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Study discovers link between obesity with oral cancer immune escape
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A study discovered a method through which obesity affects the ability of some oral cancers to evade the immune system.
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Uncontrolled hunger in teenagers living with obesity can have several cons
Updated : 2 years, 10 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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Kids gut bacteria predict whether they will be overweight at 5 years old:
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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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Time of day may determine amount of fat burned by cold exposure: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Short-term cold exposure triggers brown fat, which burns calories and has become an appealing target for promoting cardiometabolic health. According to recent research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland, this biological reaction varies depending on
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Study finds how time of day determines effectiveness of cold exposure in b
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Brown fat, which burns calories and has become a popular target to encourage cardiometabolic health, is activated by brief exposure to cold temperatures.
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Researchers find how brain cells boost appetite in obesity
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A set of brain cells found by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research enhances appetite when there is a persistent surplus of energy in the body, such as excess fat storage in obesity.
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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: Weight gain associated with higher risk of fatal prostate cancer in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Weight gain in a man's late teens and early twenties raises his chances of dying from prostate cancer later in life, according to a study presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland.
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Study finds link between obesity with oral cancer immune escape
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A mechanism for how obesity impacts the capacity of some oral malignancies to bypass the immune system has been uncovered in a study.
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Study: Both metabolically healthy, unhealthy forms of obesity increase ris
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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 reveals how fatty liver leads to colorectal cancer
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Cedars-Sinai Cancer Centre researchers discovered that fatty liver, a condition commonly associated with obesity, promotes the progression of colon cancer to the liver. Their research, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Metabolism, delves into the process at the cellular l
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Obesity, diabetes in pregnancy: Consequences in children
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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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