Tag: Obesity
Beer and spirits have more detrimental effects on the waistline and...
Brittany Larsen, Iowa State University
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New insights from biology can help overcome siloed thinking in cancer...
Gerald Denis, Boston University
Rarely does an oncologist closely question a breast cancer patient about their blood glucose, body...
Kids with obesity need acceptance from family and friends, not just...
Amanda Harrist, Oklahoma State University and Laura Hubbs-Tait, Oklahoma State University
Hundreds of programs over the past four decades...
Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has...
Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut
Lazy. Unmotivated. No self-discipline. No willpower.
These are just a few...
Poorest Americans drink a lot more sugary drinks than the richest...
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan and Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Many countries such as the U.K. and Mexico and a handful of U.S. cities...
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address...
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and...
Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity...
Satchin Panda, University of California San Diego and Pam Taub, University of California San Diego
People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or...
Why Bill Maher is wrong about fat-shaming
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
On a recent episode of his Friday evening talk show, Bill Maher proposed that society combat obesity by body-shaming overweight individuals....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
