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Research reveals link between obesity-related neurodegeneration, Alzheimer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A recent study found a link between neurodegeneration in obese persons and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, implying that decreasing weight could reduce cognitive decline and lower the incidence of AD.
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Study reveals how cutting on sweets, carbohydrates affects behaviour
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Are you following any diet plan currently? Maybe you're cutting off all sweets and carbohydrates or trying to control your late-night cravings. These are examples of behaviour changes, and avoiding those diet cues when it comes to food can be challenging.
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Researchers reveal relationship between sleep, chronic pain, spinal cord s
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
One of the most typical causes for people to seek medical attention is chronic pain, which is frequently incapacitating. American individuals who suffer from chronic pain number 65 million. Between 67 and 88 per cent of them also have sleep disruptions, which include lower sleep quality and
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Mid-life obesity connected to physical frailty risk in older age: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that being overweight, including having a bulging belly, starting in middle life is associated with a higher chance of developing physical weakness in old age.
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UK soft drink taxes associated with decreased obesity in girls
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The implementation of the two-tier soft drinks industry levy in the UK in 2018 was associated with an 8 per cent reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls, with the greatest reductions seen in those living in the most deprived areas, according to a new study published January 26th in P
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Study reveals mid-life obesity connected to risk of physical frailty in o
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers found that carrying far too much weight, including a midriff bulge, from middle age onwards has been linked to an increased risk of physical frailty in old age.
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Researchers find loneliness linked with unhealthful diets, physical inacti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Transitioning to a new environment, as many college freshmen do, can increase feelings of loneliness, and according to the National College Health Assessment, feelings of loneliness in college students have increased dramatically in the last decade.
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Study reveals reducing calories may be more effective than intermittent fa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the senior study author Wendy L. Bennett, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, although 'time-restricted eating patterns' - known as intermittent fasting - are popular, rigorously designed studies have not
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Study suggests eating disorders can arise due to body dissatisfaction at a
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman's lifespan, including at midlife.
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Increasing coffee consumption may lower the severity of non-alcoholic fatt
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study, published in Nutrients, from the University of Coimbra discovered that caffeine, polyphenols, and other natural compounds contained in coffee may help lower the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
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Discovery of metabolic switch could lead to targeted treatment of obesity,
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how to modify the function of an enzyme crucial to fat production in fruit flies, which could lead to more effective treatments for cancer and childhood obesity in humans.
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Obesity, overweight can lead to diabetes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help explain how excess weight can contribute to diabetes and may provide researchers with a target to help prevent or delay diabetes in some of those at risk.
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