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Weight loss influences risky decisions in obesity: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Scientists at the DZD partner German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrucke (DIfE) have now explored whether substantial weight reduction improves metabolic and psychological states, as well as decision-making ability. The findings were reported in the journal Clinical Nutrition.<
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Semaglutide ingredient can help protect kidney function in people with obe
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, has been shown in the SELECT Trial to be effective in preventing the loss of kidney function in people who are overweight or obese and have established cardiovascular disease but do not have diabetes
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New weight loss medication helps lower blood pressure in adults with obesi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to new research, nearly 500 adults with obesity who took the new weight loss medication tirzepatide for about eight months saw a significant reduction in their systolic blood pressure--the top number in a blood pressure reading.
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Pregnancy complications enhance short, long-term risk of heart disease for
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a study, obesity during early pregnancy appears to be a strong predictor of future cardiovascular disease and has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes.
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Pregnancy complications increase short, long-term cardiovascular risk for
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Obesity during and during early pregnancy appears to be a powerful predictor of future cardiovascular disease and has been associated to unfavourable pregnancy outcomes such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes, according to a study.
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Racial discrimination raises risk of childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Children who experience racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a larger waistline later in life, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. According to the findings, racial prejudice, in addition to other socioeconomic factors such as familial poverty,
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Racial discrimination increases risk for childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, children who suffer racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a wider waistline later in life. The findings suggest that, in addition to other socioeconomic factors such as family poverty, racial discrimination may
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Did you know dietary restraint reduces effects of genetic risk of obesity?
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Obesity risk genes cause people to feel hungrier and lose control of their eating, although practising dietary constraints may help to reverse this.
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School nurses might be important in lowering childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
School nurses do far more than heal skinned knees and take temperature readings. According to a Rutgers study published in the journal Paediatric Nursing, they may also be important in lowering childhood obesity.
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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 linked to increased risk of complications after surgery: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Overweight and obesity are not just complicated and dangerous disorders, but physicians and researchers are still learning how they affect health outcomes ranging from heart and musculoskeletal health to disease risk, including cancer.
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Bariatric surgery might cut risk of obesity-related cancers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023, just 4% of patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery developed obesity-associated cancer in a 10-year follow-up, compared to 8.9% of those who did not have a weight-loss treatment.
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