obesity
Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a direct impact on their physical health, according to new research from Purdu…
Obesity and knee osteoarthritis shorten healthy years of life
Boston, MA — An estimated 10 million Americans suffer from knee osteoarthritis (OA), making it one of the most common causes of disability in the US. Due to obesity and symptomatic knee OA, Americans over the age of 50 will together lose the equiv…
Calorie labeling has no effect on teenagers’ or parents’ food purchases
(New York, NY) February 15, 2011 — A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an e…
Obesity takes heavy toll on knee arthritis
More than 14 million visits were made to physicians’ offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems. Five new studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) look at the effect that obesity has on …
Losing body fat before pregnancy can be beneficial for the baby
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 2, 2011) — Obesity among women of childbearing age is increasing worldwide. Because babies of obese mothers are themselves predisposed to obesity, society can reasonably expect the epidemic of obese and overweight people to cont…
Obesity in horses could be as high as in humans
At least one in five horses used for leisure are overweight or obese. It’s a condition which can lead to laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome.
The pilot study, carried out by The University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Scie…
Nuclear receptors reveal possible interventions for cancer, obesity
HOUSTON, Jan. 10, 2011 — Research with significant implications in the treatment and intervention of cancer and obesity has been published recently in two prestigious journals by University of Houston (UH) biochemist Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson….
Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients
[EMBARGOED FOR JAN. 5, 2011] For those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death, according to an analysis of a public health surveillance database. In a study to be published in t…
Research on obesity targets the brain’s use of fatty acids
AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 4, 2011) – Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have created a new and exciting mouse model to study how lipid sensing and metabolism in the brain relate to the regulation of energy balance and body weight…
DGAC report offers food and nutrition practitioners insights on helping combat obesity epidemic
St. Louis, MO, October 26, 2010 — In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a…
Adiponectin shows potential in blocking obesity-related carcinogenesis
A research team from Emory University School of Medicine investigated the role between adiponectin and leptin in obesity-related carcinogenesis. Their findings, published in the November issue of Hepatology, suggest that the protein hormone adipone…