Recent research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity has shown that young people across ethnic, racial and socioeconomic groups experience negative health effects from weight ...
Sep 13, 2022
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People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of 'internalized' weight stigma, ...
Apr 15, 2024
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Hispanic persons with HIV have a median stigma score of 31.7, and almost one-quarter report experiencing health care discrimination, according to research published in the Oct. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Oct 14, 2022
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You did everything right. You wore a mask in public, received a COVID-19 vaccine, and avoided large crowds. Still, you have COVID-19.
Feb 7, 2022
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Women were more likely than men to report feeling stigmatized about abdominal fat, regardless of their body mass index or weight, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions most affected by HIV. In Nigeria alone, an estimated 1.8 million people are living with the virus.
Aug 28, 2023
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The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025.
Jan 17, 2012
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An estimated more than 72,000 cases of unrepaired cleft lip and/or palate exist in 28 of India's 29 states and poor states with less health infrastructure had higher rates, according to an article published online by JAMA ...
Jun 9, 2016
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A team from the Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), the Faculty of Medicine at Kiel University and the University of Lübeck has developed an algorithm that uses machine learning ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Ending the AIDS pandemic—particularly in eastern and southern Africa—cannot be achieved unless more resources are channeled to meet the needs of key vulnerable populations.
Sep 25, 2023
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