Obesity Definition and 15 Threads

https://www.worldobesity.org/news/statement-coronavirus-covid-19-obesity This is more of a medical practitioner's site than a research facility. This shows far greater impact on medical facilities and fatalities, apparently 90% of fatalities occur in chubby countries. News version...

Published this week in the journal Cell, researchers report discovering variants of the human gene MC4R that protect against obesity by helping to make people full. These new findings, combined with previous work on other MC4R variants that contribute to obesity, suggest the potential for new...

I know that rheumatic fever is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. It mostly develops after a streptococcal throat infection. But are rheumatic fever and obesity related? For example, are obese people more susceptible to rheumatic fever than a normal person (keeping in mind that the...

Is child hood obesity a problem? all the kids i know are slim and active. http://www.usc.edu/org/InsightBusiness/SP07articles/obesity.pdf

Scientists studying obesity have had great interest in brown fat, adipose tissue that actually helps burn fat (for example, to generate body heat in the cold). Studies suggest that higher levels of brown fat correlate with lowered risks for obesity and diabetes, and scientists are studying...

Something really surprising, a electronic chip that will help to reduce eating. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21852062

And quite a paradox it is. Goes against everything we have been taught: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/health/research/more-data-suggests-fitness-matters-more-than-weight.html

I was walking down the hallway at work and saw a poster. Someone must have put it up outside their office. It said that falling asleep with the TV on reduces the bodies production of melatonin. So I looked it up and found an interesting article on Discovery.com...

What are the steps the medical system takes nowadays to raise awareness in the public regarding obesity epidemic who rages through the western world , and to put an end to it ? Is there a concerted effort to put it at an end ? Should governments, through their healthcare policies, get...

I caught the tail end of a news item, something about 25% of New York (city? state?) residents being obese (presumably including whatever is more than obese)*, and that got me thinking. Take all the research results on health, nutrition, etc, and assume a New York population that has an...

Oh yes, I want a "foot funnel" :bugeye: Americans are out of control. I can't believe how many people in this office are doublewides. Jan. 6, 2006 — While doctors and other health experts are wringing their hands over the rise in obesity in the United States, another group of professionals...

How is excess sodium in the diet linked to obesity and high blood pressure?

Right now, my parents are angry at me because I won't eat with them. I'm just not hungry. I had a big breakfast and I haven't done any physical activity all day, so I have no need to eat more at this time. That doesn't matter though, they're still angry and being dramatic because I won't eat...

I just read the following article and can't understand why stapling the stomach would be an expense that might get covered under insurance? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52835-2004Jul15.html If stapling the stomach reduces the amount of food that gets in, is that the...

Amphetamines, commonly known as "speed", and adrenaline activate the body in a similar way. Breathing and heart rate speed up, the pupils widen, blood pressure increases, and appetite is suppressed. Overuse of speed (too much at once or too often) can cause heart attacks. I almost don't...