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Prostate cancer aggressiveness in obese patients is reduced by exercise and healthy habits. Obesity is a risk factor for poor overall health and has been shown to increase complications for many health conditions as well. Therefore, it is of no surprise that combating obesity can help improve outcomes of prostate cancer. The prostate is surrounded ...click here to read more

A new study has found a link between fatty liver and heart failure in obese individuals. The findings stress the importance of dietary intervention in those who are obese. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease affecting 70 to 90 percent of obese individuals or diabetics, and 30 percent of the general ...click here to read more

Bariatric surgery has come under a lot of flak in recent years but one cannot ignore its benefits – especially when it comes to obese patients needing knee surgery.  Statistics show that adverse outcomes and post-operative maintenance costs are on the rise in obese patients who undergo following total knee replacement surgery (TKR).  But now, ...click here to read more

Recent findings suggest that poorer children have triple the risk of being obese, so researchers aimed to identify the link between the two. The researchers used data from nearly 20,000 families across the UK and measured information from children at ages five and 11. At age five, children had double the risk of being obese ...click here to read more

MRI studies have revealed that substantial weight loss can significantly lower degeneration of knee cartilage in individuals who are overweight or obese. Obesity is a risk factor for osteoarthritis, a condition where degeneration of joints occurs. The knees are commonly affected by osteoarthritis. Aging baby boomers are not only at a higher risk of being ...click here to read more

New research has found that being overweight or obese during adulthood increases the risk of cardiac death if the weight elevated in early adulthood. The study was conducted on over 72,000 women and was published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. Lead study author, Dr. Stephanie Chiuve, said, “We found that it is important to maintain a ...click here to read more

A new study has found that obese individuals with a metabolic syndrome actually require more vitamin E. They undergo higher oxidative stress, but their condition makes the body utilize it less efficiently. The researchers suggest this vitamin E paradox is what could be contributing to the wide range of diseases associated with metabolic syndromes, including ...click here to read more

New research published in Social Science and Medicine reveals that your job could have negative impacts on your waistline and even be making you obese. The findings come from researchers at the University of Adelaide, Central Queensland University and the University of South Australia. The researchers uncovered that a lower body mass index (BMI) is ...click here to read more

Weight discrimination of obese people leads to chronic health problems and increases mortality risk, according to the latest findings. Researchers examined data involving 18,000 people from various longitudinal studies and compared those who experienced weight discriminated to those who did not. Their findings suggest that those who experience weight discrimination had a 60 percent increased ...click here to read more

Researchers aimed to uncover an answer for the pressing question, Why do those who are overweight or obese outlive their normal weight counterparts? Furthermore, would this obesity paradox work in all circumstances? The researchers found obesity does not offer protection against all condition, especially cardiovascular disease. Samuel Preston, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania said, ...click here to read more

Hunger satiety hormone leptin has been found to cause cardiovascular disease in obese individuals. Leptin is produced by body fat and is also known as the satiety hormone or the starvation hormone. Leptin plays a role in functions related to fertility, immunity and brain function, and it’s intended to tell the brain that we are ...click here to read more

The list of health reasons I dutifully give my patients to lose weight keeps growing – perhaps it’s the same one you feel like you’ve heard from your own doctor on auto-repeat as well. I usually start off my speech on a positive note: “It’ll do wonders for how you feel every day! You’ll have ...click here to read more