Health
Teen boys with high blood pressure face danger decades later
Teenage boys who have high blood pressure may find themselves on the road to serious heart problems in adulthood.
Sep 30, 2023
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News tagged with obesity epidemic
Health
Promoting lower-calorie options on delivery apps could help users select healthier options, randomized trials find
Simple initiatives to help people select lower-calorie options when ordering takeaways in delivery apps could help tackle the obesity epidemic, suggest three randomized trials being presented at this year's European Congress ...
May 18, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Cost of living crisis is fueling the obesity epidemic, warn UK researchers
A leading nutrition researcher has warned of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the obesity epidemic, in a new paper published in the journal Obesity.
Apr 18, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
More physical education policies in schools have not curbed childhood obesity, say researchers
Laws that require physical education (PE) in elementary schools are not curbing the obesity epidemic, according to a new study from public policy researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Iowa.
Mar 22, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity
A 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America's children—even teenagers who can buy their own snacks, a new study showed.
Feb 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US death rate from alcoholic liver cirrhosis triples over two decades
Americans may have a collective drinking problem, made worse by the obesity epidemic, new research suggests. The new study found that deaths from alcoholic cirrhosis have more than tripled in 20 years.
Jun 20, 2022
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Diabetes
Study shows that excessively high BMI is also associated with type 1 diabetes—not just the type 2
New research published in Diabetologia and presented at this year's annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., shows that excessively high body mass index (BMI) in adolescents is ...
Jun 5, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Three-quarters of adults with obesity have attempted to lose weight in the past year, but most have been unsuccessful
A survey of adults with obesity from six Western European countries highlights the struggle people with obesity endure trying to lose weight, and sheds new light on what works and what doesn't when it comes to losing weight.
May 4, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
WHO warns of obesity 'epidemic' in Europe
The WHO said Tuesday that "epidemic" overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling for swift policy changes to reverse the dangerous trend.
May 3, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Over 4 million deaths per year caused by obesity
Novel obesity treatments such as modulation of the gut microbiome and gene therapy are underutilized and could help fight the obesity epidemic, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society's journal, Endocrine ...
Oct 26, 2021
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