Tag: obesity
Obesity-related deaths are in the first place!
Obesity has increased considerably due to changing life conditions and harmful eating habits. Experts were warning about the high number of people affected by smoking and its harm. There have…
Sleeping an hour more per night would help you lose weight!
A recently published study offers a simple strategy for weight loss: sleep an extra hour every night! Indeed, increasing sleep time would help regulate appetite and therefore reduce the amount…
The ANSM suspends the sale of injectable products against obesity on the internet
News Published on 16/12/2021 at 12:00 p.m., Reading 2 mins. The Medicines Agency has suspended the marketing and use of injectable products supposed to destroy fat to fight against obesity.…
The biggest risk factors are obesity and age! Watch out for these symptoms
Hand osteoarthritis, popularly known as hand arthritis, is a disease that negatively affects the quality of life with the severe pain it causes. Near East University Hospital Physical Medicine and…
Obesity and ethnic origin: risk factors that add up in Covid-19 disease
We already know that being obese increases the risk of hospitalization and death in the event of contamination by SARS-CoV-2. We also know that certain ethnic origins also increase the…
Thanks to their genes, some obese people are relatively healthy
Many obese people suffer from metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes while other obese people are in relatively good health. Why ? The answer may lie in the genes.…
Fatty liver disease: is it reversible?
Emerging liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or Nash (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis) is the severe form of hepatic steatosis also called fatty liver disease or soda disease. Difficult to identify until the most…
Who is suitable for bariatric surgery?
The body mass index calculated by dividing the person’s weight by the square of the height is over 40; patients who cannot lose weight despite professional support and serious exercise;…
Why doing more sport is not enough to lose weight
Mathematically, it is unstoppable: to lose weight, you just need to eat fewer calories than what you spend. However, in reality, it is nowhere near that easy: the body automatically…
Can the coronavirus infect fat cells?
A pre-published study suggests that the coronavirus can infect adipocytes and macrophages in fatty tissue. These results, if they are confirmed, would provide the first explanations for the serious and…