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Obesity spreads among friends
Like viruses, obesity can be spread from person to person in your group. If a friend of yours is obese, then your chances of getting caught also increase by more than 50…
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Isolation to identify new risks for obese children
A study of 40 obese children in Edmonton discovered: In addition to being heavy, they also have high levels of apoB48, a structural protein found in intestinal cholester…
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'Diet Plate': Eating plate to prevent obesity
Canadian scientists have successfully tested 'Diet Plate' - a special type of plate that helps obese and diabetic patients not only lose weight safely, but also need les…
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Early puberty, the child is easily obese
The age at which a girl has her first period may help predict the risk of obesity among her children later on. Research on 6,000 children in the UK shows that babies wit…
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Australia: Ambulance super-sized for overweight people
The widespread obesity in Australia has forced medical officials in this country to upgrade the ambulance fleet to deal with the reality.
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Obese patients are very at risk of complications after surgery
According to a recent study by University of Michigan health system experts, obese patients are at high risk of post-operative complications including heart attack, woun…
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Add reason to breastfeed
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity for children, even when the mother is obese or diabetic. That is the conclusion of a study of more than 15,000 boys and girls i…
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More than a billion obese people in the world
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), besides 800 million undernourished people now have more than one billion overweight adults and among them, at least 300…
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Obese people may lose vision
Obese people are twice as likely to lose sight, according to a new report by the Royal Institute of the Blind (RNIB), UK. The institute's study warns that millions of ad…
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Obesity - a global pandemic
Obesity is becoming a global pandemic and a greater threat than bird flu or warming the Earth. It is a general warning of more than 2,500 health professionals attending…
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Street has nothing to do with obesity?
We often hear that eating a lot of sugar makes people obese, will hurt the body. Is sugar really a good thing for humans? Many people have a bad impression on the road,…
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Obesity and danger at birth
Obese women have a higher risk of having complications during childbirth than normal women. This is a study done by the British gynecological medical journal.
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Working women are healthier at home
About 23% of people who take on different roles are obese, compared to 38% of women who stay around at home. Researchers believe that the results show that the short-ter…
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Watch for children with diabetes
Suddenly drinking a lot, eating a lot, urinating a lot, losing weight may be a sign that your child has diabetes. In the South, children often have type 1 diabetes but t…
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Do not be obese to have diabetes
The discovery of an 11-year-old child in Hanoi who suffers from diabetes due to obesity may be a warning about a reasonable diet for children. According to Dr. Ta Van Bi…