Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Even with mild COVID, obesity may mean worse symptoms
(HealthDay)—Obese people have a tougher time fighting COVID-19, even if they have a milder form of the virus, a new study finds.
Oct 20, 2021
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News tagged with adolescent obesity
Health
Energy and sports drinks not for kids: study
(Medical Xpress) -- In a recent study published in Pediatrics, Dr. Holly Benjamin from the American Academy of Pediatrics, urged parents and pediatricians to keep sports drinks and energy drinks away from children and adolescents. ...
Overweight & Obesity
This is why child obesity rates have soared
New data on almost 13 million people, from 200 countries around the world, points to a tenfold increase in rates of obesity among children and adolescents over the last four decades. This is the largest study of its kind ...
Oct 18, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades, new study finds
The number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, according to a new study led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO). If current ...
Oct 10, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Waist-to-height ratio detects obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, finds study
An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Health
Lack of sleep leads to insulin resistance in teens
A new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that teenagers get could improve their insulin resistance and prevent the future onset of diabetes.
Sep 29, 2012
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Neuroscience
Junk food orders up trouble for young brains
That teenager in your kitchen feasting on fast food, candy bars and pop might not be able to help themselves—all the more reason for adults to help them before they cause long-term damage to their developing brains.
Mar 10, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity declines among rich US teens, rises in poor
In the past decade, obesity has declined among US teenagers from rich families but has risen among their impoverished counterparts, a gap driven by lack of exercise, said a study Monday.
Jan 13, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Medications could fill treatment gap for adolescents with obesity
Twelve independent pediatric obesity medicine and surgery specialists, led by experts at Boston Medical Center (BMC), outline an urgent need for evidence-based guidance on the use of obesity pharmacotherapy for adolescents ...
Jan 25, 2019
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Surgery
Adolescents with severe obesity lost weight, kept it off, and erased comorbidities after bariatric surgery
Adolescents suffering with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery before the age of 22 had significant and lasting reductions in weight and comorbidities after surgery, according to researchers from UTHealth Houston ...
Sep 20, 2022
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