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People classified as overweight are often hit more by loneliness. Addressing the problem of social isolation reduces the risk of mortality associated with obesity, a new study has found.
The increase in obesity-related deaths contrasted with a steady decline (nearly 18 percent) in heart disease deaths overall from 1999 to 2020.
Obesity is out and ‘adipose-based chronic disease’ is in, according to a recent paper. But a name change alone won’t fix entrenched stigma.
Those diseases include breast cancer, multiple myeloma, and cancers of the esophagus, colon and rectum, uterus, kidneys, liver, ovaries and pancreas.
Experts want to reduce the stigma potentially preventing many of those with excess weight from accessing the healthcare they need.
Researchers call on governments to implement national obesity strategy to help stem further rises in preventable cancers
In 2009 Australia launched a National Preventive Health Strategy with the aim of being the healthiest country in the world by 2020. The strategy focused on tobacco use, alcohol use, and obesity. Although on tobacco and alcohol we're improving, the situation for obesity has worsened.
Type 2 diabetes doesn't have to be progressive, but weight management must become a primary goal to optimise its treatment says University of Melbourne expert.
The high rate of obesity in the United States may be contributing to the severity of the pandemic.
Health officials need to emphasize the relation between obesity and Covid-19, and we need to treat it like other chronic diseases
Young adults with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized, even if they have no other health problems, studies show.
There are calls for government action on a national obesity prevention strategy to include public education campaigns in addition to protecting children from junk food marketing.
From slightly overweight to morbidly obese, weight gain has "serious implications", researchers say.
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Dr Tanvir Kapoor opens up about his journey in overcoming stigma from obesity, saying judgement has no place in medicine. A few weeks ago, on a popular online forum for Australian general practitioners (GPs), there was a discussion about using the label “obesity” in medical documentation. I want to share my perspective as a patient …
General practitioners can have a great positive effect on unhealthy behaviours when patients seek help for smoking or alcohol issues. But GPs may hesitate to approach a discussion about weight loss because of the risk of body shaming and stigma.
Overreliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.
Sean Crawford says the movie about a reclusive teacher with severe obesity resonates with his life.
Health practitioners are often still operating under the assumption that obesity is an individual's responsibility, even though science now tells us otherwise. There are health implications for people with obesity and public health needs to destigmatise it.
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Researchers at Yale School of medicine have found that the coronavirus infects both fat cells and immune cells within body fat, prompting damaging responses.
Longterm obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol all lower cognitive performance in your 30s, 40s and 50s, according to the first study to follow cardiovascular risk factors from childhood though midlife.
Guidelines appear to be first to urge handling health issue as complex disease, not just a question of weight loss
Research pointing to obesity as a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness is growing. There are a few reasons this might be.
Some common cancers are now more likely to be caused by obesity than tobacco, a charity is warning.
The condition is on the rise because the most frequent cause is obesity, which continues its unrelenting climb among American adults.
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