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As obesity becomes a global health threat, scientists are discovering new details about how this complex affliction affects the body--and about the many factors that bring it on. In a partnership with theVisualMD, here is a look at the fascinating details behind this common condition
September 22, 2011 |
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A new detailed picture of the biological consequences of the global weight problem, as visualized by the scientifically tuned illustrations of theVisualMD
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New research reveals that the obesity epidemic in children has more complex causes than just diet and exercise
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Although science has revealed a lot about metabolic processes that influence our weight, the key to success may lie elsewhere
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Shared attitudes might not be the only force shaping women's weight gain in social circles
As the obesity epidemic accelerates, more researchers are looking to prenatal risk factors
Defining obesity in children and recalibrating the caloric needs of overweight kids are key steps in shrinking the epidemic, researchers say
Could added incentives and other changes to the federal food stamp program trim rampant obesity rates among low-income groups?
San Francisco may stop restaurants from offering toys as an incentive to buy unhealthy food aimed at kids. One professor of nutrition, food studies and public health says this is a pretty good start, but more can be done
Two researchers suggest making morbid childhood obesity a crime
For healthy body weight, the brain's reward system may need to be 'just right'
If you're an obese person and can trace your being significantly overweight to some combination of genetic factors, there’s a good chance that your genetic makeup would have given you a leg-up over your “naturally skinny” peers if only you’d been born about 10,000 years earlier
The condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, owing to medical expenses and missed days of work
Middle- and low-income regions tended to have the highest blood pressure
The new range of lowest mortality risk for healthy non-smokers falls within the current span of "normal" BMIs for men and women
Being overweight has taken the lead as contributing the most to preventable poor health in the U.S.
In this episode University of North Carolina Chapel Hill nutrition epidemiologist Barry Popkin discusses the growing problem of obesity, even in developing countries that only recently faced hunger as their primary diet challenge
The diversity of germs in the human gut suggests microbiota play a greater role in health than previously thought, even driving obesity and other metabolic conditions
Sugar is still pleasurable even when it isn't sweet—an important clue to the rise of obesity
In this episode University of North Carolina Chapel Hill nutrition epidemiologist Barry Popkin discusses the growing problem of obesity, even in developing countries that only recently faced hunger as their primary diet challenge
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