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Obesity and sedentary behavior: Which is chicken, which is egg?

Orlando Sentinel - ‎7 hours ago‎
A new study offers evidence that diet-induced obesity alters the brain's functioning in ways that suppress the natural impulse to move around. (Dec. 29, 2016). A new study offers evidence that diet-induced obesity alters the brain's functioning in ways ...

Overweight People Face Changes in Dopamine and This Impacts Their Physical Activity Trends: Research

PerfScience - ‎11 hours ago‎
Most overweight people know that it is not easy to shed that extra weight and a new research has suggested that changes in dopamine could be the reason behind difficulty to get rid of sedentary lifestyle. For people who are overweight, it is difficult ...

A chemical imbalance in the brain could be causing people to exercise less

Quartz - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
It's the time of the year when a lot of us start setting exercise goals in hopes of shedding some extra weight. The sad fact is, most of us will fail to get moving as much as we want. Why might that be? Researchers at the National Institutes for Health ...

Stunning discovery: Here's why you're getting fat

BABW News - ‎11 hours ago‎
A new study may have just cracked the code on why people are getting fat, and staying fat, even after they try to lose the weight. An astonishing new report indicates that there's a very good reason why your New Year's resolution to lose weight may be ...

Does Exercise Work? Why Losing Weight In The New Year Will Be Harder Than You Think

International Business Times - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
The most common New Year's resolutions are getting healthy and losing weight. A survey done by Nielsen in 2015 showed that 37 people said “staying fit and healthy” was their top priority, followed by 32 percent who said they wanted to lose weight.

Scientists shocked by discovery of why people get fat

Morning Ticker - ‎12 hours ago‎
A groundbreaking new study has shed new light on why it is so hard to shed those unwanted pounds, and what you can do to beat the odds. In a huge new finding, scientists may have figured out why it's so hard for people who get fat to lose those pounds ...

Mouse Study Hints at Why Obese People Struggle to Exercise

U.S. News & World Report - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
A new study released suggests that weight gain in mice is compounded by their inactivity. (iStockphoto). By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight mice may provide a hint as to why it's so hard to ...

How Your Brain Stops You From Exercising

ODF Report - ‎4 hours ago‎
The researchers noticed that physical inactivity in mice was tied to less motivation to move. Defective dopamine signalling may also explain why they are less likely to move. The high-fat diet mice slowed down their activity, but interestingly they did ...

Physical Inactivity In Obese Mice Linked To Less Motivation To Workout

Lighthouse News Daily - ‎12 hours ago‎
A new study showed that physical inactivity in obese mice makes it even hard for them to have the motivation to move. Most of us have a New Year's resolution that includes working out, but for some of us, it is too hard to stick to. This is because of ...

Inactivity in obese mice linked to a decreased motivation to move

EurekAlert (press release) - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Starting a regular program at the gym is a common New Year's resolution, but it's one that most people are unable to stick with for very long. Now a study done in mice is providing clues about one of the reasons why it may be hard for so many people to ...

Here's why overweight people give up easily on their workout routine

NFL News Desk - ‎5 hours ago‎
Kravitz started studying about obesity despite the fact that he is specialized in studying Parkinson's disease. Researchers from the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases found data in a study they conducted from mice ...

Why Do Obese People Struggle to Exercise? Scientists have an Answer

I4U News - ‎19 hours ago‎
Starting regular exercise is a common New Year's resolution. Study on mice hint at why many people cannot stick with exercise program for very long. It is widely believed that obesity makes a person inactive and leads to even more weight gain. A new ...

Why It May Be Hard to Stick to an Exercise Habit

eMaxHealth - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
We often start out with good intentions when it comes to a regular exercise routine, but it can be hard to stick to the plan over the long-haul. Researchers might have found a reason why. It is no secret that physical activity is essential for optimal ...

Obesity: Why gaining a lot of weight is associated with increased inactivity

International Business Times UK - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Obese people are often less active, and scientists have discovered that the reason might not just be down to the difficulty of carrying more weight. Defective dopamine signalling may also explain why they are less likely to move. After the excesses of ...

Struggling To Loss Weight? The Recent Mice Study Will Clear Up The Reasons

News Recorder - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Are you also unaware of the facts behind that why obese people cut down their exercise schedule than the latest research will may you know about this? We all had noticed it that when we quit exercise for some days then we all get used to by our going ...

Research on Mice Hints Why Obese People Struggle to Exercise

Immortal News - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
A study on obese mice may provide a clue as to why it's so difficult to start and stick to an exercise routine, reports Tucson. Researchers have found signs that the brains of overweight mice encourage inactivity. Alexxai Kravitz, study senior author ...

These obese mice can move. They just don't.

STAT - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
That New Year's resolution to move more is one of the toughest to keep, and a group of scientists working with obese mice think they're starting to understand why. Rather than our sedentary lives causing weight gain, says Alexxai Kravitz, the National ...

Inactivity Does Not Cause Obesity, Brain Malfunctioning Does

Latinos Health - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
A man with a large belly eats junk food on May 23, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photo : Getty Images/Sean Gallup). We have often heard that high-fat food makes people feel sluggish and results in weight gain and obesity. Now, a new study has proved that ...

A dopamine deficiency might suppress your desire to exercise

Pulse Headlines - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
A new study found that diets inducing obesity alter dopamine receptors that suppress the natural impulse to move around. Obesity has always been linked to physical inactivity, but the new research suggests that overweight alone is not causing ...

Exercising Tough for Overweight People Due to Chemical Imbalance: Research

PerfScience - ‎18 hours ago‎
Exercising and regular physical activity are considered among the top ways to shed extra weight but physical activity is usually found low among people in overweight and obese categories. A new research conducted by researchers at the National ...

Chemical imbalance makes you a couch potato, says new study

BABW News - ‎17 hours ago‎
People who are overweight and obese could have a potential dopamine imbalance in the brain. People who are overweight may find it more difficult to take part in physical exercise due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, according to new research. A ...

Science finds a clue to why it's so hard to stick to New Year's resolutions on exercise

Business Insider Australia - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Exercise is a hardy annual: This year I really am going to the gym every week. Now science may have found a reason why most people are unable to stick to exercise for very long. Researchers have found physical inactivity results from altered dopamine ...

Don't want to exercise? Blame it on your dopamine pathway

Deutsche Welle - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Many of us make New Year's resolutions to get into better shape, maybe by joining a gym or starting running. All too often, we don't last the distance, and a mouse study might yield clues as to why. Adipositas-Forschungszentrum in Leipzig ...

Why carrying extra kilos makes you less likely to exercise It's got nothing to do with laziness or willpower.

9Honey - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
"Should" seems like a pretty innocuous word. But using it too often could be stressing us out. Anxiety · Meditation · Relationships · Stress · Yoga · Gear · 12 Christmas gifts for better sleep · Christmas gifts for fitness and health addicts (on any ...

Study suggests chemical imbalance in brain causes people to exercise less

Austrian Tribune - ‎22 hours ago‎
Getting healthy and losing weight are among the most common New Year's resolutions but many people fail to stick to their resolutions and get disappointed. While lack of willpower is believed to be sole reason for physical inactivity, a new study has ...

The more inactive you are, the less motivation you have to exercise

The Marshalltown - ‎Dec 30, 2016‎
Scientists may have discovered why people who sign up to a gym in January do not go – because of brain changes caused by overeating at Christmas. Putting on weight can make it harder to exercise, not because someone is heavier, but because it alters ...
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