Recent studies have found alongside older age and chronic health conditions, obesity is a risk factor for becoming seriously ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Apr 28, 2020
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Obesity is a common health problem affecting over 90 million adults in the United States, However, how different chemical signals in the body respond to this disease continues to remain unclear. A new study from researchers ...
Mar 27, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Teens who live around lots of obese or overweight kids come to see their body types as ideal, a new study suggests.
Mar 18, 2020
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About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday.
Feb 27, 2020
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City of Hope scientists have identified an unlikely way to potentially prevent or slow the progression of aggressive breast cancer: target one's internal clock.
Feb 13, 2020
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The British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase "obese people," but instead, "people with obesity" or "people living with obesity."
Oct 15, 2019
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Psychologists have expertise to understand the causes of obesity and should be central to help the prevention and treatment of the condition, according to a leading Health Psychologist from the University of Bedfordshire.
Sep 25, 2019
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Scientists may have found a way that obesity directly damages the arteries and contributes to heart disease—a discovery that they say could eventually lead to new treatments.
Sep 19, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Since the turn of the century, American obesity rates have skyrocketed. And now a new study indicates that as the nation's waistlines expand, cancers long linked to obesity are striking the middle-aged more ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Nike's London store recently introduced a plus-sized mannequin to display its active clothing range which goes up to a size 32.
Jun 21, 2019
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