Tag: Obesity

Obesity can be a risk factor for several chronic conditions including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis ...

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Fast food chains such as KFC should be stopped from opening near schools, and advertising for junk food on billboards ...

Many adults who are obese have “indistinguishable” cholesterol and blood pressure levels compared with those with a healthy weight, largely ...

“As a result of these trends, in England, the USA, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan, older people with obesity often ...

About 170,000 people are expected to die from heart-related conditions linked to obesity – one of the leading causes of ...

Lead researcher Robert Fletcher said while the study did not investigate the causes behind the rise, he felt there were ...

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"Everywhere you turn at the moment, down the high streets, in the supermarkets, when you order online, even when you ...

Researchers led by metabolism expert Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich have developed a new strategy to treat obesity ...