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  Health tips: Childhood exercise can combat diabetes caused by father's obesity

  Health | November 08, 2018 17:44 IST

  The findings showed that the offspring of obese fathers had reduced whole body and skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity and reduced insulin secretion. 

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  Morbid obesity in children linked to hip disease in adolescence, finds study

  Health | October 22, 2018 15:07 IST

  Latest health update: Children with obesity are more likely to develop a debilitating hip disease called Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis during their adolescence.

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  World Obesity Day: Severe obesity in mid 20s and 30s may result in shorter life expectancy

  Health | October 11, 2018 17:38 IST

  Health update: We celebrate World Obesity Day to foster awareness against excessive weight gain.

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  Childhood asthma may increase obesity risk later- Study

  Health | October 10, 2018 7:44 IST

  Importantly, children with asthma who used medication had the strongest risk of developing obesity.

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  Midnight snacking leads to obesity in Delhites, may further result in diabetes and cancer

  Health | October 04, 2018 13:03 IST

  Latest health update: 70 percent of the middle-aged people in Delhi are overweight due to binge eating or midnight snacking. This morbid obesity making them prone to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

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  Latest Health Update | Strengthened muscles and bones may help kids fight obesity

  Health | September 19, 2018 12:47 IST

  Latest health update: Taking part in exercises that cause muscles to contract, and strengthen muscles and bones, reduce children's body fat percentage.

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  RYGB is an effective treatment to combat obesity, here's why

  Health | September 18, 2018 7:10 IST

  Latest health update: RYGB is an effective treatment to combat obesity, here's why

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  Maternal high blood sugar linked to obesity risk in kids

  Health | September 16, 2018 17:31 IST

  The higher the woman's blood sugar, the greater the risk of her child being obese.

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  Latest health update: Here's why obesity increases risk of developing asthma

  Health | September 13, 2018 15:14 IST

  Obesity is a major risk factor for asthma, in part because of the systemic and localised inflammation of the airways that occur in people with a high body mass index.

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  Researchers make use of artificial intelligence from space to estimate obesity on Earth

  Science | September 03, 2018 12:16 IST

  Obesity has been linked to factors such as genetics, diet, physical activity and the environment.

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  Obesity alone does not increase death risk, finds a study

  Health | July 13, 2018 19:51 IST

  This is in contrast with most of the literature and we think this is because most studies have defined metabolic healthy obesity as having up to one metabolic risk factor

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  Obesity may lead to Alzheimer's, says study

  Health | July 01, 2018 12:44 IST

  The study also revealed that certain areas of the brain respond differently to risk factors associated with Alzheimer's.

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  Gut microbes may cause depression in obese

  Lifestyle | June 18, 2018 10:23 IST

  The Joslin scientists found that mice on a high-fat diet showed significantly more signs of anxiety, depression and obsessive behaviour than animals on standard diets.

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  Obesity, smoking hinder successful arthritis treatment

  Health | June 17, 2018 12:00 IST

   The analysis highlighted that obesity more than doubled the likelihood of not achieving remission in women.

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  Sweating it out may reduce genetic effects of obesity in elderly women

  Health | June 05, 2018 16:12 IST

  The study found that genetic associations on body mass index (BMI) were strongest in sedentary postmenopausal women.

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  Night time snacking linked with sleep loss and obesity, says study

  Health | June 03, 2018 13:47 IST

  The team also found that junk food cravings were associated with double the increase in the likelihood of night time snacking, which was associated with an increased risk for diabetes.

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  Healthy obesity linked to higher risk of heart disease: Study

  Health | May 31, 2018 23:43 IST

  Importantly, the majority of women who were initially metabolically healthy obese and of normal weight converted to unhealthy phenotypes over 20 years.  

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  Are we moving towards a healthier, fitter world?

  Health | May 26, 2018 15:44 IST

  A recent research shows that queries related to weight loss have increased on Google search while that for obesity have gone down. 

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  Health Alert: Long-term antidepressant use may up obesity risk

  Health | May 25, 2018 15:56 IST

  Excess use of antidepressants can cause negative impact on your body and overall health, warned researchers. 

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  Being obese as a child impacts school performance and mind, reveals study

  Health | May 24, 2018 23:54 IST

  It is reported that obesity in children impacts their school performance negatively by slowing their learning and mind process.