Coinciding with World Obesity Day, over 100 medical and scientific organisations have today pledged their…
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Familial psoriasis may not be tied to obesity
(HealthDay)—Obesity does not necessarily induce or contribute to familial psoriasis, according to a study published…
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Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
With unexpected findings about a protein that’s highly expressed in fat tissue, scientists at Scripps…
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Warm, affectionate mothers reduce their babies' risks of obesity
A mother’s love can cut obesity risks: Babies whose moms are ‘warm and sensitive’ while…
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Beyond signaling risk, blood pressure and obesity causally related to lifespan
Researchers are exploring the cause and effect relationships between common health indicators and lifespan, by…
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Obesity linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with genetics and lifestyle also raising risk
Obesity is linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D),…
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Professors examine what influences healthy, sustainable food choices
“We eat first with our eyes.” This comment has been attributed to Marcus Gavius Apicius,…
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Food insecurity in toddler years linked to poor health, but not obesity
Young children, who grow up in homes with limited access to nutritious foods (known as…
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Lab-on-a-chip may help identify new treatments for liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — the accumulation of liver fat in people who drink…
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Promising clinical trial results for drug for rare disease in which patients can’t eat fat
People with familial chylomicronemia syndrome are born with a genetic mutation that means they can’t…
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