Obesity Kills: Can Genetics Help in the Targeting of Obesity Prevention?

How Food Industries Can Help in Preventing Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome?

Obesity: can a new drug help?

Introduction Obesity is known to be a major health risk. The data here arise from a study which aimed to investigate whether or not a new drug, used as part of a regime of diet, exercise and drug treatment, could assist in weight reduction for obese individuals. Patients taking part in the study were healthy adults (aged 18 to 65 years) and were between 30% and 80% above their ideal body weight...

Prevention of Malnutrition in Children, Slimming Yesterday, Obesity Today

Introduction: The future of any nation depends on how its children's care, According to their likely future health needs of the adult population model for healthy living and wealth has increased. One of the most pressing health diet. This study is done to aimed investigate the factors influencing malnutrition in children in the past for weight loss and weight gain can be seen today.   Methods a...

Can we do something in early life to reduce the risk of obesity?

Obesity usually results from a combination of several modifiable and non-modifiable contributing factors, such as genetics, race, and socioeconomic status. Other factors, including birth by cesarean section, perinatal antibiotics usage, and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months, could be potentially prevented or modulated. However, one of the factors can be easily implemented thro...

The genetics of human obesity

It has long been known that there is a genetic component to obesity, and that characterizing this underlying factor would likely offer the possibility of better intervention in the future. Monogenic obesity has proved to be relatively straightforward, with a combination of linkage analysis and mouse models facilitating the identification of multiple genes. In contrast, genome-wide association s...