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Overfeeding, lack of physical exercise, and the convenience of calorie-dense foods are cited as key contributors to excess ...

The rising obesity trend is seriously worrying and requires urgent, dedicated and consistent intervention on both micro and macro scales.

ABSTRACT: Schoolchildren’s obesity problem witnessed a dramatic increase around the world. That led to an obese youth generation, threatening their health status and predicting a metabolic disease.

ABSTRACT: Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is associated with increased cardiovascular and overall morbidity and mortality in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD). In ...

One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. By Simar Bajaj For ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers have long been viewed as America’s favorite family dogs, but, as it turns out, they’re also the most likely to beg, steal, and scheme ...

Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research suggests. "A lot ...

Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Introduction: Obesity and overweight problems in ...

If you want to accentuate the importance of a problem, it seems sensible to explain how prevalent it is. Lots of people are at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Lots of women carry a gene that makes them ...