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Obesity - News

6 November 2017 - MedicalXpress - Obesity linked with depressive symptoms, increased disease activity in women with lupus
5 November 2017 - MedicalXpress - The fight against obesity: To tax or not to tax?
2 November 2017 - MedicalXpress - Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome
30 October 2017 - MedicalXpress - World-first discovery of new carbohydrate 'taste'
24 October 2017 - MedicalXpress - Most kids in northern latitudes don't get enough vitamin D in winter
19 October 2017 - MedicalXpress - Lower brain glucose levels found in people with obesity, type 2 diabetes
18 October 2017 - MedicalXpress - How foods labeled 'healthy' can still make you fat
17 October 2017 - The Conversation - This is why child obesity rates have soared
16 October 2017 - Nutraingredients - Call for “monumental” rethink of food systems that “make people sick”
What babies eat – before and just after birth – can impact them for life, says new book
14 September 2017 - The Conversation - GPs need to tell people they can get rid of type 2 diabetes through weight loss – nutrition expert
13 September 2017 - The Conversation - For better gut bacteria, eat more oily fish
12 September 2017 - MedicalXpress - Should you replace sugar with artificial sweeteners?
12 September 2017 - The Conversation - New evidence shows that healthy obesity is a myth
4 September 2017 - MedicalXpress - 1 in 5 children in the U.S. enter school overweight or obese, researchers find
28 August 2017 - Science Daily - Early weight gain in pregnancy correlates with childhood obesity, first study of its size shows
22 August 2017 - MedicalXpress - Brain's self-regulation in teens at risk for obesity
14 August 2017 - Futurity - Sweet, low-calorie foods confuse our metabolism
3 August 2017 - Nutraingredients - The case of the vanishing microbiota: Gut bugs powerless to halt disease rampage
26 July 2017 - MedicalXpress - Understanding the constant dialogue that goes on between our gut and our brain
13 July 2017 - Reuters - Mother’s soda intake during pregnancy tied to child’s obesity risk
13 July 2017 - Science Daily - Maternal obesity during pregnancy may be linked to behavioral problems in boys
5 July 2017 - Science Daily - Brain's immune cells may drive overeating and weight gain
03 July 2017 - The Conversation - How slimming became an obsession with women in post-war Britain
28 June 2017 - Teenage weight gain linked to increased stroke risk as an adult
15 June 2017 - MedicalXpress - Mother's obesity boosts risk for major birth defects: study
7 June 2017 - The Guardian - Global study finds 75% of pregnant women don't have healthy weight gain
7 June 2017 - Science Daily - Pregnancy diet high in refined grains could increase kids' obesity by age seven
6 June 2017 - MedicalXpress - Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, study suggests
31 May 2017 - St Louis Post-Dispatch - Of mice and men: a link between obesity and autism?
30 May 2017 - MedicalXpress - Prenatal stress predisposes female mice to binge eating
29 May 2017 - Science Daily - High-fat diet alters reward system in rats
26 May 2017 - MedicalXpress - Fat nation - the rise and fall of obesity on the political agenda
17 May 2017 - BBC News - 'Fat but fit is a big fat myth'
17 May 2017 - World Health Organisation - New WHO study on health and well-being of Europe’s youth reveals that obesity continues to rise
5 May 2017 - The Conversation - Does spoon-feeding really make babies overweight?
2 May 2017 - Food Navigator - Food insecurity’s mental toll extends beyond nutritional impact
28 April 2017 - Nutraingredients - Study explores how gut microbial populations impact cognitive function
27 April 2017 - MedicalXpress - Overweight/obese people with diabetes at increased risk of brain abnormalities
25 April 2017 - The Conversation - ‘Junk food’ and the consumer blame game
21 April 2017 - NutraIngredients - Could coffee polyphenols improve sleep and energy metabolism in obese people?
18 April 2017 - TheConversation - South Africa needs more than a sugar tax to get to the bottom of obesity
18 April 2017 - TheConversation - Artificial sweeteners are said to be ‘lite’ but they leave a heavy burden on your health
15 March 2017 - The Conversation - Gut bacteria play a role in long-term weight gain
15 March 2017 - BBC - Obesity crisis: Is this the food that is making us all fat?
7 March 2017 - The Conversation - Do smaller plates make you eat less? No, Channel 4's Food Unwrapped gets it wrong
7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - Sulforaphane, a phytochemical in broccoli sprouts, ameliorates obesity
6 March 2017 - The Conversation - How diets high in sugar and saturated fat could be harming your brain
6 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - How mood and eating behaviour are connected
22 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - Fighting malnutrition with education