Obesity
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High teen BMI linked to stroke risk in young adulthood
Finding holds true for men and women, even for those individuals with BMIs in the high-normal range.
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Two treatments show early promise for hypothalamic obesity
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Possible obesity effect detected in cancer death rates
As with heart disease, declines in mortality for some cancers seem to be affected by the obesity epidemic.
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A simple new definition for ‘metabolically healthy obesity’?
‘Our new definition may be important not only to stratify risk of mortality in people with obesity, but also in people with overweight and normal...
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High body fat tied to slowed breast maturation in girls with obesity
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Exercise plus liraglutide better for maintaining weight loss than either strategy alone
Study findings also support the feasibility of moderate to vigorous exercise interventions even in individuals with obesity who had a very low...
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Look beyond liver biopsy for NAFLD diagnosis
A new study showed that many patients with advanced disease have not undergone liver biopsy, which some studies include biopsy among their...
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Weight-related COVID-19 severity starts in normal BMI range, especially in young
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Being overweight ups risk of severe COVID-19 in hospital
This research “adds to the known data on the associations between obesity and severe COVID-19 disease and extends these findings” to patients who...
Guidelines
AHA statement on obesity emphasizes abdominal fat, AFib
Updated guidance on obesity and cardiovascular disease focuses on abdominal adiposity as a cardiovascular risk factor.
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Severe obesity persists, takes high cardiovascular toll
“This research highlights the high cardiovascular toll exacted by continuing failure to tackle obesity, particularly among more socioeconomically...