Obesity: A Complex Cycle Poorly Understood
The path to getting out of obesity is not straightforward. It sometimes becomes a vicious cycle, difficult to get out from.
The path to getting out of obesity is not straightforward. It sometimes becomes a vicious cycle, difficult to get out from.
Even though obesity affects a large part of the world, there exist many biases and misconceptions around the topic.
If the shame is internalized, it can cause more harm than good.
The bias can also be attributed to a failure in the understanding of obesity as a complex concept
Due to gastric sleeve dilatation, the patient had gained weight after her first operation and was unable to lose weight with diet and exercise. Read on to know how doctors were able to successfully save the woman.
Turns out that the pressures of higher studies, job and rearing kids take a toll on our physical activity, making us sedentary. This raises our risk of obesity during adulthood. Read on to know more.
Apart from genes and an unhealthy diet, your friends can also influence you to become obese, finds study.
Obesity may just get cured soon. "Dirt" may prove to be a possible cure for the lifestyle disease. Tahnee Denning, a UniSA and PhD candidate found out that clay materials may reduce fat droplets in the gut by soaking them up.
Sitting all day at your office? Think about it. Sitting for long hours can take a toll on your health and lead to various problems like back pain and so on. So, opt for this standing desk and stay fit and fine!
Abhijit Thakur, Consultant Lap Gl, Breast and Endocrine Surgeon at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, tells you how obesity can give you a tough time.
Obesity and foods restrictions are associated with less food enjoyment, observed the study published in the journal Food Quality and Preference. Know more about this study.
A new Australian Research found that people who are obese in their 20s and 30s could end up losing up to 10 years of life expectancy and men were even doomed to lose more years as compared to women.
The Indian diet that is rich in fibre and also includes a lot of vegetables and fruits in them keeps the colon healthy for long and protects us from this form f cancer. But as we keep aping the western culture, increase dependency on junk food and eat less of a balanced diet the chances of suffering from colon cancer increases.
Instead of using the gadgets and devices to our maximum benefit we are becoming a slave to them and it shows in our expanding girth. No wonder that obesity and diabetes are the two epidemics that is spreading like a wildfire among Indians.
Obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide and a leading cause of death alongside heart disease and smoking. Bariatric surgery, specifically Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), is the most effective treatment for obesity.
Turns out, studying about the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in fat metabolism might help to explore alternative ways to control obesity and type 2 diabetes that may involve the use of therapies.
Patients who have metabolically healthy obesity but are free from other metabolic risk factors do not have an increased rate of mortality, a new study has found.
Excessive abdominal fat is likely to have a negative impact on health.
The path to getting out of obesity is not straightforward. It sometimes becomes a vicious cycle, difficult to get out from.
The bias can also be attributed to a failure in the understanding of obesity as a complex concept
Due to gastric sleeve dilatation, the patient had gained weight after her first operation and was unable to lose weight with diet and exercise. Read on to know how doctors were able to successfully save the woman.
Turns out that the pressures of higher studies, job and rearing kids take a toll on our physical activity, making us sedentary. This raises our risk of obesity during adulthood. Read on to know more.
Apart from genes and an unhealthy diet, your friends can also influence you to become obese, finds study.
Obesity may just get cured soon. "Dirt" may prove to be a possible cure for the lifestyle disease. Tahnee Denning, a UniSA and PhD candidate found out that clay materials may reduce fat droplets in the gut by soaking them up.
Sitting all day at your office? Think about it. Sitting for long hours can take a toll on your health and lead to various problems like back pain and so on. So, opt for this standing desk and stay fit and fine!
Abhijit Thakur, Consultant Lap Gl, Breast and Endocrine Surgeon at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, tells you how obesity can give you a tough time.
Obesity and foods restrictions are associated with less food enjoyment, observed the study published in the journal Food Quality and Preference. Know more about this study.
A new Australian Research found that people who are obese in their 20s and 30s could end up losing up to 10 years of life expectancy and men were even doomed to lose more years as compared to women.
The Indian diet that is rich in fibre and also includes a lot of vegetables and fruits in them keeps the colon healthy for long and protects us from this form f cancer. But as we keep aping the western culture, increase dependency on junk food and eat less of a balanced diet the chances of suffering from colon cancer increases.
Instead of using the gadgets and devices to our maximum benefit we are becoming a slave to them and it shows in our expanding girth. No wonder that obesity and diabetes are the two epidemics that is spreading like a wildfire among Indians.
Obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide and a leading cause of death alongside heart disease and smoking. Bariatric surgery, specifically Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), is the most effective treatment for obesity.
Turns out, studying about the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in fat metabolism might help to explore alternative ways to control obesity and type 2 diabetes that may involve the use of therapies.
Patients who have metabolically healthy obesity but are free from other metabolic risk factors do not have an increased rate of mortality, a new study has found.
Excessive abdominal fat is likely to have a negative impact on health.
Studies indicate that obesity increases the chances of getting breast cancer dwindles chances of survival and increases chances of recurrence.
Up to 80 percent of Indian adults and 41 percent of children have excess body fat that can lead to chronic diseases.
Even though obesity affects a large part of the world, there exist many biases and misconceptions around the topic.
If the shame is internalized, it can cause more harm than good.