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Insect protein slows weight gain, increase health status in obese mice: St
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As the world's population grows in the face of climate change, the need for sustainable protein sources is greater than ever. Although plant-based "meat" and "dairy" products are popular, they are not the only environmentally beneficial meat substitutes.
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Study finds out ways to stop obese children having heart disease in adulth
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a scientific opinion by experts on heart disease and childhood obesity published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), childhood is a window of opportunity to combat obesity before the harm it causes is irr
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Study challenges use of Body Mass Index, warns obesity more widespread tha
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Israeli researchers are challenging the prevailing use of the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measure of obesity, suggesting that body fat percentage is a more accurate indicator of an individual’s overall health. The findings further suggest that one-third of people currently considered normal-w
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Study reveals how BMI not alone be sufficient indicator of metabolic healt
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to studies, body mass index (BMI) is not a full indicator of metabolic health, and a substantial number of U.S. individuals with normal BMI are nevertheless obese.
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Obesity support group -A boon for obese patients
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22: To help people understand the importance of maintaining an optimum weight to lead a healthy life, Laparo Obeso Centre organized an obesity support group meeting in Mumbai where more than 100 patients had been participated and open up their weightless jo
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Employees who are obese might have a greater loss of productivity at work:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to an industry-supported study at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual conference in Chicago, Ill, people with obesity may be less productive at work owing to an increased risk of sickness, which would raise expenditures for companies.
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Study suggests diet that can improve blood pressure, sugar levels and weig
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a study, adults who are overweight or obese and have diabetes type 2 or prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing serious health issues. Experts disagree on the best dietary regimens and supportive measures to suggest, though.
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Uncontrolled hunger in teenagers living with obesity can have several cons
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (17-20 May) reveals that teenagers who are obese and who claim that hunger is preventing them from losing weight (hunger-barrier ALwO) have a more negative perception of their weight and worry about it
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Obesity, diabetes in pregnancy: Consequences in children
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Children of women who were obese or had diabetes during pregnancy developed certain epigenetic alterations that predisposed them to suffer from diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and the cardiovascular problems that resulted from them, according to research conducted by paediatricians at th
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Drugs could replicate the long-term benefits of Bariatric Surgery: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Gastric bypass and related procedures, known collectively as bariatric surgery, offer one solution, often resulting in lasting weight loss and even remission of diabetes. But these operations carry risk, aren't suitable for everyone and aren't accessible for many of the hundreds of millions
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Excess calories during development alter brain, spurs adult overeating: St
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a Rutgers study published in Molecular Metabolism, people whose moms are overweight during pregnancy and nursing might become obese as adults because early overnutrition rewires developing brains to crave unhealthy food
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Obesity more deadly than previously believed: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to recent CU Boulder research, the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overstated, whereas the risk of being overweight or obese increases the probability of death by anywhere between 22 per cent and 91 per cent--significantly more than previously thought.
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