This post was originally published on this site Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully understand why. A recent study by a research team in Brazil has found one possible reason: the umbilical cells of babies born to obese or overweight women have a modified expression…
This post was originally published on this site Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted by the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention program under the World Health Organization. The conclusions were based on the results of a systematic review of more than 1,000…
This post was originally published on this site Obesity is a major risk factor for several diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and a vast majority of the patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. However, according to a recent study, doctors prescribe 15 times more anti-diabetes medications than those for obesity. Currently…
