You are here : health.am > Health Centers > Obesity
Obesity
Stress hormone, depression trigger obesity in girls
• Depression • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Feb 24 10
Depression raises stress hormone levels in teenaged boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, says a new study .
Early…
Obesity ‘could cost us £3 billion a year’
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
Scotland is sitting on an obesity timebomb that could end up costing the country £3 billion a year, according to a report released on…
First obesity clinic in govt hospital
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
Economically weaker sections suffer from excess weight gain as well, find docs at LN Hospital, MAMC
Taking the “obesity epidemic” head-on, the Capital’s largest…
Obesity timebomb: Eight in 10 men will be overweight by 2020
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
Eight out of 10 men and almost seven in 10 women will be overweight or obese by 2020, according to a new report.
While…
Proposed laws aimed at fixing childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
A pair of legislative bills could bring about major overhauls to schools’ physical education and food programs if they become law.
Senate Bill…
On Michelle Obama’s obesity campaign
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
First lady Michelle Obama has chosen what she hopes will be her legacy for the nation: the “Let’s Move” campaign to curb childhood obesity.…
Obesity linked to kidney stone risk
• Obesity • • Urine Problems • Feb 22 10
New research cautions that obesity, mild or severe, almost doubles the chances of developing kidney stones.
Findings of the study suggest that the condition…
Obesity rise on death certificates, researchers say
• Obesity • Feb 22 10
There has been a “dramatic rise” in deaths in England in which obesity was a contributory factor, researchers say.
They said death certificates showed…
California soda tax bill to fight childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 19 10
A California lawmaker introduced legislation on Thursday that would tax sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks and use the proceeds to bankroll programs to battle…
Diabetes helps explain obesity-birth defect link
• Childbirth • • Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Feb 19 10
While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows…
Grandparents who care for children ‘boost obesity risk’
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
Young children who are regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, an extensive British study has suggested.
Analysis…
Packaged Foods and Obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
The problem of obesity is now called a worldwide epidemic. Obesity has been correlated with a host of health problems, including type II diabetes…
Childhood Obesity: A Matter of Life and Death
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
First Lady Michelle Obama has announced her intent to make children’s health a national priority. She, like many health experts, is alarmed that obesity…
Childhood obesity linked to premature death in adulthood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
One study led by Dr. John Harrington at Eastern Virginia Medical School and colleagues shows that half the children in the study by the…
Tiny fruit fly tongue holds clues to obesity
• Obesity • Feb 15 10
A fruit fly’s tiny tongue holds clues to our eating habits, potentially opening new ways to treat obesity, says a new study.
Drosophila,…
Start obesity prevention in the cradle, study urges
• Obesity • Feb 15 10
A team of US doctors has urged that obesity screening start in the cradle after a study they conducted showed that half of US…
Research Highlights Role of Protein Pair in Obesity Regulation
• Obesity • Feb 12 10
New research by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair’s “team effort” in regulating…
2 years old—a childhood obesity tipping point?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 11 10
While many adults consider a chubby baby healthy, too many plump infants grow up to be obese teens, saddling them with Type-2 diabetes, elevated…
Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 11 10
A rare study that tracked thousands of children through adulthood found the heaviest youngsters were more than twice as likely as the thinnest to…
Simple family habits help kids avoid obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 11 10
Something as simple as sitting down to dinner together as a family can go a long way in helping a child fend off obesity.
…
Prepregnancy, obesity and gestational weight gain influence risk of preterm birth
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • Feb 10 10
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Slone Epidemiology Center and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that pre-pregnancy obesity…
Surgery better than diet, exercise in obese teens
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 10 10
Severely obese teens who had surgery to limit what they could eat lost more weight and enjoyed more health benefits than those who did…
Maternal obesity predisposes baby to Alzheimer’s
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 10 10
Maternal obesity causes cellular programming in utero that predisposes offspring to inflammation-related disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease, from…
Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 10 10
The rising incidents of childhood obesity is well documented. A recent Statistics Canada study found that 17 percent of Canadian children are overweight while…
Family meals, adequate sleep and limited TV may lower childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 08 10
A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one…