Overweight & Obesity
Obesity rates keep rising for U.S. adults
Obesity rates have continued to climb significantly among American adults, but the same hasn't held true for children, a new government report finds.
Mar 23, 2018
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Medications
Common diabetes drug could treat gum disease and help with healthy aging, study claims
A new method of controlling inflammation and sugar levels for oral and systemic disease prevention using a common diabetes drug has been discovered by a team of researchers at King's College London.
Oct 10, 2023
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Health
Study: Weight loss won't necessarily help teen girls' self-esteem
Obese white teenage girls who lose weight may benefit physically, but the weight change does not guarantee they are going to feel better about themselves, according to a Purdue University study.
Mar 22, 2012
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More exercise, eating less fat and weight loss programs are in, popular diets are out
Contrary to popular perception, a large proportion of obese Americans can and do lose weight, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. What's more, they say, the old tried and true methods of eating less fat ...
Apr 10, 2012
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Diabetes
Critical link between obesity and diabetes has been identified
UT Southwestern researchers have identified a major mechanism by which obesity causes type 2 diabetes, which is a common complication of being overweight that afflicts more than 30 million Americans and over 400 million ...
Nov 28, 2017
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School obesity-prevention curriculum can reduce medical costs
Teaching middle-school children about nutrition and exercise and encouraging them to watch less TV can save the health care system a substantial amount of money, suggests an economic analysis from Children's Hospital Boston ...
Aug 1, 2011
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Overweight & Obesity
Largest ever genome-wide study strengthens genetic link to obesity
There are many reasons why people gain different amounts of weight and why fat becomes stored in different parts of their bodies. Now researchers are homing in on genetic reasons. Their findings, part of the largest genome-wide ...
Feb 11, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
A mother's warmth, sensitivity can mitigate obesity risk factors in infants: study
The deleterious effects that obesity has on an individual's health and the difficulty of reversing it in adults are well-known, ranging from diabetes and heart disease to cancer. For these reasons, obesity prevention in babies ...
Nov 5, 2019
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Weight loss can be contagious, study suggests
Is weight loss "contagious"? According to a new study published online in the journal Obesity, teammates in a team-based weight loss competition significantly influenced each other's weight loss, suggesting that shedding ...
Feb 14, 2012
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Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online February 6 issue of Pediatrics.
Feb 6, 2012
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