Obesity
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Health & Medicine
Why women are more likely to ‘stress eat’
New research has discovered a brain pathway that drives stress-related eating, helping to explain what drives emotional overeating in women
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Health & Medicine
Is treating obesity the future of managing type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes isn’t an inevitably progressive disease, but in treating it we must include weight management as a primary goal
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Health & Medicine
How do we overcome two global health pandemics?
Obesity is a major risk factor for severe COVID-19, and as the world rolls out SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the obesity pandemic remains – but new research may help to change that
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Health & Medicine
More than a high BMI, an ‘obese heart’ is a silent risk
New research shows that fat tissue around the heart releases molecules that alter heart rhythm, identifying potential new targets for preventative therapies for heart disease
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Health & Medicine
Q&A: A new way to treat type 2 diabetes?
The discovery of how a key protein works in your liver to reduce blood glucose levels could lead to a more effective type 2 diabetes drug.
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Health & Medicine
Early cardiovascular disease deaths linked to overweight and obesity are rising
For decades, the rate of people dying of cardiovascular disease has fallen. But continued declines are threatened by rising mortality linked to overweight and obesity – particularly in younger people
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Health & Medicine
Finding the sex factor in immunity
Researchers investigating why men are more prone to obesity and metabolic diseases have discovered the clearest mechanism yet for how the female and male immune systems operate differently
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Health & Medicine
Podcast
The complex relationship between prostate cancer and obesity
Men with obesity have been associated with more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, and poorer treatment outcomes. Professor Matt Watt is researching the relationship between these diseases and how we can prevent them from progressing.
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Health & Medicine
Different fat cell types may be key to obesity
Research has discovered that not all fat cells are the same – some release fat into the body and some help to burn fat – so getting the balance right may help fight obesity
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Health & Medicine
Global health efforts need to catch up with young people
Adolescents around the world have been overlooked by the global health agenda, but for the first time we now have the data to make a difference