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Plant-based meal packages associated with lower BMI in children: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Taking a "food is medicine" approach, according to a new study undertaken by experts at the Mass General Brigham hospital system, could increase nutrition security for families while simultaneously lowering children's body mass index (BMI). Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and
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Plant-based food packages linked to lower BMI in children: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study performed by researchers at the Mass General Brigham Hospital system, taking a "food is medicine" approach could improve nutrition security for families while also lowering children's body mass index (BMI). Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Bost
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Mystery of how leaf-cutting ants measure leaf part size has been solved: S
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Leaf-cutting ants are insect superheroes, capable of transporting leaf fragments up to six times their body mass to develop fungus in their borrows. But how do the fascinating creatures judge the size of the fragments they carve with their mandibles? Do they utilise their bodies as a basic r
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BMI alone might not be a sufficient indicator of metabolic health: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to data presented at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill., body mass index (BMI) is not a complete indicator of metabolic health, and a substantial proportion of U.S. people with normal BMI yet have obesity.
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Study shows pairing swallowable gastric balloon with anti-obesity medicine
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The combination of the world's first and only procedure-less swallowable gastric balloon--which is placed without surgery, endoscopy, or anaesthesia and naturally passes out of the body after approximately 16 weeks--and the commonly prescribed anti-obesity drug liraglutide is a safe and effe
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Kids gut bacteria predict whether they will be overweight at 5 years old:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The composition and amount of gut bacteria in kids at 3.5 years old predict body mass index (BMI) at age 5, regardless of whether they were born prematurely or not, according to new research.
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Study discovers combining swallowable gastric balloon, anti-obesity drug b
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a new treatment for overweight and obesity that combines the world's first and only procedureless swallowable gastric balloon--which is placed without surgery, endoscopy, or anaesthesia and naturally passes out of the body after approximately 16 weeks and the commonly
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Study: Both metabolically healthy, unhealthy forms of obesity increase ris
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New studies reveal that both the metabolically healthy and unhealthy 'forms' of obesity are linked to an increased risk of several obesity-related cancers, with the association being more potent in metabolically unhealthy obesity. The studies were published in the Journal of the National Can
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Study finds ability to chew properly helps improve blood sugar levels in T
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A researcher at the University at Buffalo, advised medical professionals who treat patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) to examine their patients' teeth.
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Higher BMI linked to longer healing time post breast reduction surgery
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Higher Body Mass Index is a risk factor for delayed wound healing in patients undergoing breast reduction surgery (reduction mammaplasty), according to a study published in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (
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Study reveals how people with obesity due to genetic tendency have lower r
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers found that those with obesity who have a genetic tendency for high BMI have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is mostly caused by environmental factors like lifestyle.
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Researchers discover brain proteins that may play important role in body w
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Body mass index, or BMI, variation in the population may be caused by genetic variables to the extent of 50-75 per cent. Researchers from Universite Laval and the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Center have discovered 60 distinct proteins produced in the brain that may be important
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