Posts by: Patricia Silva, PhD

Patricia Silva, PhD

Patrícia holds her PhD in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. She has studied Applied Biology at Universidade do Minho and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has been focused on molecular genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites.

July 10, 2015October 28, 2015

Weight Loss Surgery Offers Long-Term Health Benefits for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients

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A new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center recently revealed long-term benefits of bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) in obese ... Read more

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015

Obese People Have a Greater Mental Ability To Envision Food, Detect Odors

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Researchers at The John B. Pierce Laboratory and Yale University School of Medicine discovered that obese individuals have a greater ability to vividly imagine food and odors than leaner individuals. ... Read more

June 20, 2015October 28, 2015

Bariatric Surgery Confirmed as Safe and Effective for Obese Patients Older Than 60

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Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center in New York reported that bariatric surgery is a safe and effective procedure in obese patients above 60 years of age. The study was published ... Read more

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015

Researchers Suggest that the Role of Breastfeeding in Childhood Obesity Prevention is Not as Straightforward as Thought

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Dr. Jessica Woo and Dr. Lisa Martin from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center recently published in the journal Current Obesity Reports a review on relevant studies regarding breastfeeding. The review ... Read more

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015

Takeaway Outlet Increase in UK Promotes Obesity, Especially in Poorer Areas

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Researchers at the UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) at the University of Cambridge recently reported that the number of takeaway outlets in the last 18 years has increased ... Read more

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015

TV Cooking Shows Associated With a Higher Body Mass Index in Women

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Researchers at the University of Vermont, the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University in Ithaca recently published their findings in the journal Appetite showing that women who watch ... Read more

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015

Weight Discrimination Decreases Quality of Life and Well-Being in Obese Individuals

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Researchers at the University College London in the United Kingdom recently published in the journal Obesity their findings that weigh-related discrimination is associated with a significantly lower quality of life ... Read more

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015

Naturally Occurring Experiments Help Assess Obesity-Related Outcomes

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Researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia recently published in the journal Obesity Reviews that “natural experiments” can help determine the real impact that policy and “built” environmental changes have in ... Read more

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015

Researchers Engineer Bacteria to Produce an Anti-Obesity Molecule

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Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee created a method based on probiotic bacteria to produce an anti-obesity molecule capable of suppressing hunger and preventing obesity. The results will be presented ... Read more