Surgery
'Easy way out'? Stigma may keep many from weight loss surgery
(HealthDay)—For many obese people, weight loss surgery can be a new lease on life, but too few who qualify for the procedure opt for it.
Dec 12, 2018
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News tagged with obese people
Overweight & Obesity
A correlation between obesity and income has only developed in the past 30 years
It is well known that poorer Americans are more likely to be obese or suffer from diabetes; there is a strong negative correlation between household income and both obesity and diabetes. This negative correlation, however, ...
Dec 11, 2018
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Cardiology
Obesity ups survival in heart failure, but that's no reason to pile on pounds
(HealthDay)—Obese people with heart failure may live longer than those who are thinner—especially if they are "metabolically healthy," a new study suggests.
Dec 6, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Exercise makes even the 'still overweight' healthier: study
(HealthDay)—Heavyset folks who exercise regularly shouldn't get discouraged if they can't seem to shed more weight, no matter how hard they try.
Nov 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The body weight bias in sales
Despite today's laws and public attitude against overt discrimination, subtle forms of prejudice are still active in the marketplace—often without our awareness. Previous research has shown that overweight or obese customers ...
Oct 26, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clues to the link between obesity and liver cancer—and identification of a new risk group
New research from Monash University and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has found a previously overlooked group of obese people may be at risk of developing deadly liver cancer. The research, published today in Cell, has ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Stop measuring obesity with a ruler—we've discovered a far better predictor of health
For over a century, we have relied on a simplistic measure to determine if someone is a "healthy" weight or not. This is the body mass index (BMI) – the ratio of a person's weight to the square of their height. The limits ...
Oct 12, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
There are many types of obesity – which one matters to your health?
Our society seems to have accepted that gaining weight is an inevitable consequence of growing up in a place with easy access to calories and where physical activity plays a declining role in our professional and private ...
Oct 12, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Sending parents letters to fight childhood obesity doesn't work
Around this time every year, the height and weight of over 95% of children in the first and final years of primary school in England are measured as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). With childhood ...
Oct 11, 2018
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Cardiology
Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation can reduce or reverse the effects of the condition by losing weight.
Jun 20, 2018
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