Obesity

For rising number of people, obesity is a literal headache (Medical Xpress, January 22, 2021)
Being fat linked with worse heart health even in people who exercise (European Society of Cardiology, January 22, 2021)
(Journal) Joint association of physical activity and body mass index with cardiovascular risk: a nationwide population-based cross-sectional study (European Journal of Preventative Cardiology, January 22, 2021)
Obesity impairs immune cell function, accelerates tumor growth (Harvard Medical School, December 9, 2020)
Gary Taubes: 'Obesity isn’t a calorie problem, it’s a hormone problem' (The Guardian, January 17, 2021)
(Journal) Obesity Shapes Metabolism in the Tumor Microenvironment to Suppress Anti-Tumor Immunity (Cell, December 9, 2020)
Aging, diet-induced obesity, and metabolic disease link explored in new research (University of Texas Health Center at Houston, December 15, 2020)
(Journal) Age-associated telomere attrition in adipocyte progenitors predisposes to metabolic disease (Nature Metabolism, December 14, 2020)
Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese (MedPage Today, December 11, 2020)
Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity Among Adults Aged 20 and Over: United States, 1960–1962 Through 2017–2018 (Health E-Stats, December 2020)
(Journal) Obesity Genes and Weight Loss During Lifestyle Intervention in Children With Obesity (JAMA Pediatric, December 14, 2020)
YES, MANY OF US ARE STRESS-EATING AND GAINING WEIGHT IN THE PANDEMIC (New York Times, December 10, 2020)
(Journal) THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS ON HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN ADULTS (Obesity, October 11, 2020)
Brown fat: Implications in obesity (Masonic Medical Research Institute, December 11, 2020)
(Journal) Both proliferation and lipogenesis of brown adipocytes contribute to postnatal brown adipose tissue growth in mice (Scientific Reports, November 23, 2020)
Study finds obesity contributes to 40% mortality gap between Black and white women with early breast cancer (Wiley, December 7, 2020)
Are high-protein total diet replacements the key to maintaining healthy weight? (American Society for Nutrition, November 18, 2020)
(Journal) A high-protein total diet replacement increases energy expenditure and leads to negative fat balance in healthy, normal-weight adults (Oxford Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 18, 2020)
LINK BETWEEN EXTRA POUNDS, SEVERE COVID-19 ILLNESS GROWS STRONGER (Mayo Clinic News Network, November 16, 2020)
(Journal) Obesity, comorbidities, and treatment selection in Black and White women with early breast cancer (Cancer, December 7, 2020)
Identification of new factor that offers potential new therapeutic strategy for obesity (Medical University of Vienna, November 17, 2020)
(Journal) The PI3K pathway preserves metabolic health through MARCO-dependent lipid uptake by adipose tissue macrophages (Nature Metabolism, November 16, 2020)
COVID-19 REVEALS HOW OBESITY HARMS THE BODY IN REAL TIME, NOT JUST OVER A LIFETIME (The Conversation, November 9, 2020)
UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity (The Guardian, November 10, 2020)
(Journal) Suppression of Insulin Secretion in the Treatment of Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (Obesity, November 5, 2020)
More Americans on diets from a decade ago, report finds (Medical Xpress, November 3, 2020)
LOCKDOWNS MADE TAMING OBESITY EVEN TOUGHER, STUDY SHOWS (HealthDay, November 3, 2020)
Scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes (Princeton University, October 21, 2020)
Urbanization and market integration have strong, nonlinear effects on cardiometabolic health in the Turkana (Sciences Advances, October 21, 2020)
HOW OBESITY COULD CREATE PROBLEMS FOR A COVID VACCINE 9 Nature, October 20, 2020)
CHRONIC DISEASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH FAILURES FUEL COVID-19 PANDEMIC (University of Melbourne, October 16, 2020)
(Journal) Global health: time for radical change? (The Lancet, October 17, 2020)
Belly fat may signal early heart issues for Mexican Americans (Medical Xpress, October 15, 2020)
Ongoing obesity epidemic among children sparks call for expanded nutrition benefits, stricter school meal standards (Food Navigator, October 14, 2020)
(Journal) Prioritizing Children's Health during the pandemic (State of Childhood Obesity, October 14, 2020)
Doctors urged to tackle malnutrition in obesity (Medical News Today, October 6, 2020)
EXPERTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT COVID-19'S EFFECT ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY (Washington Post, October 6, 2020)
Study finds that environment plays a role in kids' obesity (University of Oregon, October 6, 2020)
By banishing cartoons and adding warnings, Mexico takes on obesity (AlterNet, October 5, 2020)
STUDIES BEGIN TO UNTANGLE OBESITY'S ROLE IN COVID-19 (New York Times, September 29, 2020)
(Study) INDIVIDUALS WITH OBESITY AND COVID-19: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS (Obesity Reviews, August 26, 2020)
Genetic risk of developing obesity is driven by variants that affect the brain (University of Copenhagen, September 29, 2020)
Study finds obesity medicine specialists are using evidence-based care (Johns Hopkins University, September 29, 2020)
(Study) Physicians certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine provide evidence‐based care (Clinical Obesity, September 10, 2020)
Genetic mapping of etiologic brain cell types for obesity (eLife, September 21, 2020)
Food insecurity in the US increasingly linked to obesity (Medical News Today, September 24, 2020)
World first study links obesity with reduced brain plasticity (University of South Australia, September 24, 2020)
(Study) Obesity is Associated with Reduced Plasticity of the Human Motor Cortex (Brain Sciences, August 21, 2020)
Excess belly fat linked to higher risk of early death regardless of total body fat (British Medical Journal, September 24, 2020)
(Study) Central fatness and risk of all cause mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 72 prospective cohort studies (British Medical Journal, September 23, 2020)
COVID-19 WORKS WITH BACTERIA TO INCREASE DISEASE SEVERITY IN OBESITY AND DIABETES (eLife, September 15, 2020)
(Study) OBESITY AND DIABETES AS COMORBIDITIES FOR COVID-19: Underlying mechanisms and the role of viral–bacterial interactions (eLife, September 15, 2020)
Losing 13 percent of your weight could lead to big improvements in your health (Washington Post, September 13, 2020)
INDIVIDUALS WITH OBESITY AND COVID-19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships (Obesity Reviews, August 26, 2020)
Maternal obesity may alter fetal brain development (Healthday, September 8, 2020)
An examination of maternal prenatal BMI and human fetal brain development (The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, August 10, 2020)
DOCTORS STUDYING WHY OBESITY MAY BE TIED TO SERIOUS COVID-19 (Medical Xpress, September 8, 2020)
Obesity strategy: Policies placing responsibility on individuals don't work (The Conversation, August 19, 2020)
Weight between young adulthood and midlife linked to mortality: study (Boston University School of Medicine, August 14, 2020)
Maternal obesity and the risk of early-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, August 13, 2020)
Maternal Obesity and the Risk of Early-Onset and Late-Onset Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 2020)
Sugar causes obesity even without sweet taste (American Physiological Society, August 13, 2020)
Sugar causes obesity and metabolic syndrome in mice independently of sweet taste (Endocrinology and Metabolism, August 2020)
OBESITY MAY INCREASE RISK OF DYING FROM COVID-19, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER MEN (American College of Physicians, August 14, 2020)
OBESITY AND MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 (Annals of Internal Medicine, August 12, 2020)
Increased breast cancer risk in obesity linked to fat cell chemicals (Society for Endocrinology, August 11, 2020)
Obese adipose tissue extracellular vesicles raise breast cancer cell malignancy (Endocrine-Related Cancer, July 1, 2020)
Excess weight among pregnant women may interfere with child's developing brain (NYU Langone Health, August 11, 2020)
Opinion: Joanna Blythman: Want to stay fit and healthy? Then ignore Boris's bad advice (The Herald, August 8, 2020)
HIGH BMI LINKED TO COVID-19 SEVERITY IN AFRICAN AMERICANS (Medical News Today, August 7, 2020)
Mexico obesity: Oaxaca bans sale of junk food to children (BBC News, August 6, 2020)
AFRICAN AMERICAN BMI ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE COVID-19 AND ICU ADMISSION (The Obesity Society, August 4, 2020)
BMI IS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION IN AFRICAN AMERICANS (Obesity, August 4, 2020)
US OBESITY EPIDEMIC COULD UNDERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF A COVID-19 VACCINE (Kaiser Health News, August 5, 2020)
New obesity guideline: Address root causes as foundation of obesity management (CMAJ, August 4, 2020)
Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline (CMAJ, August 4, 2020)
OBESITY UPS RISK FOR INTUBATION, DEATH WITH COVID-19 IN ADULTS UNDER 65 (HealthDay, August 3, 2020)
BODY MASS INDEX AND RISK FOR INTUBATION OR DEATH IN SARS-SoV-2 INFECTION (Annals of Internal Medicine, July 29, 2020)
Under 50 and overweight? Your odds for dementia later may rise (HealthDay, July 30, 2020)
Even in Toddlers, Excess Weight Sets the Stage for Heart Ills (New York Times, July 28, 2020)
Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 Years (Pediatrics, August 1, 2020)
EXTRA WEIGHT CAN BE A DEADLY COMPLICATION WHEN FIGHTING COVID-19 (MedicalXpress, July 28, 2020)
Boris Johnson’s New Tactic Against the Virus: Urge Britons to Lose Weight (New York Times, July 27, 2020)
'I was too fat,' Boris Johnson says in UK launch to tackle obesity (CNN, July 27, 2020)
WHY IS OBESITY SO COMMON IN COVID-19 PATIENTS (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, July 24, 2020)
OBESITY, THE MOST COMMON COMORBIDITY IN SARS-CoV-2: IS LEPTIN THE LINK? (Journal of Obesity, July 9, 2020)
OBESITY RATES LIKELY TO RISE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, STUDY SUGGESTS (University of Alberta, July 23, 2020)
COVID-19 SEVERITY IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH MILD OBESITY (European Society of Endocrinology, July 16, 2020)
Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVID-19 (American Society for Microbiology, July 16, 2020)
COVID-19 SEVERITY IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH MILD OBESITY 9 (European Society of Endocrinology, July 16, 2020)
COVID-19 SEVERITY IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH MILD OBESITY (European Society of Endocrinology, July 16, 2020)
Obesity is associated with increased susceptibility to influenza A (H1N1pdm) but not H3N2 infection (Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 9, 2020)
Professor warns of long-term effects of lockdown weight gain (Keele University, July 8, 2020)
Childhood obesity linked to poor heart health signs at 11-12 years (Murdoch Children's Research Institute, July 7, 2020)
Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 years (Pediatrics, July 2020)
OBESE BME PEOPLE AT 'HIGHER-RISK' OF CONTRACTING COVID-19 (National Institute for Health Research, July 6, 2020)
BODY MASS INDEX AND RISK OF COVID-19 ACROSS ETHNIC GROUPS (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, July 1, 2020)
Study gives insights into how human fat cells are affected by age (Karolinska Institutet, June 26, 2020)
Age-Induced Reduction in Human Lipolysis: A Potential Role for Adipocyte Noradrenaline Degradation (Cell Metabolism, June 25, 2020)
Maternal obesity increases the chance of liver cancer in offspring for generations (Elsevier, June 25, 2020)
Multigenerational maternal obesity increases the incidence of HCC in offspring via miR-27a-3p (Journal of Hepatology, June 25, 2020)
Obesity linked to higher dementia risk (University College London, June 24, 2020)
Higher risk of dementia in English older individuals who are overweight or obese (International Journal of Epidemiology, June 23, 2020)
STUDY FINDS 1 IN 5 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AT RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19 (New York Times, June 15, 2020)
A TALE OF TWO PANDEMICS: OBESITY AND COVID-19 (Journal of Travel Medicine, June 22, 2020)
GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AT INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19 (Lancet, June 15, 2020)
METABOLIC HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE MEDICINE SHOULD BE A CORNERSTONE OF FUTURE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS Metabolic health and lifestyle medicine should be a cornerstone of future pandemic preparedness (Lifestyle Medicine, June 11, 2020)
MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH OBESITY AFFECTED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC (University of Texas Health Center, June 10, 2020)
OBESITY AND COVID-19: THE ROLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY (British Medical Journal, June 10, 2020)
IMPACT OF COVID-19 STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS ON WEIGHT-RELATED BEHAVIORS AMONG PATIENTS WITH OBESITY (Clinical Obesity, June 9, 2020)
METABOLIC HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE MEDICINE SHOULD BE A CORNERSTONE OF FUTURE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS (Lifestyle Medicine, June 11, 2020)
How a fat cell's immune response makes obesity worse (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, June 3, 2020)
Type I interferon sensing unlocks dormant adipocyte inflammatory potential (Nature Communications, June 2, 2020)
OBESITY A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATION (Johns Hopkins University, June 1, 2020)
A LOW-CARB STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC'S TOLL (Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2020)
AGE, MALE SEX, OBESITY, AND UNDERLYING ILLNESS RISK FACTORS FOR SEVERE COVID-19 OR DEATH (BMJ, May 22, 2020)
FEATURES OF 20 133 UK PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study (British Medical Journal, May 22, 2020)
WE MUST WIN OBESITY WAR FOR THE NHS: THIRD OF COVID-19 DEATHS LINKED TO DIABETES (Daily Express, May 21, 2020)
OBESITY UPS ODDS FOR DANGEROUS LUNG CLOTS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS (Healthday May 20, 2020)
Childhood obesity raises bladder cancer risk, study looking at 315,000 children suggests (Medical Xpress, May 20, 2020)
Early life body size and its associations with adult bladder cancer (Annals of Human Biology, May 20, 2020)
Childhood obesity linked to poor heart health signs at 11-12 years (Murdoch Children's Research Institute, July 7, 2020)
Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 Years (Pediatrics, August, 2020)
ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND COVID-19 (Radiology, May 14, 2020)
BORIS JOHNSON TO LAUNCH WAR ON FAT AFTER CORONAVIRUS SCARE (The Times, May 15, 2020)
OBESITY COULD SHIFT SEVERE COVID-19 DISEASE TO YOUNGER AGES (Lancet, May 16, 2020)
PACKING ON POUNDS DURING COVID-19 AND HOW TO TURN IT AROUND (Mayo Clinic News, May 13, 2020)
CORONAVIRUS AND OBESITY: COULD INSULIN RESISTANCE MEDIATE THE SEVERITY OF COVID-19 INFECTION? (Frontiers in Public Health, May 12, 2020)
HEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS IN CHILDHOOD MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF ADULT OBESITY AND HEART DISEASE (American Heart Association, May 11, 2020)
COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSINGS MAY SPUR CHILDHOOD OBESITY, EXPERTS WARN (Washington Post, May 11, 2020)
LATEST EVIDENCE ON OBESITY AND COVID-19 (Medical News Today, May 6, 2020)
IS OBESITY IS THE SECOND BIGGEST COVID-19 RISK FACTOR? (Dail Mail, May 5, 2020)
URGENT PROBE INTO OBESITY LINK TO COVID-19 DEATHS: WHY CERTAIN GROUPS INCLUDING THE OVERWEIGHT, MEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE (Daily Mail, May 5, 2020)
BEING FAT TRIGGERS A 'TROUBLESOME' IMMUNE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (Daily Mail, May 3, 2020)
BEING MALE OR OVERWEIGHT CAN LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS COVID-19 HOSPTIAL ADMISSIONS (Imperial College of London, April 30, 2020)
OBESITY INCREASES RISK OF DYING FROM CORONAVIRUS BY NEARLY 40% & HEART DISEASE IS MOST COMMON UNDERLYING CONDITION (Sun, April 30, 2020)
ARE AMERICA'S HIGH OBESITY LEVELS LEADING TO MORE CORONAVIRUS DEATHS? (Fox News, April 28, 2020)
Childhood obesity and high blood pressure warn of future heart disease (European Society of Cardiology, April 28, 2020)
OBESITY MAY IMPACT MORTALITY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS ( George Washington University, April 27, 2020)
FEATURES OF 16,749 HOSPITALISED UK PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 (medRxiv, April 28, 2020)
THE ROLE OF ADIPOCYTES AND ADIPOCYTE-LIKE CELLS IN THE SEVERITY OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS (Obesity Society, April 27, 2020)
HOW CAN OBESITY AFFECT YOUR COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS RISK? (Forbes, April 26, 2020)
OBESITY AND IMPAIRED METABOLIC HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 (Nature Reviews Endocrinology, April 23, 2020)
THE PERFECT STORM: CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC MEETS OVERFAT PANDEMIC (Frontiers in Public Health, April 23, 2020)
CORONAVIRUS AND OBESITY: DOCTORS TAKE AIM AT FOOD INDUSTRY OVER POOR DIETS (Food Navigator, April 22, 2020)
Child obesity linked to higher mortality risk in young adulthood (HealthDay, April 20, 2020)
Experts: Effectively treating adolescents for obesity poses unique challenges University of Buffalo, April 20, 2020)
COVID-19 AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (European Scientist, April 16, 2020)
OBESITY IS A RISK FACTOR FOR COVID-19 HOSPITAL ADMISSION IN PATIENTS UNDER 60 (Medical Xpress, April 16, 2020)
OBESITY LINKED TO SEVERE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER PATIENTS (New York Times, April 16, 2020)
OBESITY UPS ODDS FOR SEVERE COVID-19 IN YOUNGER PATIENTS (Medical Xpress, April 15, 2020)
Obesity is a critical risk factor for type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetics (Diabetologia, April 15, 2020)
Obesity, unfavourable lifestyle and genetic risk of type 2 diabetes: a case-cohort study (Diabetologia, April 15, 2020)
Researchers describe possible mechanism for link between obesity and breast cancer (University of Louisville, April 13, 2020)
NYU SCIENTISTS: LARGEST US STUDY OF COVID-19 FINDS OBESITY THE SINGLE BIGGEST 'CHRONIC' FACTOR IN NEW YORK CITY HOSPITALIZATIONS (ZDNET, April 12, 2020)
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITALIZATION AND CRITICAL ILLNESS AMONG 4,103 PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 DISEASE IN NEW YORK CITY Factors associated with hospitalization and critical illness among 4,103 patients with COVID-19 disease in New York City (medRxiv, April 11, 2020)
COVID-19 APPEARS TO STRIKE MEN, OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE HARDER (Medical Xpress, April 10, 2020)
OBESITY IN PATIENTS YOUNGER THAN 60 YEARS IS A RISK FACTOR FOR COVID-19 HOSPITAL ADMISSION (Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2020)
Maternal obesity may be related to risk for ADHD in children (Medical Xpress, April 8, 2020)
FABP4: A New Player in Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer (Trends in Molecular Medicine, April 7, 2020)
WHY IS NEW ORLEANS' CORONAVIRUS DEATH RATE TWICE THAT OF NEW YORK'S? OBESITY IS A FACTOR (Reuters, April 2, 2020)
OBESITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COVID-19 MORTALITY (Obesity Society, April 1, 2020)
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK OF COVID-19 (Medical Life Sciences News, March 24, 2020)
Ideas for Next-Generation Treatments of Adolescent Obesity (JAMA Pediatrics, March 23, 2020)
Childhood obesity linked to higher risk of anxiety, depression and premature death (Medical Xpress, March 18, 2020)
Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A Swedish prospective cohort study (PLOS Medicine, March 18, 2020)
Why obesity causes high blood pressure—and potential ways to stop it (University of Virginia, March 10, 2020)
Study links obesity with pancreatitis (Mayo Clinic, March 9, 2020)
Being overweight may raise your risk for advanced prostate cancer (Columbia University, March 4, 2020)
Obesity and tumors: What's cancer eating for lunch? (Institute of Cancer Research, March 4, 2020)
Impact of obesity on ability to work highest amongst women over 50 (University of Southampton, March 4, 2020)
Impact of obesity on ability to work highest amongst women over 50 (University of Southampton, March 4, 2020)
Obesity promotes virulence of influenza (American Society for Microbiology, March 3, 2020)
Effects of 12-week avocado consumption on cognitive function among adults with overweight and obesity (Int. Journal of Psychophysiology, February 2020)
Local Peroxynitrite Impairs Endothelial TRPV4 Channels and Elevates Blood Pressure in Obesity (Circulation, February, 2020)
About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds (Medical Xpress, February 27, 2020)
Mid-life weight gain linked to faster decline in lung capacity in older age (BMJ, February 25, 2020)
Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study (Thorax, February 25, 2020)
New study shows the effects of obesity mirror those of aging (Concordia University, February 25, 2020)
Review Finds The Effects Of Obesity On The Body Mirror Those Of Aging (IFL Science)
Obesity should be considered 'premature aging': Concordia researcher (CTV News, February 25, 2020)
Why obesity is more common than you think (The Conversation, February 20, 2020)
From obesity to liver cancer: Preventing the worst (University of Geneva, February 19, 2020)
Can metformin reduce obesity in children and adolescents? (Medical Xpress, February 19, 2020)
Fast food intake leads to weight gain in preschoolers (Medical Xpress, February 14, 2020)
Body Mass Index (BMI) and Work Ability in Older Workers: Results from the Health and Employment after Fifty (HEAF) Prospective Cohort Study (Environmental Resarch & Public Health, February 12, 2020)
Half of Us Face Obesity, Dire Projections Show (New York Times, February 10, 2020)
What to know about fatty liver disease (Medical News Today, February 5, 2020)
Obesity and ageing: Two sides of the same coin (Obesity Reviews, February 5, 2020)
Are waistbands the new 'vital sign' along with BMI to check your health? (Springer Nature, February 5, 2020)
Does abdominal fat affect the cognitive function of older adults with diabetes? (Medical Xpress, February 5, 2020)
Association of traditional and novel measures of central obesity with cognitive performance in older multi‐ethnic Asians with type 2 diabetes (Clinical Obesity, February 4, 2020)
Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity (Nature Reviews Endocrinology, February 4, 2020)
Weekend eating linked to higher BMI (Medical News Today, February 1, 2020)
Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2017–2018 (NCHS, February 2020)
Fast food intake and excess weight gain over a 1‐year period among preschool‐age children (Pediatric Obesity, January 31, 2020)
Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diets: a case series (Journal of Eating Disorders, January 29, 2020)
Obesity and Sitting (Start Standing, January 26, 2020)
Study identifies top strategies for successful weight loss maintenance (California Polytechnic State U, January 23, 2020)
Behavioral and Psychological Strategies of Long‐Term Weight Loss Maintainers in a Widely Available Weight Management Program (Obesity, January 23, 2020)
Childhood Obesity Is a Major Problem. Research Isn’t Helping (New York Times, January 20, 2020)
Pharmacists should tell plump shoppers to lose weight, NHS guidance says (Telegraph, January 17, 2020)
Obesity crisis blamed for a rise in fatty liver disease amongst young adults (Medical Xpress, January 16, 2020)
Prevalence of steatosis and fibrosis in young adults in the UK: a population-based study (The Lancet, January 15, 2020)
Fat accumulation in the liver can affect the heart in otherwise healthy adults (Science X, January 15, 2020)
Why having a fat tongue could be to blame for your snoring (Telegraph, January 10, 2020)
Fatty tongues could be main driver of sleep apnoea (BBC News, January 10, 2020)
Molecular 'doormen' open the way to potential obesity treatment (Medical Xpress, January 10, 2020)
Study examines childhood weight and obesity in adolescence (Wiley, January 8, 2020)
What matters more for obesity risk, genes or lifestyle? (Medical Xpress, January 8, 2020)
Overweight and obesity linked to higher cancer risks in large Danish study (Medical Xpress, January 8, 2020)
Australia's obesity epidemic leading to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (Medical Xpress, January 8, 2020)
BMI over time beats genetics in predicting future obesity (Medical Xpress, January 8, 2020)
Ten-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome (Cell Metabolism, January 7, 2020)
Whole Milk May Be Better When It Comes to Children’s Weight (New York Times, January 7, 2020)
New study unravels the complexity of childhood obesity (Medical Xpress, January 6, 2020)
Dietary weight loss strategies for self and patients: A cross-sectional survey of female physicians (Obesity Medicine, March 2020)
Americans need to tackle youth obesity: US task force (Medical Xpress, December 30, 2019)
Children who drank whole milk had lower risk of being overweight or obese (Science Daily, December 30, 2019)
Whole milk compared with reduced-fat milk and childhood overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2019)
Obesity is a risk factor for cardiotoxicity in chemotherapy-treated patients with breast cancer (Medical Xpress, December 23, 2019)
This winter holiday, many folks will get something they don’t want — weight (Washington Post, December 22, 2019)
Dementia: Obesity, but not diet or inactivity, raises risk (Medical News Today, December 22, 2019)
Overspill of fat shown to cause Type 2 diabetes (Medical Xpress, December 20, 2019)
Study links longer exposure to obesity and earlier development of obesity to increased risk of type 2 diabetes (Medical Xpress, December 20, 2019)
Nearly half US residents to be 'obese' in 2030, 1 in 4 to have 'severe obesity,' study says (USA Today, December 19, 2019)
Belly fat may reduce mental agility from midlife onward (Medical News Today, December 19, 2019)
Body mass index, diet, physical inactivity, and the incidence of dementia in 1 million UK women (Neurology, December 19, 2019)
Projected U.S. State-Level Prevalence of Adult Obesity and Severe Obesity (New England Journal of Medicine, December 19, 2019)
Aging-related changes in fluid intelligence, muscle and adipose mass, and sex-specific immunologic mediation: A longitudinal UK Biobank study (Brain, Behavior and Immunity)
Study Estimates That Half of US Adults Will Be Obese by 2030 (New York Times, December 18, 2019)
Study estimates that half of US adults will be obese by 2030 (Associated Press, December 18, 2019)
Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030 (Harvard School of Public Health, December 18, 2019)
Portion Control Becomes The Latest Obesity Target (Nutrition Coalition, December 16, 2019)
Drop that donut! Mexico pays portly cops to slim down (Medical Xpress, December 13, 2019)
Time-restricted dieting can lead to weight loss, lower blood pressure (Medical Xpress, December 13, 2019)
Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids' study says (Medical Xpress, December 10, 2019)
2 lifestyle changes may reduce risk of hot flashes (Medical News Today, November 14, 2019)
Brain Differences May Be Tied to Obesity, Kids' Study Says (AP News, December 9, 2019)
Exercise yields some cardiovascular benefits in children with excess weight (Medical Xpress, December 9, 2019)
Associations Among Body Mass Index, Cortical Thickness, and Executive Function in Children (Journal of the American Medical Association, December 9, 2019)
Obesity surgery improves the heart (Medical Xpress, December 5, 2019)
Impact of lifestyle behaviors in early childhood on obesity (Medical Xpress, December 4, 2019)
Why scientists are studying hibernation to tackle obesity (Medical News Today, December 4, 2019)
New study explores the link between obesity and gum disease (Medical Xpress, December 3, 2019)
Impact of lifestyle behaviors in early childhood on obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children: Results from the Spanish INMA birth cohort study (Pediatric Obesity, December 2, 2019)
More Americans Say They Weigh 200 Lbs. or More This Decade (Gallup, November 27, 2019)
Parallel Accelerated Evolution in Distant Hibernators Reveals Candidate Cis Elements and Genetic Circuits Regulating Mammalian Obesity (Cell Reports, November 26, 2019)
Excess Weight Can Weaken The Flu Shot (NPR, November 24, 2019)
Obesity, other factors may speed up brain aging (Medical Xpress, November 21, 2019)
Average US BMI on the rise despite increasing weight loss efforts (Medical News Today, November 19, 2019)
Obesity almost doubles in 20 years to affect 13 million people (Guardian, November 14, 2019)
Why Diet Research Is So Spectacularly Thin (New York Times, November 13, 2019)
Discrepancies in the Registries of Diet vs Drug Trials (JAMA, November 13, 2019)
Trends in Self-perceived Weight Status, Weight Loss Attempts, and Weight Loss Strategies Among Adults in the United States, 1999-2006 (JAMA, November 13, 2019)
Diet, body clock, hormones, and metabolism: What's the link? (Medical News Today, November 11, 2019)
Why can’t mainstream medicine admit low-carb works? (Diet Doctor, November 11, 2019)
Obesity Week 2019: Why is it So Hard for Doctors to Admit Their Failure? (Dr. Tro Kalayjian, November, 2019)
The Happy Meal, a triumph of marketing blamed for childhood obesity, is turning 40 (Washington Post, November 6, 2019)
Cistromic Reprogramming of the Diurnal Glucocorticoid Hormone Response by High-Fat Diet (Molecular Cell, November 6, 2019)
Fatty liver isn’t just the result of too much alcohol. Here’s how to prevent it (Global News, November 4, 2019)
Saving lives or chasing $? Concern as doctors push stomach surgeries for children to combat rising obesity (Reuters, October 31, 2019)
Women and men at risk of different obesity-related conditions (Medical News Today, October 28, 2019)
More Severely Obese Kids Should Get Surgery, MD Group Says (Associated Press, October 27, 2019)
Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men (PLOS Genetics, October 24, 2019)
Should children with type 2 diabetes be offered a gastric op? (BBC News, October 23, 2019)
Fat accumulates inside lungs of overweight people, study finds (Independent, October 18, 2019)
Severe Obesity among children aged 10 20 12 hits record high (Independent, October 11, 2019)
Eating Jet Lag: A Marker of the Variability in Meal Timing and Its Association with Body Mass Index (Nutrients, October 10, 2019)s,
Severe obesity among children aged 10 to 11 at record high (Guardian, October 10, 2019)
Nearly 5 million American kids are obese, new study finds (Medical Xpress, October 10, 2019)
250m children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 as China drives epidemic (Telegraph, October 3, 2019)
250 million children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 (Guardian, October 2, 2019)
The heavy burden of Obesity (OECD Health Policy Studies, October 2019)
Just a handful of nuts may help keep us from packing on the pounds as we age (NPR, September 30, 2019)
Adult obesity: Is childhood sugar intake in the ‘70s to blame? (Medical News Today, September 25, 2019)
Eating more nuts may help prevent weight gain (Medical News Today, September 24, 2019)
Today's obesity epidemic may have been caused by childhood sugar intake decades ago (Medical Xpress, September 23, 2019)
The 7 rules to beat the bulge: NHS diabetes expert reveals secrets to eating your way to a healthier life (Daily Mail, September 21, 2019)
U.S. obesity as delayed effect of excess sugar (Economic and Human Biology, September 19, 2019)
Obesity Stigma And Yo-Yo Dieting, Not BMI, Behind Chronic Health Conditions, says Dietitian (Kaiser Health News, September 17, 2019)
US Obesity Rates Historic Highs – Nine States Reach Adult Obesity Rates Above 35% (Trust for America’s Health, September 12, 2019)
1 extra kilo of deep belly fat can increase diabetes risk in women (Medical News Today, September 11, 2019)
Seeking an Obesity Cure, Researchers Turn to the Gut Microbiome (New York Times, September 10, 2019)
Adipose lipid turnover and long-term changes in body weight (NatureMedicine, September 9, 2019)
20% snack tax could have a 'huge impact' on UK obesity (Independent, September 5, 2019)
Tax on snacks would have ‘huge impact’ on obesity, says experts (Guardian, September 5, 2019)
Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims (Obesity Reviews, August 19, 2019)
The Big Number: 35-inch or larger waistline linked to increased health risk in older women (Washington August 5, 2019)
Obesity should be recognized as a disease, medical experts say (Independent, July 17, 2019)
Latin America’s War on Obesity could be a model for U.S. (Washington Post, July 16, 2019)
No, it's not ‘fat-shaming’ to state the facts about obesity and cancer – the science speaks its own truth (Independent, July 3, 2019)
Obesity causes more cases of some cancers than smoking (BBC, July 3, 2019)
Obesity overtakes smoking as the leading cause of four major cancers (Telegraph, July 3, 2019)
Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss (JCI Insight June 20, 2019)
Obesity has become 'the new smoking' and will fuel weight-related cancers, head of NHS warns (Telegraph, May 31, 2019)
Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities (Medical News Today, May 8, 2019)
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults (Nature, May 8, 2019)
Leeds becomes first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate (Guardian, May 1, 2019)
Cutting obesity would slash number of early deaths, research finds (Guardian, May 1, 2019)
Severe child obesity highest in Greece, Italy & Spain amid decline of Mediterranean diet, WHO reports (Independent, April 30, 2019)
Additive used to stop food turning mouldy could increase risk of obesity and diabetes (Independent, April 24, 2019)
Obesity-linked cancers rising faster in young adults than over-45s, study shows (Independent, February 4, 2019)
International treaty needed to stop 'Big Food' industry driving obesity and climate change, report says (Independent, January 28, 2019)
The way we eat is killing us – and the planet (Guardian, January 28, 2019)
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems (Lancet, January 16, 2019)
Coca-Cola influences China’s obesity policy, BMJ says (Guardian, January 10, 2019)
The real thing: how Coca-Cola shaped China's obesity policy (Telegraph, January 9, 2018)
Making China safe for Coke: how Coca-Cola shaped obesity and policy in China (British Medical Journey, January 9, 2019)
Obesity should be classed as a 'disease' doctors say (The Telegraph, January 3, 2019)
The male diet boom: why men are tacking their midlife obesity crisis (Observer, September 16, 2018)
Severe obesity among 10 and 11-year-olds hits record high, new figures show (Independent, July 24, 2018)
One child in every 25 in final year of primary school is acutely obese (Guardian, July 24, 2018)
At last, a sound plan to tackle obesity. The food industry must not ruin it (Guardian, June 25, 2018)
Endometriosis is more severe for obese women, study finds (Guardian, June 12, 2018)
Obesity now linked to 12 different cancers (Guardian, May 23, 2018)
Mediterranean children stopped eating Mediterranean diet, now have the highest obesity in Europe (Washington Post, May 30, 2018)
Tens of thousands of children become severely obese in primary school, figures show (Independent, May 29, 2018)
How does being overweight affect my fertility (Independent, May 27, 2018)
Morbid obesity in Britain due to double by 2035 as inequality grows, finds study (Independent, May 25, 2018)
How artificial sweeteners are linked to diabetes and obesity (Independent, April 30, 2018)
NHS sees 18% increase in obesity related admissions in a year, official data shows (Independent, April 4, 2018)
'Obesity is the new smoking', NHS chief to say (Independent, March 14, 2018)
The Science of Obesity Management: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement (Endocrine Reviews, March 6, 2018)
Millennials will be most overweight generation since records began, cancer experts warn (Independent, February 26, 2018)
Obese children likely to die up to 20 years earlier than healthy peers, report warns (Independent, January 23, 2018)
Obesity Energetics: Body Weight Regulation and the Effects of Diet Composition (Gastroenterology, February 11, 2017)