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- Penn Vet team pieces together signaling pathway leading to obesity
- Majority of people -- including health professionals -- struggle to identify obesity
- Crash test dummies pack on the pounds
- More Than Half of Adults in Brazil Are Overweight or Obese, According to Kantar Health
- Evidence shows we can prevent obesity in children
- Why Do Women Purchase Magazines That Promote Impossible Body Images?
| Penn Vet team pieces together signaling pathway leading to obesity Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:55 AM PST ( University of Pennsylvania ) A team of researchers led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's Kendra K. Bence have now drawn connections between known regulators of body mass, pointing to possible treatments for obesity and metabolic disorders. |
| Majority of people -- including health professionals -- struggle to identify obesity Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:00 AM PST ( University of Liverpool ) The majority of people -- including healthcare professionals -- are unable to visually identify whether a person is a healthy weight, overweight or obese according to research by psychologists at the University of Liverpool. |
| Crash test dummies pack on the pounds Posted: 11 Nov 2014 07:08 AM PST Crash dummies pack on the pounds to help automakers design safer cars for occupants of all sizes. |
| More Than Half of Adults in Brazil Are Overweight or Obese, According to Kantar Health Posted: 11 Nov 2014 12:03 AM PST NEW YORK, N.Y. -- via PRWEB - More than half of adults in Brazil are overweight or obese, with 34 percent having body mass index (BMI) levels that classify them as overweight (BMI of 25 kg/m2 or higher ... |
| Evidence shows we can prevent obesity in children Posted: 10 Nov 2014 08:57 PM PST (CNS): Researchers have demonstrated that childhood obesity prevention programmes have a positive health impact on body mass index (BMI - a measure of body fat based upon height and weight). |
| Why Do Women Purchase Magazines That Promote Impossible Body Images? Posted: 10 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST Provided by Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State University A new study reveals the secret of how some fashion and beauty magazines continue to attract devoted audiences, even though they glamorize super-thin models that would seem to taunt normal-sized women. The research suggests that some readers, rather than comparing themselves unhappily with the thin models, may derive "thinspiration": the belief ... |
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