Obesity
Obesity is going to be a killer disease in many countries
Abused Children at Risk for Adult Obesity | Psych Central News
A new UK study finds that children who have suffered maltreatment are 36 percent more likely to be obese in adulthood compared to non-maltreated children. Researchers from King’s College London estimate that the prevention or effective treatment of seven cases of child maltreatment could prevent one case of adult obesity. Experts analyzed data from 190,285 [...]
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ADHD in Childhood May Raise Risk for Obesity in Adulthood
ADHD in Childhood May Raise Future Obesity Risk By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese adults as those who didn’t have the disorder when they were young, a new 30-year study shows. Researchers found that [...]
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Futurity.org – 'Vicious cycle' in brain keeps obesity going
Share this article Email Print Republish this article The text of this article by Futurity is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. MoreHealth Medicine How to decide if a daily aspirin is harmful Anxiety drug reduces MS symptoms in mice Diabetes rises sharply among UK’s young adults Peptides kick-start body to fight [...]
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WV MetroNews – Fighting childhood obesity in Mountain State
Childhood obesity has doubled in West Virginia in the past 15 years. In 1997, less than 10 percent of children were overweight. Today that number is closing in on 25 percent. That’s one in every four children. Dr. Robert Shin, with CAMC, says the epidemic is continuing to grow. That’s why he took part in [...]
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Obesity bias needs to end
I have witnessed a lot of obesity bias in my career, and I have railed against it on more than one occasion. But it’s not the focus of my career, as it is for some of my colleagues. I have long thought those colleagues who do devote themselves to the topic may tend to overlook [...]
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Cornell, Iowa Share $10M Obesity, Hypertension Grant
ITHACA, N.Y.—Researchers at Cornell University and University of Iowa have received a 5-year, $10.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the role of the brain in links between obesity and high blood pressure. The “program project” grant funds three separate, but synergistic [...]
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Did Mike Huckabee foreshadow his journey back to obesity?
Ah, the addictive power of modern food. Never underestimate it. On a recent trip to New York I happened to be flipping through the channels on my in-flight TV when I ran across Mike Huckabee doing an interview on Fox News. I was surprised to see that he had gained his weight back. The former [...]
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Meals inspired by ancestors satisfy appetite, combat obesity …
A new clinical study by Unilever scientists have shown that meals rich in nutrients and fibre inspired by palaeolithic ancestors are better at satisfying the appetite than a regular meal and could also help combat obesity and even type 2 diabetes. The study compared two meals using readily available ingredients, a healthy modern meal and [...]
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Activist Post: Environmental Toxins Linked to Childhood Obesity
Margie KingActivist Post Are toys, pacifiers and even shampoo driving the epidemic of childhood obesity? Researchers from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between a class of chemical substances known as “phthalates” and obesity in young children. Phthalates are man-made chemicals that disrupt [...]
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Obesity May Be Fueling Rise in Sleep Apnea | Psych Central News
A new study suggests that the American obesity epidemic may have something to do with the rapidly rising number of sleep apnea cases. Sleep apnea is a condition in which people have trouble staying in deep sleep because their throats close, blocking their airways and requiring them to partially awaken to start breathing again. “There [...]
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