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 ...
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People suffering from obesity are at a significantly greater risk of also developing mental disorders. This applies to all age groups, whereby women are more at risk than men for most diseases, as a recent study by the Medical ...
May 30, 2023
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Turns out dads are also eating for two. A study published December 3 in Cell Metabolism reveals that a man's weight affects the heritable information contained in sperm. The sperm cells of lean and obese men possess different ...
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Even when treated with hormone therapy to suppress tumor growth, obese men face an elevated risk of their prostate cancer worsening, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.
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Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipose tissue, plays a doubly important role in preserving pancreatic function. In lean people, it protects beta cells, which make insulin, and in obese people, it reverses damage to fatty ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Type 2 diabetes is a common disease, affecting 10% of the adult world population, in which heredity and overweight are known risk factors. In a new study at Karolinska Institutet, researchers show that women and men with ...
Feb 15, 2023
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More than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement for osteoarthritis were obese, increasing their risk of having the operation at a younger age, especially among women.
Jun 8, 2022
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Men all over the world are suffering from deteriorating semen quality—often referred to as an outright fertility crisis.
May 23, 2022
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The prevalence of obesity has doubled in Australia in the last two decades. As a result, overweight and obesity will be associated with 10,000 thyroid cancers in the next decade.
Dec 10, 2021
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Men who undergo bariatric (obesity) surgery are five times as likely to die within 30-days of the procedure compared to women, and their long-term mortality is almost three times higher, according to an analysis of national ...
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