Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage,…
Tag: Overweight & Obesity
Waist-to-height ratio bests BMI for predicting fat mass in children
Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is an inexpensive alternative to body mass index (BMI) for predicting fat mass (FM) in pediatric patients, according to a study published online March 5 in…
UK study identifies ideal weight for adults with type 2 diabetes to minimize risk of dying from cardiovascular disease
Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12–15 May), identifies the optimum body weight range for adults…
Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy, new study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research from Karolinska Institutet supports the idea of lowering or removing…
Very low calorie diets safe for teens with obesity when monitored by a dietitian, say researchers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Short-term very low calorie diets are safe for teenagers living with moderate to severe obesity when closely monitored by an experienced dietitian, says new research to…
School-age girls with obesity are more likely to experience joint and muscle pain, finds study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Girls with obesity are more likely than children with a healthy weight to experience pain in their bones, joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons, according to research…
More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study…
Study finds women more likely than men to suffer from long COVID
Unadjusted relationship between BMI and Long COVID by sex. Credit: International Journal of Obesity (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01477-8 A new study by Western researchers has drawn a link between higher body…
Cognitive benefits seen two years after bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery (BS) is associated with cognitive benefits two years after surgery, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in JAMA Network Open. Emma Custers, from Radboud University Medical…
Reduce risk of childhood obesity through good nutrition before and during pregnancy, say scientists
Predicted latent class growth analysis weight standard deviation score (SDS) trajectories. Credit: BMC Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03246-w A study involving 500 mothers investigated the use of an enriched nutritional supplement…
