The UK government is banning daytime TV adverts for sugary foods like granola and muffins in its battle against child obesity, branding such popular items as junk food.
Dec 4, 2024
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As obesity rates continue to rise, many are turning to prescription medicines like Ozempic for weight loss. But with significant side effects, accessibility and cost issues, alternatives are needed.
Dec 2, 2024
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Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.
Nov 27, 2024
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Through an analysis of posts on Twitter (now rebranded X) relating to obesity published between April 2019 and December 2022, a study conducted by the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found no significant changes in pediatric weight outcomes two years after implementing ...
The rate of deaths from ischemic heart disease related to obesity nearly tripled in the U.S. over a two-decade span, according to new research. The rate for men more than tripled.
Nov 27, 2024
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A recent multi-campus study, co-led by public health researchers from UC Irvine and UC Merced, published in the journal BMC Public Health is the first of its kind to examine California's legislative approaches to prevent ...
Nov 25, 2024
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A team of researchers led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Florina Corpodean has confirmed through a data analysis that metabolic and bariatric surgery is largely safe and effective for patients who are experiencing ...
Nov 21, 2024
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A drug used to help patients lose weight and manage diabetes may also help those with heart failure, an international clinical trial shows.
Nov 21, 2024
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Rates of postpartum depression have more than doubled in little over a decade among American women, a new analysis shows.
Nov 20, 2024
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