Higher BMI does not guard against dangerous heart risks, UCSF-led study shows UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO Adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa whose weight is in the healthy, overweight or obese ranges face similar cardiovascular and other health complications as their counterparts with low body mass index (BMI), according to a new...
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Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity
New Penn Medicine study shows the risks of complications, readmissions may be lower than the risks associated with lifelong obesity UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA — Bariatric surgery is safe and, in many cases, beneficial for teenagers with morbid obesity who would otherwise face a heightened risk of developing severe health problems, including heart disease and stroke, according to a new...
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Avocados may help manage obesity, prevent diabetes
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Your guacamole may hold the key to managing obesity and helping delay or prevent diabetes, according to a new study by a University of Guelph research team. For the first time, researchers led by Prof. Paul Spagnuolo have shown how a compound found only in avocados can inhibit cellular processes that normally...
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Obesity exacerbates many causes of death, but risks are different for men and women
by Public Library of Science Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who carry around unhealthy amounts of weight don’t just have heart disease and diabetes to worry about. Obesity is implicated in two thirds of the leading causes of death from non-communicable diseases worldwide and the risk of certain diseases differs for men and women. Cecilia Lindgren...
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Overweight before age 40 increases cancer risk
by Kim E. Andreassen, University of Bergen In an international study, lead by the University of Bergen, the researchers wanted to find out how adult overweight (BMI over 25) and obesity (BMI over 30) increase the risk of different types of cancer. The study showed that if you were overweight before age 40, the risk of developing cancer increases by: 70 percent for endometrial cancer. 58 percent for male renal-cell cancer. 29...
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Six components of healthy family meals
by Max Planck Society Turning the TV off, taking time to eat, not arguing at the table: Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University of Mannheim have evaluated studies examining the quality of family meals. Their findings can serve as guidelines for parents and guardians wanting to help their children establish healthy eating habits....
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Discovery of tanycytic TSPO inhibition as a potential therapeutic target for obesity treatment
by Nari Kim, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) Professor Eun-Kyoung Kim (director of Neurometabolomic Research Center) has discovered new targets to prevent and treat high-fat diet-induced obesity. This research achievement is expected to propose a new direction for developing obesity treatment. Due to westernized eating habits in today’s society, the prevalence of...
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“Fat Shaming” Won’t Solve Obesity. Science Might
Posted Today Science is with James Corden. Fat shaming shouldn’t make a comeback, and it won’t solve the nation’s obesity epidemic. Through countless published scientific papers, research has continually exposed the complexity of obesity and being overweight, which affects more than 1.9 billion people worldwide. That research has led experts to conclude that potential treatment...
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Why young females with obesity are at early risk for cardiovascular disease
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 11, 2019) – In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report. Premenopausal women are considered protected from cardiovascular disease, but evidence indicates obesity can negate those benefits, and in fact put...
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Liver disease: New intelligent testing could save thousands of lives
by John Dillon, The Conversation Since the 1970s, liver disease in the UK has increased by more than 400%, particularly in people under 65—in marked contrast to all other major causes of death which have been decreasing in younger age groups. This epidemic has been driven by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis C. The liver is...