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Teen Obesity, Later Pancreatic Cancer Risk Linked?
Your odds of getting pancreatic cancer can quadruple if you're obese as a teen, researchers have found. But it's still rare, and even with increased odds, the likelihood of...
3 hours ago - Web MD
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Vary According to Obesity Subtype
Researchers identified four separate classes of obesity
4 hours ago - MedPageToday
Bariatric embolization targets ghrelin for weight loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Left gastric artery embolization - an interventional radiology procedure in which microparticles are introduced by catheter into the artery to partially...
5 hours ago - Healio
How a Low-Carb Diet Might Help You Maintain a Healthy Weight
Adults who cut carbohydrates from their diets and replaced them with fat sharply increased their metabolisms.
5 hours ago - NY Times - 2 articles
Low-Carb Diet Wins for Weight Maintenance
Metabolic effect may improve success of obesity treatment
6 hours ago - MedPageToday - 2 articles
Fast rise in hyper obesity in the US
We all know how bad the obesity problem is but I found this article on MSNBC that is saying that the growth is people more than 100 pounds over - the Hyper Obese - is growing...
6 hours ago - Fitness Tips for Life
With ‘bliss points' and ‘mouth feel,' food industry plays role in hedonic eating habits
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. is helped along, in part, by a savvy food industry that uses a combination of science and expert marketing to...
8 hours ago - Healio
Pharmacotherapy underutilized in treatment of pediatric obesity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Pharmacotherapy is still not a universally accepted treatment strategy for pediatric obesity, according to survey data presented at the ObesityWeek annual...
8 hours ago - Healio
Large Babies Born to Diabetic Mothers are at High Obesity Risk
Large for gestational age babies born to mothers with diabetes are at a higher risk of becoming overweight or obese during childhood, compared to AGA babies. Obesity in LGA...
10 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Genome studies set to transform advances in obesity research
Kari North, PhD, professor in the department of epidemiology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences in the school of public health at the University of North Carolina at...
11 hours ago - Healio
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Low carb diets DO work and are the best way to help slimmers keep weight...
A new study from Boston Children's Hospital has found that levels of ghrelin, a hormone that increases appetite, were lower in those on a low-carb diet than a high-carb diet.
3 Natural drinks that can promote weight loss
When it comes to weight loss methods, fad diets are the least effective. The key to losing weight is following a healthy diet and exercising regularly. You can also shed the...
Researchers say that a traditional Ethiopian plant shows potential as a...
It might have been eliminated as a public health problem in the U.S., but malaria continues to plague many other parts of the world. In Ethiopia, the infectious disease is...
Vitamin C can prevent gout
Vitamin C has been reported to prevent and treat infection, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Another study has shown that it can also prevent gout. Gout is one of the most...
Diet Fluctuations May Elevate the Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes
Changes in eating patterns may be closely linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, finds a new study.
World Diabetes Day: Obesity Among Diabetics On the Rise in Urban India
Obesity among diabetics is on the rise in India and majority of patients prefer to have fewer large meals than small meals, reveals a new study on type 2 diabetes patients in...
Scientists: Taking EPA and DHA omega-3s reduces your risk of cardiac death
Omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce your risk of heart disease - even if the mainstream media is trying to say otherwise. While Big Pharma is trying to get everyone under the...
Organic fertilizer can be used to increase crop yield in plants grown in...
A study published in the journal Biological Agriculture & Horticulture assessed soil nitrogen oxidation through field incubation, and analyzed the rate of nitrogen release by...
The importance of magnesium in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes
Estimates suggest that over 30 million Americans have some form of diabetes, and it is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Type 2 diabetes is on the rise...
Simple Steps to Weight Loss Success - These Work Every Time
If you are someone who has been struggling to lose weight for a long time, then probably you are wondering if anyone else has been able to get rid of their fat bellies and...