Is obesity contagious;
Obesity could spread from person to person in a similar way to the contagious bug, C.difficile, a new study has suggested. A growing body of evidence has placed increasing importance...
Obesity
Free fruits, veggies may lower childhood obesity
A study published in Applied Economics Perspective and Policy shows that giving students free fruit and vegetables may lower obesity. The researchers looked at the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s...
Muscadine grape seed oil may help reduce obesity
A study published in Food and Function shows that muscadine grape seed help mitigate the formation of new fat cells because it produces tocotrienol, an unsaturated form of vitamin E....
Visible food, low self-esteem may predict obesity
A study published in the International Journal of Obesity shows that having low self-esteem related to one’s weight and keeping food visibly available around the house outside of the kitchen...
Stress and food intake
Some people eat less and others more than normal in response to stress.  Innovative ways of tackling stress-related eating behaviour may help people control weight and reduce underlying...
Obesity can shave eight years off life
An increased risk of cardiovascular disease is indicated in decreasing healthy years for obese young people. Being obese has the potential to reduce a person’s life expectancy by up...
Too Much Sitting Can Be Deadly — Even if You Exercise
Regular exercise doesn’t erase the higher risk of serious illness or premature death that comes from sitting too much each day, a new review reveals. And even if study...
Obesity in early adulthood may lead to kidney disease later in life
The researchers analyzed information from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, a sample of children born in one week in March 1946 in England, Scotland, and Wales....
Obese children may crave more sugar
A study published in the International Journal of Obesity shows that children who are obese may overeat because they crave more sugar than slimmer children. The researchers studied 23...
The link between stress and obesity
A study published in Agricultural Research explores the neurophysiology of stress eating—the pathways inside the brain that link stress to unhealthy eating. The researchers asked 30 healthy female volunteers,...
