While it has long been known that obesity increases the risk of asthma, a new study examined whether the reverse might be true – that asthma may lead to obesity. To assess this question, researchers from the Barcelona Institute of …
Tag Archives: Obesity
Certain Health Risks Increase with Fluctuating Weight
A new Korean study recently examined how fluctuating weight and other factors might affect certain health risks. This was done by collecting data from over 6.7 million healthy individuals. At the time of the study, none of the participants had …
Diabetes Health in the News Podcast: Sleep Efficiency Tied to Insulin Resistance
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Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands recently examined sleep patterns in overweight …
New Report Links Obesity and Cancer
A new report compiled by the World Cancer Research Fund has linked excessive body fat to 12 different types of cancer. This report found that obesity increased a person’s risk of getting a variety of cancers:
- Colorectum
- Endometrium
- Esophagus
- Gallbladder
Genetic Obesity Linked to Smoking
While smoking has often been associated with being thin, a new study suggests that the tendency to have increased body fat is tied to smoking. To draw this conclusion, researchers studied medical, genetic, and lifestyle information from 450,000 participants.
This …
New Study Finds that No “Healthy Obesity” Exists for Women
A new study has found that obese women who’ve been healthy for decades could still be on the path toward heart issues. Even obese women who are free of disease like hypertension and diabetes still have a heightened risk for …
Breastfeeding May Lower Childhood Obesity Risk
A new study completed in Seoul’s Ewha Womans University discovered yet another benefit of breastfeeding – it may protect high birth weight babies from childhood obesity. The study examined data from approximately 38,000 participants over the years of 2008-2016. Infants …
Fortified Yogurt May Benefit Obese Adults
According to research completed at Iran’s Shiraz University of Medical Science, consumption of yogurt may benefit obese adults. This was especially true with yogurt that had been fortified with calcium, vitamin D, and whey protein.
Researchers evaluated adults who were …
Health and Fitness Social Media Posts May Lead to Unhealthy Body Image
According to a new study completed by researchers from the University of Arizona along with Texas State University, exercise-related posts on social media may cause other users to feel concerned about their own weight. When people received more exercise-related posts, …
Diabetes Health Research Report: Cinnamon Found to Fight Obesity and Fat
Researchers from the University of Michigan recently discovered that an essential oil in cinnamon may be useful in the fight against obesity. Cinnamaldehyde was shown to boost metabolic health via stimulating fat cells to burn energy – a process known …
