Obesity And Overweight News
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Eat your breakfast to prevent future weight gain, decrease chances of becoming obese
Skipping breakfast is a predictor of future weight gain and increases your chances of becoming obese, according to a new study presented at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in San Diego, California, this week. Researchers looked at 347 healthy men and women over a period of 12 years. All of
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Findings link artificial sweeteners to obesity , diabetes: Study
A new study tonight about artificial sweeteners researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University report findings linking artificial sweeteners. To obesity and diabetes they say no calorie sweeteners used to diet drinks coffee and he can change the metabolism in mice and how
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Can being cold help you lose weight?
No one likes to be cold enough to shiver, but what if being cold could actually increase your metabolism, improve blood sugar and help you lose weight? A study done on mice at the University of Tokyo supports this idea. The researchers found that a certain type of cells called beige fat can
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Belly fat is bad for your heart, researchers say
New research presented to the European society of cardiology today show that those with extra belly fat. Which is known as central obesity have the highest heart disease risk even more surprising people with a normal body mass index or BMI. But with central obesity were 76%. More likely to have
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Belly fat is bad for your heart, researchers say
We know that carrying around extra weight puts your heart health at risk. New research presented on Friday to the European Society for Cardiology shows that the location of your fat is just as important as the amount of it. Adults with normal body mass index (BMI) and extra belly fat (termed
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Junk food TV advertising likely highest when kids are watching, study says
A new study in Australia looked at how much junk food advertising kids were exposed to and the numbers were staggering. Food advertising can directly affect the types of foods that children actually eat, The World Health Organization has said. To establish just how much food advertising children
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Woman claims doctors ignored cancer symptoms because of her weight: 'It was very scary'
A woman who alleges that she was misdiagnosed by doctors because of her weight is sharing her story. Rebecca Hiles, 28, said she was told by doctors that her health problems were related to her weight. But it turns out that Hiles was suffering from cancer. "It was very scary to sort of exists in a
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Woman says her doctor told her she was just fat, when in fact she had cancer
Rebecca Hiles is speaking out after she says she was misdiagnosed and body-shamed by her doctor who dismissed her health concerns.
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What to know about diverticulitis, after Sen. John McCain's surgery
On Monday, the office of Senator John McCain released a statement saying he was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona and underwent surgery for diverticulitis . The condition is very common in the United States and has many variations and treatment options, depending on the individual
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Girls born to obese moms far more likely to start puberty early, study finds
Girls born to obese mothers are more likely to start puberty early than daughters of normal-weight or underweight mothers, new research finds. The study, published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology , involved more than 15,000 girls ages 6 to 11 in Northern California, using doctors'