‘Obesity is at a crisis point’: Study predicts that 260 million in US will be overweight or obese by 2050
In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to have overweight or obesity, ...
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Friendships and Healthier Aging: A Pathway of Connection
Friendships are vital to our well-being, especially as we age. To build meaningful connections in later life, try some of ...
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The treatment and prevention of childhood obesity starts at home; here’s what parents should know
(NKyTribune file photo from USDA) Obesity in children can lead to other health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood ...
Teens Are Being Prescribed Wegovy and GLP-1s at Record Rates. Should Parents Be Worried?
It’s hard to remember a time before Ozempic, Wegovy, and other injectable drugs referred to as GLP-1 receptor agonists (that ...
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Stress and Diabetes Could Be Linked, Study Suggests
Stress may be the reason people with obesity are more likely to get other metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, ...
Why weight? Researchers say it's fitness that matters
The researchers found that fit individuals shared similar risks of death and cardiovascular disease over the course of the ...
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Health Union Expands Industry-Leading Portfolio of Online Health Communities With New Focus in Mental Health and Cardiometabolic Conditions
New health communities include four focused on mental health — Bipolar.Mental-Health-Community.com, Depression.Mental-Health-Community.com, Postpartum.Mental-Health-Community.com, and ...
New Data from Marius Pharmaceuticals Reveals High Prevalence of Low Libido, Energy and Quality of Life in Men
Marius Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies for testosterone deficiency, has released compelling new insights from a recent Androgen Deficiency in Aging ...
News Medical10h
Vitamin D may lower blood pressure in older people with obesity
Vitamin D3 supplementation with calcium reduces blood pressure in elderly, overweight individuals, particularly those with ...
Greek City Times1d
Body Dysmorphia and Obesity – Greek study reveals risk index in preadolescence
Children - mainly girls - with a very high BMI (6.4% of the sample) had a greater risk of body dysmorphia and eating ...
Weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may also curb alcohol addiction, study says
A study published Wednesday suggests a surprising side effect of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic: they can be effective at ...
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UK Health: Treatment, prevention of childhood obesity starts at home
Obesity is a chronic disease with many contributing factors; family history, access to healthy foods, hormonal and metabolic ...