Obesity bias based on disgust: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Negative attitudes towards obese people are based on an emotional response of disgust, a new study suggests.
Apr 27, 2010
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Apr 27, 2010
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Fat cells reach their limit and trigger changes linked to type 2 diabetes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that the fat cells and tissues of morbidly obese people and animals can reach a limit in their ability to store fat appropriately. Beyond this limit several biological ...
Nov 08, 2010
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Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes
Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the ...
Nov 24, 2009
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Better training needed to curb 'fatism' within health professions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Prejudice towards obese people is rife among trainee health professionals, but can be modified, new research has found.
Apr 16, 2010
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Study: Being obese can take years off your life
(AP) -- Being obese can take years off your life and in some cases may be as dangerous as smoking, a new study says. British researchers at the University of Oxford analyzed 57 studies mostly in Europe and North America, ...
Mar 17, 2009
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Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems
The discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a direct impact on their physical health, according to new research from Purdue ...
Mar 03, 2011
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Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study finds
Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight—but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. Those are the findings of a new study published ...
Jun 23, 2009
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Some obese people perceive body size as OK, dismiss need to lose weight
Some obese people misperceive that their body size is normal and think they don't need to lose weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Nov 17, 2009
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Stroke incidence rising among younger adults, decreasing among elderly
More young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer, according to data from Ohio and Kentucky presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010.
Feb 24, 2010
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Overweight people influenced by labels
Fat or obese? The labels we use to describe heavy-weight individuals can dramatically influence the judgments we make about people, a new study suggests.
Dec 13, 2010
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