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Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of overweight or obesity, only 3% are referred to publicly-funded weight management programs, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Clinicians treating severe obesity have a new genetic tool for predicting—and ultimately improving—bariatric surgery outcomes.
Sep 28, 2023
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After adding follow-up years, increased sample sizes and examining multiple surgical procedures, new research shows bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence among females. ...
Aug 22, 2023
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The headlines squeal with delight: Latest wonder drug will "cure" obesity.
Aug 21, 2023
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Medical expenditures for privately insured children, including out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures, are higher for all body mass index (BMI) categories other than healthy weight, according to a study published online July 3 ...
Jul 3, 2023
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The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those of normal weight, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have found. The study suggests that ...
May 11, 2023
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In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. live with obesity.
May 8, 2023
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Overweight and obesity among 4-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving more than 200,000 children in Sweden. The number of children with obesity increased ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Bariatric surgery is proving to be an effective treatment for people suffering from type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity, with results showing nearly 50% of patients were able to discontinue all diabetes-related treatment.
Mar 6, 2023
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The fact that obesity is a major risk factor for disease and death is well known, as is the fact that obesity is more common in the United States than in Europe. On the other hand, a new thesis at Umeå University shows that ...
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