Overweight & Obesity
Americans keep getting fatter
Waistlines of American adults kept growing last year with obesity creeping up to 27.7 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
May 27, 2015
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News tagged with obesity rates
Medications
US regulators to decide on new weight loss drug
US regulators were expected to decide Tuesday whether to approve the second new anti-obesity drug in 13 years, Qnexa, which studies have shown may help some people lose up to 10 percent of their body weight.
Jul 17, 2012
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Inflammatory disorders
Inflammation may be key to obesity-related disease
If current trends continue, roughly 42 percent of the people in the U.S. will be obese by the year 2030, according to the Trust for America's Health. As obesity rates climb to unprecedented levels, an equally dramatic increase ...
Jul 1, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Obesity linked to adverse events in children with leukemia
(HealthDay)—For children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), obesity is associated with an increased risk for adverse events during premaintenance chemotherapy, according to a study published in the February issue ...
Feb 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apple-shaped obesity is associated with cytokine storm and a higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients
Eating an apple a day may keep the doctor away, but having an apple shape is not nearly as healthy. Now, researchers from Japan have shown that people who carry their weight in their bellies may be at greater risk of poor ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Obesity increases survival in advanced prostate cancer
Obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than overweight and normal weight patients, new research has found.
Jul 11, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
'Metabolic elasticity': New screening strategy, possible means to curb metabolic decline in aging and obesity
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with counterparts from Columbia University, have developed a new framework to measure metabolic health. The concept of "metabolic elasticity" paints a more comprehensive ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
State obesity rates hold steady; 30 pct or more in 22 states
New government data shows that in most states, the rate of adult obesity is not moving.
Sep 21, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Study: Need for more research to elucidate factors in health care access inequities
Despite improved access to health care, racial and ethnic minority populations still have disparate access compared to non-Hispanic Whites, according to a new study published in Obesity journal.
Aug 24, 2022
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Health
The exercise conundrum: sometimes active people put on more weight than couch potatoes – here's why
Governments are always telling us to eat less and exercise more to be healthier, but this presents an obvious problem. Being active is liable to make you hungrier, so there's a risk you end up eating extra to compensate, ...
Mar 29, 2019
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