Overweight & Obesity
Overweight kids don't have to be overweight adults
(HealthDay)—Overweight children often become obese adults, with attendant problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Dec 20, 2017
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More than half of US children will have obesity as adults if current trends continue
If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today's children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Nov 29, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Weight reducing diets, predominantly those low in fat, may reduce risk of early death for adults with obesity
Weight reducing diets, mostly low in fat, may reduce risk of early death in adults with obesity, finds a study published in The BMJ. However, the researchers were unable to show if there was any effect of weight reducing ...
Nov 14, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Survey reveals surprising mismatch between perception and reality of obesity in America
Nearly 40 percent of American adults and 20 percent of children carry enough extra weight to warrant a diagnosis of obesity. That's the highest obesity rate among the world's affluent nations, and it's already shortening ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Why do some obese people have 'healthier' fat tissue than others?
One little understood paradox in the study of obesity is that overweight people who break down fat at a high rate are less healthy than peers who store their fat more effectively.
Nov 1, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults now obese (Update)
(HealthDay)—Almost forty percent adults in the United States are now obese, continuing an ever-expanding epidemic of obesity that's expected to lead to sicker Americans and higher health care costs.
Oct 13, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
US obesity problem is not budging, new data shows
America's weight problem isn't getting any better, according to new government research.
Oct 13, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Don't blame food stamps for obesity in America
Politicians and scholars sometimes cast obesity as a problem that largely afflicts the poor. But as most obese adults aren't poor and most low-income adults aren't obese, this is a misconception.
Sep 5, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
U.S. obesity rate holding steady, but still high
(HealthDay)—Obesity rates in the United States appear to be leveling off, but Americans shouldn't think the battle of the bulge is won, health advocates say.
Aug 31, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain's self-regulation in teens at risk for obesity
In a small study that scanned the brains of teenagers while exposing them to tempting "food cues," researchers report that reduced activity in the brain's "self-regulation" system may be an important early predictor of adult ...
Aug 22, 2017
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