Two-Thirds of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Due to These Four Conditions
Model suggests higher risk based on race and age, offers insights to reduce disease impact. A modeling study suggests a majority of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations…
Obesity
Significant Advance in the Treatment of Obesity: “Gamechanger” Drug Cuts Body Weight by 20%
One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (greater than or equal to 20%) of their…
Not Obese After All: Captive Asian Elephants Are Actually Less Fat Than the Average Human
When Daniella Chusy, currently at Indiana University, USA, learned that many captive elephants were thought to be overweight and that their low birth rates suggested…
Obesity, Impaired Metabolic Health and COVID-19: The Interconnection of Global Pandemics
In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology article authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) highlight the interconnection of obesity and impaired metabolic health with…
Changing Diets – Not Less Physical Activity – May Best Explain Childhood Obesity Crisis
Findings among children in Amazonian Ecuador offer insights into relative importance of diet vs. energy expenditure for rise in obesity. Variation in consumption of market-acquired…
Scientists Discover a Gene to Stay Thin – Protects Against Diet-Induced Obesity
A noticeable impact on the waistline of many people is a side-effect of the quarantine due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. Reduced activity and lack…
Scientists Investigate the Health Risks Raised by Ultra-Processed Foods
Industrially produced foods, such as snacks, chips, convenience foods, carbonated drinks, increase the risk of death, especially from cardiovascular causes. Supermarket shelves are increasingly flooded…
Scientists Investigate Mysterious “Obesity Paradox”
Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent between those with obesity and…
Obesity / Type 2 Diabetes Changes Cell Response to Glucose, Uses Slower Metabolic Path
Trans-omic network shows obese mice modeling Type 2 diabetes chart a different path for responding to glucose than healthy peers. Healthy cells and cells with…
Humanity’s Oldest Sculptures: Researchers New Theory on “Venus” Figurines May Have Solved Mystery
Investigators say humanity’s oldest sculptures may be linked to climate change, diet. One of world’s earliest examples of art, the enigmatic `Venus’ figurines carved some…
New Evidence for Using Testosterone Therapy to Treat Obesity – Mean Weight Loss of 50 Pounds
New research covering 11 years of data presented at this year’s European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO 2020) show that, in obese men suffering…
BMI Is a More Powerful Risk Factor for Diabetes Than Genetics – Losing Weight Could Prevent or Even Reverse Diabetes
Losing weight could prevent or even reverse diabetes, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 In 2019, approximately 463 million people…
MIT Develops Synthetic Coating for the Gut That Could Block Glucose Absorption to Treat Diabetes & Obesity
MIT engineers devise a temporary film that could deliver drugs or aid in digestion and may help treat diabetes, infections, and other conditions. By making…
Obesity Linked With Higher Risk for Coronavirus Complications – May Spell Problems for COVID-19 Vaccine
UNC-Chapel Hill study raises concern that COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective for those with obesity. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection…
Same Metabolic Benefits Gained From Major Weight Loss – Whether From Diet or Gastric Bypass Surgery
For severely obese, it’s the weight loss alone that drives improvements such as remission of diabetes. Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to…
Lipoic Acid Supplements Help Overweight People Lose Weight in Clinical Trial
A compound given as a dietary supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical trial caused many of the patients to slim down,…
Obese Black and Minority Ethnic Communities Much Higher-Risk of Contracting COVID-19
Obese people among black and minority ethnic communities (BME) are at around two times higher the risk of contracting COVID-19 than white Europeans, a study…
New Remote Weight-Loss Method Helps Slash Pounds – Maximum Weight Loss for the Lowest Cost
Losing weight during COVID-19 pandemic is urgent as obesity increases risk of severe disease and death. Losing weight during the COVID-19 pandemic has increasing urgency…