A study of 92 adolescents conducted in Brazil suggests girls are more likely than boys to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure and excessive blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides ...
May 12, 2021
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New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (held online, 10-13 May) shows that fat around the waist (abdominal obesity) is more important than general obesity as shown by body mass index (BMI) in predicting ...
May 11, 2021
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Obesity may be a stronger risk factor for death, severe pneumonia and the need for intubation in men than in women with COVID-19, according to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...
May 6, 2021
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From time to time, generally when there's a public case of a hunger strike, people ask me how long a person can survive without food.
Apr 22, 2021
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Black American women are more likely to gain weight after menopause than white women, and a number of factors may underlie the difference, researchers say.
Mar 18, 2021
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Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19, and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research ...
Mar 16, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now presented results that may change our basic view of how type 2 diabetes occurs. Their study indicates that free fatty acids (FFAs) in the blood trigger insulin ...
Mar 15, 2021
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New research in the February 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined body mass index (BMI) data for people with HER2-positive early breast cancer, and found a 5% weight loss in ...
Feb 16, 2021
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People who start adulthood with a body mass index (BMI) in the normal range and move later in life to being overweight—but never obese—tend to live the longest, a new study suggests.
Feb 2, 2021
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Being overweight increases the risk of many serious health conditions, including strokes, cancer, diabetes and hypertension. Less well known, perhaps, is the link between being overweight or obese and the health of our brain. ...
Feb 1, 2021
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