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Obesity dulls sense of taste, study suggests

Obesitydullsthesenseoftaste,accordingtoresearchthatoffersnewinsightsintowhysomepeopleenterapersistentcycleofweightgain.Researchersfoundthatwithineightweeksofbec

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Obesity prevention may become easier with fat cell control: study

ResearchersatWashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicineinSt.Louishaveidentifiedawaytopreventfatcellsfromgrowinglarger,aprocessthatleadstoweightgainandobesity.Byactiva

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Child and teen obesity spreading across the globe

Childandteenageobesitylevelshaverisenten-foldinthelastfourdecades,meaning124mboysandgirlsaroundtheglobearetoofat,accordingtonewresearch.TheanalysisintheLancetis

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Binge drinking 'an important contributor' to youth obesity, says report

Nowparentshaveanewreasontoworryabouttheirchildrendrinkingalcohol.Anewreportsuggestsadirectlinkbetweenbingedrinkingandobesityamongyoungpeople.Agroupofresearchers

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U.S. task force recommends screening for obesity in children, adolescent

Childrenandadolescentsagedsixyearsandoldershouldbescreenedforobesity,theU.S.PreventiveServicesTaskForce(USPSTF)recommendedTuesday.Inafinalrecommendationstatemen

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Report: Childhood obesity accelerating

OneinfourChinesechildrenage7orabovewillbeobesein2030,areportissuedbyPekingUniversity'sSchoolofPublicHealthandotherorganizationsforecasts.TheReportonChildhoodObe

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"Sugar tax" key to tackling obesity epidemic: Australian doctors

A coalition of Australia's most respected doctors' groups called for a tax on sugar on Friday.

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Pasta doesn't make you fat, say Italian scientists

Contrary to popular belief, pasta consumption does not make you fat, according to research into a staple of the Mediterranean – and much of the Western – diet.

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Obese women may affect great grandchildren: study

A woman's obesity may put her future great grandchildren at high risk of metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, even before she becomes pregnant, a mouse study has found.

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New study finds explosion in childhood obesity in China "worst ever"

Thirty years ago, for every 100 children and adolescents you came across in China, you’d be hard pressed to find even one who was obese. That situation has drastically changed: in 2014, about one in six boys and one in 11 girls were obese, a new study shows.

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"Emotional eating" a key factor in Australia's obesity epidemic: expert

Emotional eating is playing a substantial role in fuelling Australia's obesity epidemic, according to a new research.

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Excess weight causes cancer cases

Excess body weight causes around 481,000 new cancer cases a year in adults worldwide, according to new estimates published Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology.

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Sunlight helps prevent diabetes, obesity

Moderate exposure to the sun helps prevent obesity and diabetes and is important for good health, an Australian-led study published in the Diabetes journal on Friday revealed.

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Austrian researchers find enzyme linked to obesity health complications

Austrian and German researchers have found the enzyme HO-1 to be a key factor in determining the degree of sickness that results from obesity, APA reported Thursday.

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Single parents have fat children: Australian study

Single parents are far more likely to have overweight children, according to a new Australian study revealed Thursday.

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Australasia has world's fastest obesity rate

The largest increase in adult obesity in the world occurred in Australasia in the past 30 years rising by more than 80 percent, according to a new study.