Tag: obesity

Scientists discover brain mechanism that regulates body weight

A neurotransmitter in the brain affects whether we gain or lose weight, a new study in mice suggests.

Gut bacteria keeps bears healthily obese

Brown bears are obese. They have to be to survive months of hibernation. And yet they do not experience the complications that we do when we pile on the pounds. So what can they teach us?

Greenlandic gene could be key to beating obesity

The Inuit people carry a genetic variant, which increases their risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Mouth bacteria linked to obesity

Amount of oral lactic acid bacteria could influence your propensity to gain weight.

Gut bacteria could one day combat obesity

New research shows that the right combination of gut bacteria plays a role in whether people are fat or thin.

Gastric bypass surgery halved the risk of heart failure

A new study shows that obesity links to a higher risk of heart failure.

Do you have a sweet tooth? Blame it on your liver

New research shows that a certain hormone produced in the liver could explain your sweet tooth and help produce new treatments to reduce people’s cravings for sugar.

Birth weight linked to diabetes and obesity

A large international study has discovered 60 genetic variants that link low birth weight to an increased risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.

Four years later: is CO2 making us fat?

In 2012 a group of scientists proposed a hypothesis that CO2 in the atmosphere is making us fat. We’ve checked in with the scientists to see what developments they’ve made.

Why some experience serious side effects from bariatric surgery

What happens during bariatric surgery can be just as important as the health of the patient before the operation takes place.

19th century undertaker introduced the world to dieting

Historical studies of obesity contradict the myth that being fat was a sign of health in days gone by. The first evidence of modern dieting did not emerge until the 1860s, say researchers.

Gut bacteria sends signals to the brain to make us fat

Our gut bacteria send signals to the brain and encourage us to eat more, and may cause us to put on weight.

Antipsychotics can make you fat

Psychosis medications can also lead to an increased appetite, shows new research. It could explain why some people react so dramatically to treatment.

Scientists find gene switch for “bad” fat

New study shows that targeting a certain gene can lower fat levels in the blood and reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver disease.

Why bears can be obese and healthy

Bears put on huge amounts of fat, but don't suffer from heart problems and diabetes. Researchers think that the animals’ gut microbes might provide an explanation.

Weight loss does not prolong the lives of diabetes patients

New study shows that the prescribed weight loss has no effect on cardiovascular disease and mortality among patients with type-2 diabetes.

Ninety per cent of gastric bypass patients suffer side effects

Many patients end up back at the doctor’s office with abdominal pain and other symptoms after gastric bypass surgery. But health researchers still recommend the procedure.

Obese people more susceptible to infection

Obese people are more likely to suffer from throat or lung infections, shows new research.

Obesity can be passed on through the father’s sperm

Overweight men may pass obesity on to the children via their sperm, according to new research.

Research project will search for links between childhood and mental illnesses

A long-running European health study has the go-ahead to continue ground-breaking research into mental disorders and obesity.

Diabetics greatly benefit from short bursts of high intensity exercise

A group of diabetics lost 18 per cent belly fat and improved their sugar regulation, after just 8-weeks of short but high intensity exercise sessions. No drug has the same effect.

Can cheese help keep heart disease at bay?

The French diet is heavy on wine and cheese, but despite that fact heart disease is uncommon in France. A new study suggests that cheese may be the reason why.

Obesity epidemic is not caused by genes or lifestyle

Neither genes nor lifestyle are responsible for widespread obesity. Instead, it may be entirely down to our environment during childhood.

Diabetes diagnosis leads to weight loss

New study challenges conventional views by showing that people lose weight in the years after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Special gene is causing some smokers to stay slim

Heavy smokers are slimmer than smokers who lack a specific gene, shows new study with 80,000 participants.

New study strengthens link between genes and obesity

Multiple regions in your genome help determine how much you weigh and how fat is distributed in your body.

Smoking gene could be causing weight increase in non-smokers

New study suggests relationship between smoking genes and increased weight.

Scientists reprogram fat cells to increase fat burning

Scientists discover how fat cells can be reprogrammed to burn fat instead of storing it.

Nordic fare slims you as well as a Stone Age diet

Official Nordic dietary recommendations help elderly, overweight women to lose weight just as well as if they were on Palaeolithic diets.

Abused children risk adult obesity

A large-scale Swedish study shows that persons who were subjected to physical, emotional or sexual abuse during childhood are more prone to becoming overweight as adults.

Making fat people slim with modified DNA

Genetically designed cells, which release hormones telling the humane body that it is full, could be a solution to worldwide obesity.

Dietary calcium prevents weight gain

Dietary calcium keeps the weight down, according to a new study, which also suggests that calcium may be particularly good for people genetically predisposed to a high waist circumference.

How dietary fibres fight obesity and diabetes

Scientists have found an explanation to why dietary fibres keep us healthy. The discovery may lead to new treatments of metabolic diseases.

Paleo diet better for weight loss than nutrition recommendations

Obese people lose more weight, have less blood fat and get a more slender waist if they follow a Paleolithic-type diet rather than following the official Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, new study shows.

Pregnant women who eat fish get chubby daughters

When an expectant mother gets the environmental toxins PCB and DDE into her bloodstream from eating fish, her daughters are likely to become overweight, new Danish/Faroese study reveals.

Genes determine effect of diet and exercise

Your genetic makeup helps determine how much you get out of dieting and exercising. A researcher now aims to identify the genes that determine the effect that diabetes patients get from diet and exercise.

New food to speed up satiety in overweight people

Scandinavian scientists aim to find out how the structure of food is related to satiety. The objective is to develop new foods that can help overweight people as well as people who eat too little.

Another obesity myth debunked

Cardiovascular disease is caused exclusively by overweight and obesity, major new study reveals.

Low birth weight can increase hunger in adulthood

Foetuses that receive insufficient nutrition risk ending up as adults who overeat without satisfying their hunger. This is due to a faulty central mechanism in their fat stem cells.

New report: Weight loss increases mortality

Losing weight does not guarantee improved health in overweight people. On the contrary, a new Danish report shows that their mortality rates are increased by 15 percent if they lose weight.

What’s so great about wholegrain bread?

Wholemeal bread has become generally accepted as the healthy alternative to bread made from refined white flour. A new study with pigs, bread-baking and fancy technology brings us closer to an answer to why this is so.

Overweight children more likely to get liver cancer

Comprehensive new study finds a correlation between childhood body size during school ages and the risk of developing primary liver cancer as adults.

Childhood obesity gene identified

Defects on a special ’satiety gene’ may constitute a rare but important cause of early childhood obesity.

High risks for babies of obese mothers despite C-sections

Caesareans provide no reduction in risks of serious complications when very heavy women give birth.

Exercise does not work wonders for everyone

Some people can lose weight and gain muscle without improving their ability to regulate blood sugar, new study reveals.

Big EU obesity study is lightweight

A major European study of child obesity failed to include a representative number of kids whose parents are single, immigrants, undereducated or have low incomes. That means the results provide an inaccurate picture of obesity rates in the next generation of Europeans, a group of Swedish researchers says.

Scientists discover brain mechanism that regulates body weight

Gut bacteria keeps bears healthily obese

Greenlandic gene could be key to beating obesity

Mouth bacteria linked to obesity

Gut bacteria could one day combat obesity

Gastric bypass surgery halved the risk of heart failure

Do you have a sweet tooth? Blame it on your liver

Birth weight linked to diabetes and obesity

Four years later: is CO2 making us fat?

Why some experience serious side effects from bariatric surgery

19th century undertaker introduced the world to dieting

Gut bacteria sends signals to the brain to make us fat

Antipsychotics can make you fat

Scientists find gene switch for “bad” fat

Why bears can be obese and healthy

Weight loss does not prolong the lives of diabetes patients

Ninety per cent of gastric bypass patients suffer side effects

Obese people more susceptible to infection

Obesity can be passed on through the father’s sperm

Research project will search for links between childhood and mental illnesses

Diabetics greatly benefit from short bursts of high intensity exercise

Can cheese help keep heart disease at bay?

Obesity epidemic is not caused by genes or lifestyle

Diabetes diagnosis leads to weight loss

Special gene is causing some smokers to stay slim

New study strengthens link between genes and obesity

Smoking gene could be causing weight increase in non-smokers

Scientists reprogram fat cells to increase fat burning

Nordic fare slims you as well as a Stone Age diet

Abused children risk adult obesity

Making fat people slim with modified DNA

Dietary calcium prevents weight gain

How dietary fibres fight obesity and diabetes

Paleo diet better for weight loss than nutrition recommendations

Pregnant women who eat fish get chubby daughters

Genes determine effect of diet and exercise

New food to speed up satiety in overweight people

Another obesity myth debunked

Low birth weight can increase hunger in adulthood

New report: Weight loss increases mortality

What’s so great about wholegrain bread?

Overweight children more likely to get liver cancer

Childhood obesity gene identified

High risks for babies of obese mothers despite C-sections

Exercise does not work wonders for everyone

Big EU obesity study is lightweight

Fat-burning fat cells found in the neck

Seven new genetic causes of obesity identified

Possible new cause of diabetes, obesity and poor growth

Slim and healthy people also get type 2 diabetes

Diet soda and no fish can harm mother and baby

Researchers: rapid weight loss is the best

Protein can cause lifestyle diseases in fat pigs

Couch potatoes don’t need to exercise like mad

Obesity starts in infancy

The Maasai keep healthy despite a high-fat diet

Being big isn’t always bad

Thirty minutes of daily exercise is enough

Cholesterol can be controlled

Exercise better for health than dietary changes

You're probably not what you eat

New theory: CO2 makes you fat

Oxidised LDL is bad news for unfit overweight young men

Hormone-impairing substances make daughters fat

Men say women weigh too much

A single protein controls our metabolism

Nuts good for fighting obesity and diabetes

We buy healthier food than in previous generations

A big butt can be a great asset

Weight loss without exercise – really?

Injections cut fat

Unhealthy Danes have less and poorer sex