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Australia treats obese children according to new methods
In an effort to prevent an epidemic of obesity in the country, a group of Australian doctors have adopted new treatments through a program that targets not only overweig…
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When stress should eat a lot
According to Lubeck University professor Peters, obese people always live longer than thin people because their brains in stressful state receive more nutrients.
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Women gain weight because they are lazy to do housework
Dr. Edward Archer and a colleague from the University of South Carolina (USA) conducted a study on the housework time of thousands of American women starting from 1965 t…
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Obese pregnant women are more prone to heart disease
Obese women can put their babies at risk of congenital cardiovascular disease: Infants often have early signs of heart disease at birth. One-third of women of childbeari…
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Why do women find it harder to lose weight than men?
The team from the University of Missouri (USA) has given obese volunteers, both men and women, the same health training program.
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Snoring is more prone to heart disease than smoking
People who snore are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease than obese or smokers. Scientists from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (USA) conducted experiments with 54 p…
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The real cause of obesity
Researchers at Shanghai Jiaotong University found that obesity may be caused by a type of bacteria called enterobacter rather than overeating or exercising too little.
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It takes two minutes to know if the child is obese when he is growing up?
Scientists have created a table of six questions and it only takes two minutes to predict whether an infant will grow obese or not.
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Why obese people are often hilarious?
Scientists from McMaster University, Canada, found fat gene, also known as happy gene, FTO gene, linked to 8% of the gene. reduce the risk of depression.
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Weight loss surgery can weaken bones
Gastric bypass surgery - often applied to obese patients but unable to lose weight by other measures - can weaken their bones, Australian scientists warn.
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Find out how to treat obesity
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have found a way to treat diabetes and obesity, the study was published in the August 2 issue of Cell Metabol…
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Obese children have a higher risk of cancer
According to a recent study by scientists from Tel Aviv Medical University, Israel, those who are obese will have a higher risk of developing cancer when they are adults…
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Chopping food helps reduce obesity
Cut off obesity foods that want to lose weight, eat less, reduce the feeling of
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To gain weight, eat with fat people
If a person is often sitting with overweight friends during a meal, his or her weight will tend to increase. Do the weight of friends affect the eating behavior of peopl…
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Will apple skin helps to prevent obese?
Research by US scientists in mice showed that a compound in the apple shell called ursolic acid may slow down this rodent weight gain despite being fed a high-fat diet.