Public health campaigns that challenge weight stigma and promote body positivity can boost the health and well-being for people of all body sizes, according to a University of Queensland study.
Mar 30, 2021
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People who reverse their prediabetes may lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and death, a new study suggests.
Jan 26, 2021
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Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect physiological aspects of neonatal development. A new study, led by Bar-Ilan University's Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, reveals that antibiotic treatment ...
Jan 26, 2021
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People with obesity who intentionally (not because of illness) lost an average (median) 13% of their initial body weight reduced their relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 42%-44%, sleep apnoea by 22%-27%, high ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood. For example, children with accelerated BMI gain before age four years have higher lung function at age ...
Aug 27, 2020
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The 2019 report from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam focused on addressing different forms of stigma. Included in the report was one form of stigma—obesity or weight stigma—that has proven remarkably ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Children living with HIV can now benefit from an adapted, simpler combination therapy. In combination therapy, two or three medicines are used simultaneously to inhibit HIV. One of those agents is dolutegravir. Thanks to ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Perceived pregnancy discrimination indirectly relates to increased levels of postpartum depressive symptoms for mothers and lower birth weights, lower gestational ages and increased numbers of doctor visits for babies, according ...
Jul 7, 2020
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As an aesthetic society, we often demonize body fat and stigmatize people with lots of it. There's often an assumption that people carrying excess weight don't exercise and must be unhealthy.
Nov 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Being on a weight-loss diet day in and day out for months on end can be challenging and even discouraging.
Nov 11, 2019
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