Obesity is one of the most pressing and controversial public health challenges. It has the distinction of being a crisis about which most people have an opinion – often based on a simple diagnosis – but for which nobody has found a correspondingly neat solution. Women in customer facing roles often suffer most. Credit: World...
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Excess belly fat may lead to a reduction in gray matter
A study conducted by researchers at Loughborough University has found that excess abdominal fat is associated with a lower volume of gray matter in the brain. Professor of exercise, Mark Hamer, and colleagues found that a higher body mass index (BMI), together with a higher waist-to-hip ratio, was linked to a lower gray matter volume, when compared to leaner individuals. Interestingly, a higher BMI, together...
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Vitamin D intake and obesity in occupational asthma patients and need for supplementation
The article by Dr. Marina Ruxandra Otelea and Dr. Agripina Rascu is published in Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders – Drug Targets, Volume 18, Issue 6, 2018 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS IMAGE: THE RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS THE VITAMIN D INTAKE IN OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA PATIENTS AND THE RELATION WITH BODY MASS INDEX, COMORBIDITIES RELATED TO VITAMIN D DEFICIT, LUNG FUNCTION AND. CREDIT: DR. MARINA RUXANDRA OTELEA, DR. AGRIPINA...
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Study finds link between obesity and sense of smell
A recent review concludes that people with obesity have a reduced ability to detect and discriminate smell compared with those who are not obese. Obesity is a medical condition characterized by an excessive amount of body fat. It is a global issue that affects millions of people worldwide, and it is a risk factor for diabetes and...
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MRI effective for monitoring liver fat in obese patients
OAK BROOK, Ill. – MRI provides a safe, noninvasive way to monitor liver fat levels in people who undergo weight loss treatments for obesity, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology. Obesity is a major U.S. public health issue, with more than two-thirds of American adults considered overweight or obese. Non-alcoholic fatty...
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CRISPR joins battle of the bulge, fights obesity without edits to genome
A weighty new study shows that CRISPR therapies can cut fat without cutting DNA. In a paper published Dec. 13, 2018, in the journal Science, UC San Francisco researchers describe how a modified version of CRISPR was used to ramp up the activity of certain genes and prevent severe obesity in mice with genetic mutations that...
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Exercise may improve kidney function in obesity, reduce risk of renal disease
Rat study finds better blood vessel health and lower urinary protein levels AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Rockville, Md. (December 4, 2018)–Aerobic exercise may reduce the risk of diabetes-related kidney disease in some people, according to a new study. The findings are published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology–Renal Physiology and was chosen as...
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Researchers uncover gene that regulates fat accumulation and obesity
With both a normal diet, and a a high-fat diet, a lack of Panx1 increases cell size. Top rows show lower magnification (scale bar = 0.1 mm) and bottom rows are the insets showing higher magnification of the same image (scale bar = 0.05 mm). B. Credit: University of Western Ontario As obesity continues to...
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CU researchers identify potential target for developing obesity and diabetes treatment
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS AURORA, Colo. (Aug. 9, 2018) – A newly published study by researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine has identified a potential therapeutic target for treating obesity and diabetes. The scientists studied the biological function of an epigenetic modifier known as histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11), and determined...
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Measure of belly fat in older adults is linked with cognitive impairment
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN A new study using data from over 5,000 individuals has found that a measure of belly fat (waist: hip ratio) was associated with a reduced cognitive function in older Irish adults (>60 years of age). These findings have significant implications as the global prevalence of dementia is predicted to increase from 24.3...