The present study was conducted to investigate whether green tea may improve weight maintenance by preventing or limiting weight regain after weight loss of 5 to 10 % in overweight and moderately obese subjects. The study had a randomised, parallel, placebo-controlled design. A total of 104 overweight and moderately obese male and female subjects (age 18-60 years; BMI 25-35 kg/m(2)) participate...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders and their relevant factors in Japanese women. METHODS Anonymous self-administered questionnaire surveys of 3023 working women aged 20-39 were conducted during health checkups in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka in 2012. Eating disorders were assessed using Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). The f...

We tested the hypothesis that modest, overfeeding-induced weight gain would increase sympathetic neural activity in nonobese humans. Twelve healthy males (23 +/- 2 years; body mass index, 23.8 +/- 0.7) were overfed approximately 1,000 kcal/day until a 5-kg weight gain was achieved. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA, microneurography), blood pressure, body composition (dual energy X-ray ab...

OBJECTIVES This investigation evaluated the role of obesity in health status and behaviors for weight management and exercise among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or cardiometabolic risk factors. METHODS Self-reported health status, exercise behaviors, and weight management were assessed in the SHIELD study for respondents with T2DM or high risk (HR) for diabetes (ie, ≥3 of ...

Our objectives were to determine how beef hot carcass weights relate temperature and pH decline, Warner-Bratzler shear force, objective color of steaks from the longissimus thoracis semimembranosus. Beef carcasses (N = 59) selected at a commercial plant based on weight separated into either light- (< 363 kg), medium- (364–407 or heavy-weight (> 408 kg) groups. Temperature in semi-...

The ADCY5 gene encodes 1 of 9 membrane-bound adenyl cyclases converting adenosine triphosphate to cyclic adenosine-39, 59-monophosphate, the second messenger in a range of cellular activities. The ADCY5 protein contains 2 transmembrane domains, M1 and M2, and 2 bipartite cytoplasmic domains, C1 and C2. Pathogenic mutations have been described in domains C1 and C2. Mutations are likely to have a...