Obesity

Soybean oil could contribute more to the development of diabetes and obesity than sugar…. Consumption of soybean oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids, has increased greatly within recent years as studies have shown that saturated fatty acids are associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease. Nutritional guidelines were …

ReShape Dual Balloon helping patients to achieve life-changing weight loss without surgery… A new non-surgical weight loss option is now available. The FDA has approved ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System which is the first non-surgical weight loss procedure for people with mild-to-moderate obesity. ReShape is a dual balloon mounted on …

Female, 24 years of age, type 2 diabetes and obesity, wants better glucose management and to lose weight. Most of her meals consist of high carb, fast food take out, she skips breakfast and overeats during the evening hours. She has a sedentary lifestyle. She reports being an “all or …

Mutations in the ankyrin-B gene cause fat cells to soak up more glucose, setting the stage for obesity and insulin resistance… Ankyrin-B was discovered more than 30 years ago by researcher Vann Bennett at Duke University School of Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The gene plays a role …

Binge-eating cavefish share mutated gene with some obese people. Blind cavefish have evolved to be starvation resistant, constantly hungry, and fat but healthy. New research shows they share genetic mutations with some obese people. Narration by study co-author Nicolas Rohner. Blind cavefish that have adapted to annual cycles of starvation …

Inactivity seems to compromise the cardiometabolic system…. The study with 4,600 children found that children who engage in daily physical exercise reap the health benefits as early as their teens. They found that those who were more active in late childhood had a lower body weight and lower risk factors for …

Children born to mothers who drank caffeine-laden drinks during pregnancy were 89% more likely to be obese… In-utero exposures through adverse fetal programming are emerging as an important contributing factor to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Researchers at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, examined the impact …

Obesity in childhood may predispose to poor psychosocial health…. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, investigated whether or not the completion of secondary school (9 school years) and upper secondary school (+3y) was lower in children treated for obesity than in matched controls. A total of 1061 individuals, over …

Odds increased nearly 50 percent with 60 minutes or more of daily screen time… Children who view television as little as an hour a day are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese and gain more unhealthy weight over time, according to a new study from the School of …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, discusses the growing problem of childhood obesity which frequently contributes to the earlier development of adult type 2 diabetes. He also mentions that, particularly in the southern U.S., there are more and more incidences of type 2 in children and teens being reported. More videos with Dr. …