News tagged with human obesity
Childhood obesity -- what are the health risks?
It is widely suspected that the current wave of obesity among children will result in greater rates of cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the next few decades. But a second systematic review of research into childhood ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Research indicates obesity and diabetes risk is determined in the womb
New research from Warwick Medical School indicates some of your risk of developing obesity, diabetes and heart conditions is pre-determined whilst in the womb and by improving the pregnant mother’s diet and vitamins ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Cooking in the classroom to fight childhood obesity
Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the importance of reaching our children early to form good food habits. However, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Toxins could make you fat - depending on gut bugs
Could persistent pollutants like DDT and PCBs or chemicals found in plastics be making you fat or diabetic? The answer may depend on what sort of bacteria you have churning around in your gut, according to Cornell scientists.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Water channels in the body help cells remain in balance
microscopical water channels are also present in the cells of the body, where they ensure that water can be transported through the protective surface of the cell. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Experiments suggest research avenues for treating excess fat storage and obesity
A team of scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and Yale University have begun to unravel the complex process by which cells take in and store microscopic fat molecules, suggesting new directions for further research into ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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New tool to help predict death in overweight and obese people
A new tool -- the Edmonton obesity staging system (EOSS) -- improves on current methods to predict the risk of death in overweight and obese people, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Aug 15, 2011 |
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New link found between obesity and insulin resistance
Obesity is the main culprit in the worldwide avalanche of type 2 diabetes. But how excess weight drives insulin resistance, the condition that may lead to the disease, is only partly understood. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes ...
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Overweight men have poorer sperm count
Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Study gives clues to how obesity spreads socially
Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy
Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Brain Versus Gut: Our Inborn Food Fight
(PhysOrg.com) -- The relatively larger human brain makes us the most intelligent of the primates. But if we're so smart, how come we've eaten our way into an obesity epidemic? One reason is the relatively ...
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Understanding the relationship between bacteria and obesity
Research presented today sheds new light on the role bacteria in the digestive tract may play in obesity. The studies, which were presented at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, paint a picture ...
May 26, 2010 |
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More obesity blues: Obese people are at greater risk for developing Alzheimer's
Obesity is on a rampage, with the World Health Organization pegging the numbers at more than 300 million worldwide, with a billion more overweight. With obesity comes the increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Type II ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim
Researchers from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to indicate that probiotics have a slimming effect.
May 05, 2009 |
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