New Study: Gain in Body Mass Index (BMI) Carries Risks—Even if You Stay Within Normal Weight. Numerous studies have confirmed that being obese/overweight means a higher likelihood of cardiovascular (and other) diseases. But now a new study on 12,000 subjects revealed that even people who gain weight within acceptable BMI limits up their risk for cardiovascular disease and other adverse metabolic changes. The research is notable for studying such a large population, which was able to isolate the impact of BMI increases independent of factors like exercise, smoking and eating fatty foods.
RESEARCH STUDY ON MEDITATION
13-Step Program? Meditation Helps Alcohol Dependents: Mindfulness – oriented meditation can help reduce relapse rate among those with alcohol dependencies. Soon to be published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases, researchers found that an eight-week program of mindfulness-oriented meditation (MOM) helped improve Temperament and Character Inventory scores as well as rates of relapse in alcohol dependent (AD) subjects.
