Page 7 - Obesity

Obesity 'epidemic' affects one in 10 worldwide

30% of the world population believed to be either obese or overweight by 2015: Study

Obesity may lead to a decreasing lung function, warn doctors

For 63-year-old Kumar Shahani, a weight loss surgery has helped alleviating the risk of pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal condition that he had developed wherein a blood clot got lodged in an artery of his lung, blocking blood flow to part of the vital organ. Pulmonary embolism can damage part of the lung due to restricted blood flow, decrease oxygen levels in blood, and affect other organs as well. Large or multiple blood clots can be fatal. According to Dr Ramen Goel, senior bariatric surgeon and Director, Center of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Wockhardt Hospitals, obesity was one of the major reasons for Shahani, a Mumbai resident, who weighed 174 kgs, developing the life-threatening condition and urgently needed to reduce weight. "It is known that morbid obesity can lead to a decreasing lung volume, reduced chest wall and increased respiratory resistance. It also promotes abnormalities in ventilation/perfusion balance causing hypoxemia (low oxygen in the blood) at ..

Want to cut obesity risk? Cook meals at home, skip TV, videos during meals

The study was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder

This rising obesity burden is the outcome of a host of factors

Kids inherit obesity from parents: Research

Research is very relevant to India as around 30 million people in the country are obese

Nearly 76 per cent people are 'overfat' globally: Study

'Overfat' has been defined as a condition of having sufficient excess body fat to impair health

'Workplace cake culture' may fuel obesity risk: Experts

2016 Great British Bake Off runner-up Jane Beedle said that cake could 'bring joy to the office'

Why obese people can't stick to gym programmes decoded

The team also studied the connection between inactivity and weight gain

Obesity in teenage years may cause diabetes-related deaths later in life

The average age at death was 50 years, and diabetes caused about 1.5 per cent of all deaths in the group during the follow-up period

Mid-life obesity is making your brain older by 10 years

Brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior

Skinny people with obesity issue? A rare window for researchers

Leptin treatment aided Johnson and brought her cholesterol and triglyceride levels back to normal

Turns out, obesity is three times deadlier for men than women

Excess risk of premature death (before age 70) among those who are overweight or obese is about three times in men

High BMI may increase spread of blood cancer: study

Obesity is seen as a cause for many cancers, with each 5 kg per metre square rise in BMI linked to a 10% increase in cancer-related deaths

Eating pasta will not make you obese: study

Study data shows that enjoying pasta according to individual needs contributes to a healthy BMI, lower waist circumference and better waist-hip ratio

Copper, an obesity-tackling gold?

It helps move fat out of fat cells - called adipocytes - and into the blood stream for use as energy

Over 40% US women obese: Study

The researchers analysed data obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey