September 1, 2016September 1, 2016
Medications to Combat Obesity, Unlike Diabetes, Much Less in Use in US
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Obesity is a major risk factor for several diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and a vast ... Read more
August 30, 2016November 2, 2016
WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity
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Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted ... Read more
August 25, 2016August 24, 2022
Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity
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Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully ... Read more
August 23, 2016August 23, 2016
Teen Obesity Prevention Focus of New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines
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According to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a two-fold simple approach could be used to prevent ... Read more
August 18, 2016August 18, 2016
Obesity Rates Higher Among Cancer Survivors
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The rate of obesity increased faster amongst cancer survivors than the general population in the 14 years between 1997 ... Read more
August 17, 2016August 17, 2016
NIH Grants $1.8M To Study Gut Bacteria Causing Obesity
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The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University a ... Read more
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016
Brains of Overweight People Ten Years Older than Non-Overweight at Middle-Age
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The brains of overweight and obese people display images of white matter similar to those found in brains of leaner ... Read more
August 9, 2016August 9, 2016
Meat as Much a Cause of Obesity as Sugar and Fats, Study in 170 Countries Finds
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Diets rich in meat are as much a factor in the prevalence of global obesity as sugar consumption, researchers at the University ... Read more
August 3, 2016August 3, 2016
Kidney Disease, Abdominal Obesity Linked in Young Adults
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Abdominal obesity could be linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) especially in young Mexican-Americans new study shows. ... Read more
August 2, 2016August 2, 2016
New Bariatric Surgery Study to Launch in New Zealand
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A new Bariatric Surgery Experienced study (BASE) is set to help researchers in New Zealand visualize the surgical experience from the patient’s ... Read more
July 28, 2016July 28, 2016
Severely Obese Women Show Different Brain Response to Food Cues
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UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a recent study that severely obese women have different brain activity compared to lean ... Read more
July 26, 2016July 26, 2016
New Treatment Shows Promising For Rare Obesity Disease
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Setmelanotide, a novel melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) agonist, may have beneficial effects on patients with pro-opiomelanocrotin (POMC) deficiency obesity, ... Read more

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

Firstborn Siblings More Likely to be Obese, Diabetic and Hypertensive, Large Scale Study Shows

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A team of researchers from the Liggins Institute in New Zealand conducted the largest study of its kind in women and found that firstborn women have a higher likelihood of ... Read more

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

Ethicon Showcases Updates on Mission to Fight Obesity and Expand Patient Access to Surgical Treatment Options

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Ethicon, a company that has been at the forefront of advancing metabolic and bariatric surgery for the past two decades, recently showcased their product portfolio and therapeutic solutions, and dedication to finding ... Read more

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

More Hours Young Adults Spend Watching Television Each Day Predicts Obesity, Study Shows

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Results from a recent study published in the journal SAGE Open revealed that the more hours young adults spend watching television each day, the greater the likelihood that they’ll have ... Read more

August 31, 2015September 1, 2015

Obese Women Shown To Have Higher Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

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According to a study published this month by Cornell University in Science Translational Medicine, obese women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer due to changes that obesity causes in obese ... Read more

August 31, 2015October 28, 2015

Brain-Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Energy Balance Neurocircuitry in Obesity Explored

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In a review recently published in Current Atherosclerosis Reports, a team of researchers from the Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas—UNICAMP in Campinas, Brazil explored the current ... Read more

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

Obesity in Early Adulthood Associated with Increased Risk of Developing Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Results from a recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology, entitled “Obesity Early in Adulthood Increases Risk but Does Not Affect Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” revealed that people who were obese in ... Read more

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

Arsenic Exposure In Utero Linked to Obesity and Early Puberty in Mice

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Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recently reported that arsenic exposure during embryonic development is linked to an early puberty and adult obesity in mice. The ... Read more

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015

Study Determines Causes for Stillborn Babies in Obese Women

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Results from a recent study published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that obese women are twice as likely as women with a healthy weight to have stillborn ... Read more

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

Cannabis Use Linked to Lower Body Mass Index and Obesity Risk

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Researchers at CHU de Québec and the Université Laval in Canada published new findings in the journal Obesity indicating that cannabis use is associated with a lower body mass index (BMI). ... Read more

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

Study Determines Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Safe in High-Risk Morbidly Obese Patients

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Results from a recent study published in the Journal Laparoendoscopic & Advance Surgical Techniques Part A showed that Laparoscopic bariatric surgery is safe and can be performed with acceptable perioperative ... Read more

Medications to Combat Obesity, Unlike Diabetes, Much Less in Use in US

WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity

Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity

Teen Obesity Prevention Focus of New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines

Obesity Rates Higher Among Cancer Survivors

NIH Grants $1.8M To Study Gut Bacteria Causing Obesity

Brains of Overweight People Ten Years Older than Non-Overweight at Middle-Age

Meat as Much a Cause of Obesity as Sugar and Fats, Study in 170 Countries Finds

Kidney Disease, Abdominal Obesity Linked in Young Adults

New Bariatric Surgery Study to Launch in New Zealand

Severely Obese Women Show Different Brain Response to Food Cues

New Treatment Shows Promising For Rare Obesity Disease