Is obesity a disease? Or is it a result of bad lifestyle choices?
Opinions were split about 50:50 among the attendees at a recent Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit on Obesity, Diabetes, and the Metabolic Crisis. Then the speaker after the informal poll (a show of hands) said, "Obesity is 80 to 90% heredity, exceeded only by height" in its genetic cause.
That speaker was Jeffrey Friedman, who discovered leptin in 1994 and recently received a Lasker prize. The Lasker is considered...
A sizeable proportion of Americans are dealing with obesity-related chronic diseases. People who are overweight or obese are at higher risk... Read more »
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and though we constantly talk about obesity and diabetes, there seems to be a disconnect for many... Read more »
You'd have to be living in a bubble these days to not be aware of the fact that 2/3 of the American adult population are overweight/obese... Read more »
I am here in Las Vegas at the International Association of Fitness Professional's Yearly World Fitness Convention. It's 112 degrees so... Read more »
when you are identified as being overweight or obese, you are told all about health risks assicuated with that weight that include: heart... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Obesity in children has been linked to diabetes, low self-esteem and other problems. Now, research is showing that obese kids... Read more »
Results from a new long-term study have found that certain obese people may not be at risk for diabetes and heart disease. The researchers say people... Read more »
Carrying extra body fat is a risk factor for developing heart disease, but researchers say that obese heart disease patients appear to have an easier... Read more »
According to a recent study, even a young heart can be harmed by obesity. Researchers from Washington University studied 168 children and found that... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Hubert Chen, MD, Associate Director of Medical Sciences, Amgen Inc. and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine... Read more »
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