An unexpected discovery has shown that certain widespread beliefs about healthy eating habits may be false, and actually causing people to put on weight. The finding came from a researcher at the University of British Columbia and was published in Cell Metabolism. The study set out to observe...
Reading the headlines of web articles about this obesity and depression study is like*witnessing a game of "telephone" between narcissists, idiots and sociopaths. Oof. A truly stunning*example of how health studies get distorted in the media. More »
Study: Obesity Gene May Fight Depression...
In October 2011, Denmark introduced a fat tax to tackle obesity, which seemed pretty progressive for a country with an obesity rate that, while serious, is still much lower than our own (13% in Denmark vs. 35% in the U.S.). But a year later, they're canning the tax altogether; it turns out it...
New research from the University of Adelaide shows that Australia's Generation X is already on the path to becoming more obese than their baby boomer predecessors. Studies show that boomers currently have the highest level of obesity of any age group in Australia. However, new research by...
The Ontario Medical Association really, really wants to curb obesity*and discourage people from eating junk food. And although what they've come up with is pretty nauseating, we have to give them kudos: Instead of going the ever-popular fat-shaming route, they're taking cues from the arguably...
New research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine sheds light on how overeating can cause a malfunction in brain insulin signaling, and lead to obesity and diabetes. Christoph Buettner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease) and his research team found...
In the body's ongoing effort to maintain a healthy weight, an arsenal of cellular proteins called androgen receptors is critical for blocking fat accumulation. Now researchers reporting in the September issue of the Cell Press Journal Chemistry & Biology have discovered that naturally occurring...
Pregnant women who are highly exposed to common environmental chemicals - polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) - have babies that are smaller at birth and larger at 20 months of age, according to a study from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health published online in Environmental Health...
A new study comparing the lifestyle of Westerners with that of hunter-gatherers challenges the idea that the current obesity crisis is due to lack of physical activity. The researchers suggest the more likely explanation is over-consumption of calories, particularly due to the presence of...
Researchers have developed a new metric to measure obesity, called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI, that combines the existing metrics of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference and shows a better correlation with death rate than do either of these individual measures. The full results are...
Good news fellow couch potatoes: If sweating your ass off in this summer heat in an effort to lose a few pounds is not exactly appealing, a new vaccine could help "cure" that expanding waistline--without ever leaving the comfort of our couch, of course. More »Post from: Blisstree
It's no surprise that Coca-Cola is pushing back against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial idea to ban super-sized sodas, but it is surprising that the world's largest sugary soft drink manufacturer takes absolutely no responsibility for America's obesity problem. More »Post from...
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Dear brothers and sisters in Allah, here is a group of scientific news about obesity, the dangerous phenomenon that cost America 147 billion Dollars yearly!! And from which...
McDonald's has long been critiqued for contributing to obesity and chronic health problems, but this year the company's shareholders themselves are battling over whether the company should publicly 'fess up to their impact--specifically on child obesity. Shareholders voted on a resolution for...
In a highlighted paper published online in Nature Communications, researchers from Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the atlas of DNA methylomes in porcine adipose and muscle tissues, providing a valuable epigenomic source for obesity...
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed in an article in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann...
New study says 20% fat tax would curb obesity; since fat-shaming is easier than fixing food subsidies that make junk food cheap. More »Post from: Blisstree
Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation. In fact, in the analysis of 104 potential living kidney donors, 23 (22 percent) donors were...
European Researchers discovered a new cause of obesity, called "social jet lag" (because eating crappy food and getting next to know physical activity is probably not it). We're pretty sure it's just another word for "sleeping in," based on TIME's description More »Post from: Blisstree
Lorcaserin, an investigational obesity drug, was given a positive recommendation by the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee, which advises the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Committee voted 18 to 4 in favor, with one abstention, in advising the FDA whether to approve...