, at least one scientist didn't wait for Obama to drop the green flag to pursue extended research on obesity. His name is Nikhil Dhurandhar, and he is an associate professor at The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
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01.28.09 - Can You Really Get a Great Workout in 3 Minutes?
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...We may overcompensate by eating more food when we exercise steadily, says Conrad Earnest, director of exercise biology at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. ...
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01.26.09 - Obesity Caught Like Common Cold
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...Nikhil Dhurandhar, of Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, and a colleague made the connection in 1997 in research presented at an annual Experimental Biology meeting.
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01.26.09 - Cutting Calories May Boost Your Memory
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...Jeffrey Keller, a professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who studies aging, metabolism, and neurodegeneration, agreed that seeing results after such a relatively short period of calorie restriction was surprising.
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01.20.09 - Alzheimer's Services Announces New 2009 Board Members and Officers
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Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area announces the new 2009 Board Members and Officers. Dr. Jeffery Keller, Professor and Executive Director for Basic Research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, is a new 2009 Alzheimer’s Services board member.
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01.18.09 - Business Honors for Jan. 18, 2009
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named as Fellows LSU researchers...
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01.16.09 - Center starts expansion
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On the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday helped break ground for Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s $25 million expansion...
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01.14.09 - New Bio-Med Facility Could Create Hundreds Of New Jobs
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Louisiana’s premier biomedical research center has started construction on a new $25 million, state-funded clinical research building.
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01.14.09 - Groundbreaking held for new Pennington research center
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center is expanding, largely thanks to $50 million of state surplus money. Governor Bobby Jindal, along with state legislators, approved the funding last year.
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01.13.09 - Pennington investment pays off
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Twenty years ago, C.B. “Doc” Pennington had a vision for a research institute that would become “the biggest and best nutrition research center in the country.”
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01.02.09 - The best way to measure body fat
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..."Fat is more important than weight," says Peter Katzmarzyk, associate executive director for population science at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
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