weight control

Eternal witch-hunt for the fat body

October 9, 2017 in Society & Culture

“The fat body carries a secret that has to be revealed at all costs; it is a living symptom that something has ‘gone wrong’,” says Camilla Bruun Eriksen. She has studied the representation of fat bodies in popular culture.

Physical activity has little impact on weight

February 16, 2017 in Health

Higher levels of physical activity do not protect against weight gain, according to a new study.

Benefits for overweight women with heart disease

June 18, 2014 in Health

A Norwegian study has found that overweight women with cardiovascular disease are less at risk of serious consequences from their illness than normal weight women with the same disease. The opposite is true for men.

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Climate models have not “over-predicted” warming

October 23, 2017 in Natural Sciences

A new study suggests that the Paris climate goal may not yet be a physical impossibility. Even if true, this does not mean that climate models are wrong, as some media outlets reported.