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Hip replacement surgery: NHS needs to change weight policies
BMI policies reduce access to hip replacement surgery.
How chronic stress drives the brain to crave comfort food?
Stress can override natural satiety cues to drive more food intake and boost cravings for sweets.
Study discovers obesity amplifies loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity
Obesity-associated factors contributing to reduce longevity of COVID-19 vaccine immunity.
Fasting diet could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
The first study to assess how the body processes and uses glucose after eating a meal.
Study identifies a link between late-night eating and obesity
Scientists find eating time affects how the body stores fat and regulates appetite hormones.
Research reveals a protein that regulates body weight
The discovery deepens our understanding of the way our bodies respond to food.
How brain cells use fat determines weight gain in mice
The study could help scientists identify a potential target for treating obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
How human fat cells are affected by age?
A growing awareness of the health toll attributable to obesity in modern, industrialized nations has added importance to efforts to understand the causes and...
Losing weight and keeping it off linked to cardiometabolic benefits
Maintaining weight loss is associated with more favorable heart disease, stroke, and diabetes risk factors compared to regaining weight after three years.
Eating nuts may help prevent excessive weight gain
Substituting half a daily serving of unhealthy foods with nuts may help stave off gradual weight gain.
Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight
More than six out of ten grown-ups in the UK are overweight, and one of every four adults is obese. By age five, just...
Daily weighing may be key to losing weight
A new study to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018, daily weighing can help you lose weight. Individuals who don't...