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Objective: To describe factors which influence overweight and obesity in school-age children five to 11 years old in Mexico, and national strategies for the prevention and management of these ...

Recent data from National Health Service (NHS) weight clinics in England show that a disproportionate number of referrals originate from the most deprived areas, with some children having BMIs over 40 ...

Belly fat can result from hormonal dysregulations, stress, and an obesogenic environment. However, inflammation caused by microbiome imbalance and insulin resistance plays a role.

Enrollment in a patient-delivered intervention allowed adults with overweight or obesity to better maintain weight loss than ...

Four leading organizations in lifestyle medicine, obesity medicine, and nutrition-the American College of Lifestyle Medicine ...

Figure 1. Percentage reduction in initial weight over 4 years for participants in the intensive lifestyle intervention and diabetes support and education groups of the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in ...

A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that body weight changes in early childhood may be associated with later obesity risk. Funded by the ...

Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of modern times, with the potential to negatively affect almost every organ system. The interactions between dysfunctional adipose tissue and ...