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New research links bad diet to loss of smell
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jul 21 14
Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell?
A new study from Florida State University neuroscientists says…
Obese women may have learning deficit specific to food
• Obesity • Jul 17 14
Obese women have a deficit in reward-based learning, but only when food is involved. Importantly, say researchers who report their findings in the Cell…
Extreme obesity can be disability at work -EU court adviser
• Obesity • Jul 17 14
A European Union law barring job discrimination against the disabled may apply to extremely obese people, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on…
When it comes to food, obese women’s learning is impaired
• Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Jul 16 14
Obese women were better able to identify cues that predict monetary rewards than those that predict food rewards, according to a study by Yale…
Severe childhood obesity shows a decline in New York City
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 11 14
Appearing to buck national trends, the prevalence of severe obesity among school children in New York City was down by almost 10 percent in…
Siblings may have a greater influence than parents on a child’s obesity risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 09 14
While it is well known that a child’s risk of obesity is greater if he or she has obese family members, whether the type…
Sibling composition impacts childhood obesity risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 09 14
It is well documented that children with obese parents are at greater risk for obesity. In a new study, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital,…
Joslin Scientists Identify Process that Affects Fat Distribution and Metabolic Syndrome
• Obesity • • Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease • Jul 03 14
Building upon their earlier research on the biology of fat metabolism, Joslin scientists discovered that microRNAs –small RNA molecules that play important roles in…
Miriam Hospital researchers develop app focused on making obese adults less sedentary
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jun 27 14
Even individuals who exercise a lot can be at risk for health problems if they also spend a lot of time in sedentary…
AJMC publishes results showing big data analytics can predict risk of metabolic syndrome
• Obesity • • Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease • Jun 27 14
Research published today in the American Journal of Managed Care demonstrates that analysis of patient records using state-of-the-art data analytics can predict future risk…
BMI measurement may be missing 25 percent of children who could be considered obese
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 25 14
Physicians using body mass index (BMI) to diagnose children as obese may be missing 25 percent of kids who have excess body fat…
Antidepressant use during pregnancy may lead to childhood obesity and diabetes
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Jun 21 14
Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy may be unknowingly predisposing their infants to type 2 diabetes and obesity later in life, according to new…
California city to consider taxing soda to combat obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jun 11 14
An effort to combat obesity by placing an extra tax on sugary drinks was proposed by the California city of Berkeley on Tuesday,…
Southeast Asia Tackles Obesity with Stair Climbing and Cutting Calories
• Obesity • Jun 09 14
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that affects people of all ages. Since obesity can increase one’s risk of developing numerous other health conditions, losing…
How Obesity Leads to Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Jun 08 14
Findings about the biological links between obesity, type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance may also shed light on the connection between cancer and obesity,…
Does your stomach bacteria protect you from obesity?
• Obesity • Jun 02 14
The germ Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most stomach ulcers, but new research in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics suggests that treating the bacteria…
Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • May 31 14
Children and teens with type 1 diabetes are already at increased risk for becoming overweight or obese, but certain traits make the odds even…
Where one lives matters in the relationship between obesity and life satisfaction
• Obesity • May 29 14
A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied…
Economic slowdown tied to rise in obesity in richer nations: OECD
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 28 14
The rate of obesity continues to climb across the world’s most developed countries, with certain nations and groups of people such as women and…
What Role Does MSG Play in Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease?
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 27 14
The commonly used food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been linked to obesity and disorders associated with the metabolic syndrome including progressive liver disease.…
Study shows how common obesity gene contributes to weight gain
• Genetics • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • May 23 14
Researchers have discovered how a gene commonly linked to obesity - FTO - contributes to weight gain. The study shows that variations in FTO…
Review says inexpensive food a key factor in rising obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 22 14
A new review summarizes what is known about economic factors tied to the obesity epidemic in the United States and concludes many common beliefs…
Intuitions about the causes of rising obesity are often wrong, researchers report
• Obesity • May 22 14
Everything you think you know about the causes of rising obesity in the U.S. might be wrong, researchers say in a new report.
…Unhealthy food taxes vital to fight obesity: U.N. investigator
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 19 14
Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to global health than the increasingly regulated sale of tobacco and governments should move fast to tax harmful…
Sugar implicated in cardiovascular disease risk independent of weight gain
• Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • May 16 14
Researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago have uncovered evidence that sugar has a direct effect on risk factors for heart disease, and is…