A UNC Greensboro (UNCG) study following 299 women and their infants from pregnancy to toddlerhood examined multiple psychological, biological, and social factors in the context of infants' rapid weight gain. They found infant ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Obesity is a chronic complex relapsing disease defined by abnormal and/or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. According to the WHO, at least 2.8 million people are estimated to die from obesity complications ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Offspring of mothers with an eating disorder or prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) outside the normal weight range have an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in JAMA Network ...
Oct 24, 2024
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The UK government will trial the use of weight loss jabs to help unemployed people with obesity get back into work, the health secretary said Tuesday.
Oct 15, 2024
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Therapies that deliver hydrogen sulfide to cells could one day become the basis of new treatments for obesity and related diseases, new research has concluded.
Oct 10, 2024
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New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests intensive lifestyle interventions are an effective way of treating and improving liver disease.
Oct 9, 2024
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Obesity and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for various malignancies, including pancreatic cancer, which has a high death rate. A new analysis in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews suggests that weight-loss surgery—also ...
Oct 9, 2024
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New research published in Acta Paediatrica suggests that children who engage in outdoor play during their preschool years have a lower risk of developing obesity later in childhood.
Oct 9, 2024
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A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Hong Kong University (HKU) has found evidence that electro-acupuncture—a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment—could ...
Oct 8, 2024
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Psychologists and public health researchers from the University of Liverpool and Maynooth University, analyzed data of more than 8,000 records of children with overweight and obesity in the U.K., roughly half at age 11 years ...
Oct 8, 2024
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