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Time-restricted eating vs. daily calorie restriction in reducing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Adults with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease did not see additional reductions in intrahepatic triglyceride while on a time-restricted eating regimen compared to subjects on a daily calorie-restriction diet. This ...
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Study identifies potential new target to treat obesity-associated allergic asthma
New research out of the University of Vermont is homing in on why people with asthma often have worse symptoms if they are obese. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and ...
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Shedding pounds may benefit your heart—even if some weight is regained
Losing weight with lifestyle changes in an intensive behavioral weight loss program was associated with a decrease in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes for at least five years—even if some weight ...
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Compassion could be key to combating body shame
University of Queensland researchers have found compassion could reduce self-criticism, body shaming and depression in overweight or obese adults.
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Social media and the self-perpetuating cycle of risk for body image and eating disorders
With recent reports finding that 91% of U.K. and U.S. adolescents use social media and that over 50% check their accounts at least once per hour, researchers decided to have a look into the influence of so much social media ...
Study: Post-bariatric surgery exercise modulates brain regions associated with regulation of food intake
Physical exercise practiced by patients submitted to bariatric surgery acts on brain regions involved in food intake, reducing hunger or accelerating satiety, for example. This was the result observed in a clinical trial ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Tools for more accurate obesity risk assessment based on sex, ethnicity
For decades, health care practitioners have used body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of a person's health. But this equation only considers height and weight, and may not capture an accurate picture of a person's risk for ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Researchers: Older people have eating disorders too, but they're a largely ignored group
Josie (not her real name) has bulimia. She is prescribed steroids to manage a lung condition and heart failure and has gained a significant amount of weight as a result of using the drugs. Her body mass index (BMI) is over ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Surge in eating disorders spurs state legislative action
Stranded at home amid pandemic lockdowns in spring 2020, Emma Warford stumbled down a social media rabbit hole in her quest to get in shape. Viral 28-day fitness challenges. YouTubers promising "hourglass abs." Diet videos ...
Mar 23, 2023
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New survey finds COVID-19 pandemic changed public's view of obesity
Nearly a third of Americans (29%) say COVID-19 made them more worried than ever about having obesity prompting about 28 million people to consider weight-loss methods they hadn't thought about before the pandemic began, including ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Ozempic will give way to another quick-fix diet drug, then another and another, expert predicts
It may be impossible to avoid the current hype around Ozempic, a new weight-loss promoting drug that's so ubiquitous it ended up mentioned in Jimmy Kimmel's Oscar monolog.
Mar 22, 2023
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More physical education policies in schools have not curbed childhood obesity, say researchers
Laws that require physical education (PE) in elementary schools are not curbing the obesity epidemic, according to a new study from public policy researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Iowa.
Mar 22, 2023
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Colorado—a national hub for eating disorder treatment—hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness
Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver.
Mar 22, 2023
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Novel drug makes mice skinny even on sugary, fatty diet
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a high-sugar, high-fat ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Waist-to-height ratio, not BMI, accurately indicates outcomes in patients with heart failure, says study
New research has debunked the idea that there is an "obesity paradox," whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be less likely to end up in hospital or die than people of normal weight.
Mar 21, 2023
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Diet and exercise programs alone won't tackle childhood obesity, says study
Focusing on immediate fixes such as diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity, according to a new study that for the first time maps the complex pathways that lead to obesity in childhood.
Mar 21, 2023
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Obesity risk may pass from mothers to daughters
Women with obesity may share risk for the disease with their daughters, but not their sons, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Mar 21, 2023
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Research shows that built environment is the strongest predictor of adolescent obesity, related health behaviors
New research shows that the built environment, not social and economic environments, is a strong predictor of adolescents' body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity status, and eating behaviors, according to a new study ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Weight stigmatizing experiences associated with disordered eating behaviors
In research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School found positive parenting and family factors were associated with reduced risk for disordered eating behaviors ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Ozempic helps weight loss by making you feel full, but certain foods can do the same thing—without the side-effects
You've probably heard about the medication Ozempic, used to manage type 2 diabetes and as a weight loss drug.
Mar 20, 2023
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