by root | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
LASTING BENEFITS OF WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY Surgery for weight loss may be an extreme step, but a new study of more than 13,000 patients has found lasting benefits. Specifically, patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes had a 41% lower death rate in the following eight...
by root | Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS A new study from the National Institutes of Health shows that the rise of ultra-processed foods and the rise in obesity over the last several decades isn’t a coincidence. Such foods, which are literally engineered to be appealing, do indeed lead...
by root | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
OBESITY AND CANCER Obesity is rising in young Americans and so are some forms of cancer. That’s probably not a coincidence, researchers recently wrote in Lancet Public Health. While some cancers have clear causes (think smoking and lung cancer), others stem from...
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