tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:02:41 +0000obesityBMIchildhood obesitydiabetesphysical activityweightobeseriskstudyadolescentschildrendietfoodleptinlifestyleoverweightbehaviorcardiovasculardrugenvironmenthealthhypertensioninsulin resistancemicepreventionschoolsleepwaist circumferenceweight lossAustraliaBrown adipose tissueCADFDAMediterranean DietPREDIMEDPicassoVLDLWHOadipocyteadipose stromal cellsadipose tissueappetitebariatric surgerybelviqblueberrybody compositionbrainbreast cancercancercannabiscentral obesitycholesterolchromosomecrisiscyclingcytokinedeathdeveloping countriesdinnerdisordersdoctorseatepidemicfatfungenegeneticsgrapefruitheighthypothalamusinflammationintelligence quotientinterleukinslatelipolysislorcaserinmathsmeta-abalysismetabolismmethodmortalitynaringeninneuronsolive oilpandemicparentsperceptionplaygroundpoliciespollutionpolyphenolspregnancyresearchstresssummitteentumorunhealthy foodvideovideo gamewaist-to-hip ratiowightScientific infomation on the XXIth century pandemiahttp://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)Blogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-578655755091791468Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:24:00 +00002014-09-29T15:25:10.609+02:00BMIcytokineinflammationoverweightstressResearchers found that overweight people repeatedly placed in a stressful situation exhibited increasing amounts of interleukin-6, an inflmmatory marker, in their saliva. This cytokine is secreted by T cells and macrophages to stimulate immune response, e.g. during infection and after trauma, especially burns or other tissue damage leading to inflammation. Additionally, interleukin-6 has been http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2014/09/stress-is-more-deadly-for-obese-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7191011320759865448Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:12:00 +00002013-04-09T18:12:41.438+02:00dinnereatlateweight lossDo you have late dinners? If you are one of those that use to eat late at night or before going to bed and your are trying to lose weight, your chances of success may be reduced. According to a new study with 420 individuals on a 20-week weight-loss treatment, late lunch eaters lose less weight and display a slower weight-loss rate than early eaters. Despite energy intake was similar in both http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2013/04/eating-late-reduces-success-of-weight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-3839061468690675637Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:18:00 +00002013-01-29T17:20:19.169+01:00developing countriesobesitypandemicunhealthy foodSadly, we are getting accustomed to see emaciated people in poor countries and extremely fat people in rich countries. However, as countries develop this is getting far form reality as both starvation and obesity are closely linked with poverty, and as such they are both symptoms of malnutrition. The negative effects of unhealthy processed fat and sugar-rich diets in combination with low http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2013/01/obesity-also-threat-in-developing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-1780833496213668322Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:51:00 +00002013-01-29T15:51:45.504+01:00BMICADcentral obesitymortalitywaist circumferencewaist-to-hip ratio In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), normal weight in combination with central obesity is associated with the highest risk of mortality. This is the conclusion of a meta-analysis conducted with data of 15,547 participants (mean age 66 years) with CAD who took part in 5 studies from 3 continents.  The researchers identified 4,699 deaths in 4.7 years. After adjusting http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2013/01/combining-bmi-with-central-obesity-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-1116993879776281438Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:11:00 +00002012-10-16T17:12:36.163+02:00BMIfatMediterranean Dietolive oilPREDIMEDIs it paradoxical that olive oil intake does not increase body weight? It seems so, as olive oil is an energy-dense food, frequently consumed in south European countries. These countries have increasingly high obesity prevalence, according to different international organizations, including the World Health Organization. Actually, in 2008 the New York Times published that the Mediterranean Diet http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/10/do-all-dietary-fats-increase-body.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7912649178316500597Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:16:00 +00002012-10-15T17:20:32.304+02:00adipose stromal cellscancermicetumorEpidemiologic studies have strongly associated the incidence of cancer with obesity, but their pathophysiologic connections remain obscure. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston may have discovered a new explanation as to why obese patients with cancer often have a poorer prognosis compared with those who are lean. http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/10/obesity-facilitates-tumor-growth-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-1609474540727322670Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:59:00 +00002012-07-20T11:00:45.044+02:00BMIdeathheightmethodwaist circumferencewightTraditionally, Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used to measure obesity. Now, scientists propose a novel method that includes waist circumference (WC) in addition to BMI, providing better information about the risk of premature death for an individual. Known as A Body Shape Index (ABSI), the metric was tested on national health and nutrition data from 14,000 adults in the United States. This newhttp://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-way-to-measure-obesity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-6352533288974306281Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:08:00 +00002012-07-20T11:02:17.171+02:00belviqBMIdrugFDAlorcaserinobesityAfter 13 suspenseful years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill that could help to fight the US obesity epidemic. According to the FDA, Belviq (lorcaserin) can help people to lose about 3–4% of their body weight when combined with a healthy diet and exercise. The drug has been approved for use by obese people with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, and for a http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/07/weight-loss-drug-wins-us-approval.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-8401129554990880089Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:38:00 +00002012-04-11T15:38:50.058+02:00overweightperceptionweight Do we have a real perpception of our weight? Do we know if we are really overweight or not? This is what researchers at the University of Illinois investigated when they surveyed over 3,500 college applicants, as part of the Up Amigos project, a collaboration with the Mexican Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi. More than a third couldn't report their weight accurately, and overweight and http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/04/consciousness-of-self-weight-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7388623145120832980Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:43:00 +00002012-04-11T12:44:38.800+02:00childhood obesitychromosomegenegeneticsmeta-abalysis The Center for Applied Genomics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia declare tha they have identified and characterized a genetic predisposition to common childhood obesity. The meta-analysis, by an international collaborative group, the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, was published in Nature Genetics, and included 14 previous studies encompassing 5,530 cases of childhood obesity http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/04/genes-that-can-increase-risk-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-9167630325742532173Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +00002012-02-23T13:03:19.950+01:00diabeteshypothalamusleptinmiceneuronsobeseThe db/db mouse is widely employed as model of morbid obesity and its main feature is that it lacks of the receptor of a hormone called leptin. This hormone plays a major role in the hypothalamus, were things like sleep, thirst, body temperature, and hunger are regulated. In a recent study published in Science, Czupryn et al., showed that increasing leptin-receptor containing neurons in the http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2012/02/obesity-in-mice-can-be-ameliorated-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-4238159357375308162Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:04:00 +00002011-12-12T16:04:24.777+01:00BMIchildhood obesitydoctorsoverweightparentsAccording to a study published online in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, doctor should tell parents when their children are overweight as this would improve their motivation to follow healthy eating and activity. Perrin and co-authors Asheley Cockrell Skinner, and Michael J. Steiner, performed a secondary statistical analysis of data collected from 4,985 children ages 2 to 15 http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/12/doctors-need-to-be-honest-with-their.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7310838683624549893Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:49:00 +00002011-12-12T13:10:32.668+01:00behaviorchildhood obesityenvironmentfoodphysical activitypoliciesschoolAccording to researchers reviewing numerous anti-childhood obesity programs, the focus to prevent it should be on strategies that seek to change children’s environments rather than their behavior. The researchers said that environmental approaches improving physical activity and dietary habits are the key to prevention measures. To find which forms of intervention could have a http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/12/focus-on-obesogenic-environment-rather.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-2693456200405667952Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:52:00 +00002011-12-12T12:51:55.558+01:00BMIdietleptinphysical activitystudyweightA new study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, shows that regaining weight after a period of diet and exercise may be inevitable due to hormones. Australian researchers found that after losing weight, hormone levels - particularly those that influence hunger - shifted in the body, leading to increase appetites and weight regain. The study involved 50 adults with a http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/11/are-diet-and-exercise-enough-to-lose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-5646445043109574268Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:21:00 +00002011-12-12T12:52:43.286+01:00diabetesdrugobeseobesitypregnancystudyA UK trial will soon be under way whereby a commonly used diabetes pill will be administered to obese pregnant women in an attempt to prevent overweight mothers from delivering obese babies. Obese women who become pregnant are generally at risk of complications such as pre-eclampsia (potentially fatal), fetal death, possible birth defects and a greater number of caesarean deliveries. Children http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-drug-to-prevent-pregnant-obese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-3598195014798682174Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:46:00 +00002011-12-12T12:53:26.581+01:00adolescentsbariatric surgeryriskteenweightWeight-loss surgery for morbidly obese adolescents has become more popular even though many questions about safety and effectiveness remain, according to a commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Bariatric, surgery produces many benefits for most adult patients: they lose weight and can even have a complete reversal of diabetes. But less is known about the effects of the http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/caution-bariatric-surgery-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-2725128273185506556Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:55:00 +00002011-12-12T12:53:56.923+01:00diabetesinsulin resistanceobesitypollutionMedical research has long supported the fact that exposure to ultrafine particulate matter increases the risk of various respiratory, cardiovascular, and pulmonary illnesses. Incidences of asthma, heart attacks, and chronic bronchitis are all higher in areas where the concentration of ultrafine particulate matter is higher. The correlation between particulate matter and these health issues is http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-there-link-between-air-pollution-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7738241722777193355Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:53:00 +00002011-12-12T12:54:44.262+01:00adipocyteadipose tissueblueberrylipolysisobesitypolyphenols The latest research has shown that blueberry polyphenols may inhibit fat cell formation and increase lipolysis at the molecular level, suggesting the potential of polyphenols in reducing obesity risk through the reduction of adipose tissue production in the body. Plant polyphenols have shown to inhibit adipogenesis and to increase lipolysis. This action of polyphenols shows the positive http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/fat-cell-formation-may-be-inhibited-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-8129601145385595971Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:14:00 +00002011-12-12T12:55:18.914+01:00appetitemetabolismsleepstudyweightA new European study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition augments existing evidence that sleep deprivation can lead to weight gain, not only by increasing appetite, but also by slowing metabolism. The research conducted in Uppsala University in Sweden found that as little as a single night's sleep deprivation can significantly lower energy expenditure in healthy men. This http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/sleep-deprivation-may-cause-weight-gain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7297599976906570237Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:55:00 +00002011-12-12T12:56:07.772+01:00AustraliacardiovasculardiabetesobesityPicassoresearchA Pablo Picasso painting donated to an Australian university was sold in June for £13.5 million at auction. The proceeds will benefit obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular research at the University of Sydney. The work depicts his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, whom he met in 1927 when she was 17 and he 45. The painting was snatched up by art collector Walter P. Chrysler Jr., son of the automobile http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/pablo-picasso-painting-donated-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-1361989982062693795Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:46:00 +00002011-12-12T13:10:44.740+01:00Brown adipose tissuechildhood obesitystudyBrown fat, burns energy rather than storing it, which the more common white fat does. The study, published in the October issue of Endocrinology, sought to learn more about how to get brown fat cells to grow. It identified two molecular pathways that lead to a protein called necdin that blocks brown fat growth. With this information, researchers can look for ways to modify the steps along http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/10/researchers-identify-pathways-leading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-1032548511943904310Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:34:00 +00002011-12-12T12:59:14.722+01:00adolescentsdiethypertensionobesitypreventionA study, published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, found that girls who followed basic principles of the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet through their teens had a smaller tendency to gain an excess amount of weight by the time they reached early adulthood than teens who didn't stick to this diet. The DASH diet centers around high consumption of low-fat http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/hypotensive-diet-may-prevent-teen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-7200387851264099062Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:03:00 +00002011-12-12T13:00:06.393+01:00diabetesgrapefruitinsulin resistancenaringeninVLDL A complex of naringenin and cyclodextrin may help to substantially reduce the absorption of fat and sugar in the body, according to study published in PLoS One. The research team, from Harvard and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found their complex increases the absorption of naringenin by 11 times. They reported that a single dose given to rats before a meal reduced the generation ofhttp://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/naringenin-compound-from-grapefruit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-3524561976022533153Mon, 09 May 2011 10:16:00 +00002011-12-12T13:00:44.656+01:00behaviorenvironmentlifestyleobesityThe sociopsychobiology of ingestive behaviour is perhaps the most complex of all human behaviours, given its importance for survival of the species, and the physiological, neuroendocrine and biochemical pathways that determine energy metabolism and activity thermogenesis are clearly no simpler. It is perhaps, therefore, not all that unexpected when study after study (let alone your own http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/05/obesity-do-you-really-chose-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399146780575156239.post-6938333873120520248Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:15:00 +00002011-12-12T13:10:55.597+01:00BMIbody compositionchildhood obesitydiabeteshealthriskThe BMI is easy to measure, cheap to compile and track, and simple to convey to patients, but it was never meant to be a predictor of an individual's health risks. It was intended as a useful metric to track changes in the health and nutrition of large populations. For patients who are very muscular, and for African Americans, BMI is often a poor gauge of body composition. For Asians and http://obesityandscience.blogspot.com/2011/04/bmi-may-not-be-right-tool-to-measure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Javier S. Perona)0