An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished ...
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A study led by researchers from the UGR's Department of Physical Education and Sports, in collaboration with pediatricians from the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit of the "Virgen de las Nieves" University Hospital in Granada ...
Mar 4, 2024
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The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of ...
Feb 29, 2024
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A diet based on resistant starch promotes a favorable composition of the gut microbiome in obese people. This leads to weight reduction and measurable positive health outcomes such as improved insulin sensitivity.
Feb 29, 2024
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Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process that converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how. To better understand this, ...
Feb 26, 2024
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An enthusiastic response to food in early childhood may be linked to a higher likelihood of experiencing eating disorder symptoms in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Feb 20, 2024
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For nearly a year, we have been debating weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and similar products and what happens when people stop taking them. Are they able to maintain weight loss? A new Danish study sheds ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Disrupted function of "cleaning cells" in the body may help to explain why some people with obesity develop type 2 diabetes, while others do not. A study from the University of Gothenburg describes this newly discovered mechanism.
Feb 2, 2024
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A small team of physical education scientists in China has conducted a meta-analysis of multiple studies that shows that dancing is an effective weight loss intervention. In their study, reported in the open-access journal ...
A new qualitative study highlights the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences associated with "yo-yo dieting," also known as weight cycling. The work underscores how toxic yo-yo dieting can be and how difficult ...
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