Combination of obesity and poor sleep increases risk of multiple chronic diseases
Study lead, Dr. Syed Afroz Keramat said the findings confirm poor sleep quality and obesity are significant risk factors for multimorbidity.
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Nutritional supplement could help with fat metabolism activation therapies
Dr. Ann Coulter of Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently presented research on a novel nutritional supplement that targets fat cells to stimulate weight loss at the Bio on the Bayou conference in New Orleans.
As obesity management medications explode in popularity, obesity experts issue caution on who should prescribe them
David B. Sarwer and Leah M. Schumacher, Temple faculty with extensive research on improving weight loss outcomes and the treatment of obesity, are concerned with how some plastic surgeons are promoting GLP-1s and using them to treat patients.
New study elucidates obesity's role in fueling breast cancer progression
The findings from a study in The American Journal of Pathology, provide insights into the obesity–breast cancer link and identifies potential new therapeutic targets to counter obesity-driven breast cancer progression.
The first child-specific body scan charts could enable physicians to assess obesity risk
A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle levels change with age and sex - a breakthrough that could help identify young people at risk for future heart and metabolic diseases.
