Page 6 - Obesity

India's first Covid-19 patient on ECMO support for 12 days defeats virus

Although she did not have any co-morbidity, doctors feel her obesity could be a reason behind her severe condition

Cutting down on sugary drinks might help reduce the global cancer cases

The link might be partly explained by their effect on onset of obesity.

People eating big breakfast may burn twice as many calories: Study

Eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar, according to study which may lead to better clinical dietary recommendations to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases. The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, assessed 16 men who consumed a low-calorie breakfast and high-calorie dinner -- and vice versa in a second round -- over the course of three days. "Our results show that a meal eaten for breakfast, regardless of the amount of calories it contains, creates twice as high diet-induced thermogenesis as the same meal consumed for dinner," said the study's corresponding author, Juliane Richter from the University of Lubeck in Germany. "This finding is significant for all people as it underlines the value of eating enough at breakfast," Richter said. According to the researchers, the human body expends energy when it digests food for the absorption, digestion, transport, and storage of ...

Teens who need to lose weight should quit staying up so late: Study

After 4 weeks, teens on sleep plans increased their average sleep time by about 1.2 hours a night and lost an average of 2.1 kilograms

How keeping a check on weight can help you avoid knee-related issues

Tips for healthy joints

Avoid obesity, maintain healthy lifestyle to lower risk of knee replacement

A balanced diet can help in maintaining good metabolism in the body in patients with obesity, diabetes, and cardiac illness

Psychiatric drugs can help obese people shed excess pounds, says study

People with mental health disorders are more likely to be obese than other individuals

Even a little exercise is better than no exercise for a longer, better life

People who were sedentary for 10 hours a day were 48 per cent more likely to die during the study than people who moved more

Parents, children can together manage weight through DRIVE curriculum

While parents generally ignore their kids' overeating, obese children have more chances of becoming an obese adult. A new study found that parents and children can together manage weight through Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise (DRIVE) curriculum.The study was published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour."Parents typically are the most important and influential people in a child's environment," said authors Keely Hawkins and Corby K. Martin, Louisiana State University System."Adding this weight management strategy to existing state and federal home visitation programs could help address the current childhood obesity crisis," they added.For the findings, the study was done on sixteen families. Children 2-6 years of age with a body mass index greater than the 75th percentile enrolled. Families were randomly assigned to receive health information only or DRIVE intervention.The DRIVE curriculum was provided during 15 in-person sessions ..

Weight-watchers, go back to grandma's kitchen to beat the fat and stay fit

Obesity is an epidemic and, as bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari warned the world, "For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little"

Researchers draw link between psychological distress, emotional eating, obesity

New Delhi, May 09 (ANI): People with lower incomes may be more likely to have obesity as a result of psychological distress that gives rise to emotional eating, recent findings suggest. As part of the latest study, as team of researchers explored whether the relationship between lower socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity is explained by psychological distress and subsequent emotional eating as a coping strategy. 150 participants from North West England from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds completed questionnaires measuring psychological distress, emotional eating and resilience. They reported their income and education level as an indicator of socioeconomic status and their height and weight in order to calculate body mass index (BMI). The findings were published in the Journal of Obesity. Researchers found that lower SES was associated with higher psychological distress, and higher distress was associated with higher emotional eating, which in turn predicted higher BMI. The stu

Counting your calories? A rice-based diet may help prevent obesity

A Japanese food or an Asian-food-style diet based on rice may help prevent obesity

Why are we still so fat?

Obesity's genetic connection was conclusively demonstrated in the 1980s in a series of papers showing that body weight is strongly inherited, almost as strongly as height

UK govt's plan to tackle obesity: Pizzas must shrink or lose toppings

The move comes as new figures show rates of severe obesity among children have risen by more than a third in just over a decade

AI from space, Google Maps are helping researchers spot obesity on earth

According to the researchers, assessing an area's obesity rates may help city planners develop more green areas to help people remain more physically active

The US is exporting obesity

The obesity epidemic has a much broader footprint, affecting advanced economies and most emerging markets

Taxes on sugary beverages are not enough to halt march of obesity in Asia

Due to time constraints and easy availability of affordable high-calorie foods, these migrant populations are also changing their eating habits

Are you 'overfat' ? Here are the best ways to tell

Although body fat is essential for normal health, in excess it is a risk factor for diseases

Mothers' obesity linked to higher risk of birth defects

The overall risk of serious birth defects was 4.1% for boys and 2.8% for girls

More than 10 per cent of the world is obese: Study

Researchers found that excess weight played a role in 4 million deaths in 2015