‘Obesity’ Articles

London, Sept 1 (ANI): Overweight and obese kids as young as 12 are showing early signs of heart disease, warn Spanish researchers. (more…)

London, Aug 30 (ANI): A groundbreaking research has found obesity to be a possible contributing factor in fatal swine flu cases. (more…)

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Researchers at University of Central Florida have identified a new genetic mechanism that controls the body’’s fat-building process, paving way for treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes. (more…)

London, August 26 (ANI): Authorities in the U.S. probing whether an anti-obesity drug being sold over the counter may cause liver damage. (more…)

Washington, Aug 26 (ANI): Here’’s some discouraging news for obese people: a new report has found that fat people are at greater risk for developing Alzheimer’’s. (more…)

Washington, August 25 (ANI): Obesity may increase men’s proneness to erectile dysfunction (ED), likely caused by atherosclerosis-related hypertension and cardiovascular disease, according to a research article. (more…)

Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): In a novel study conducted in fruit flies, researchers have identified two groups of neurons that control obesity. (more…)

Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): A new study, led by an Indian-origin scientist, has shown that obesity increases risk of prostate cancer recurrence for both blacks and whites. (more…)

Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Forbidding certain foods may not be the best way to curb childhood obesity, for a new study has revealed that child’’s inhibitory control, behaviour similar to self-control, could be more important than these restrictions. (more…)

Washington, Aug 9 (ANI): An eminent obesity expert has said that parents can help to prevent obesity in children by helping them with their eating habits and building a healthy body image. (more…)