Obese

Womb Cancer :: Womb cancer risk linked to waist size

The average British woman, who has a 34 inch waist, is more likely to develop womb cancer than her slimmer sisters.

Weight Gain :: Pre-teen girls at risk for extra weight gain

Girls in their ?tween? years?the ages of 9-12?are especially vulnerable to excess weight gain and related health risks that may continue into adulthood, according to a recent study.

Obesity :: Programmed for obesity

Obesity is generally discussed in terms of caloric intake (how much a person eats) and energy output (how much a person exercises). However, according to a University of Missouri-Columbia scientist, environmental chemicals found in everyday plastics and pesticides also may influence obesity.

Obesity :: Chemical exposure may cause obesity

Obesity :: Increased cardiometabolic risk in obesity

Obesity and its many related health hazards have become a serious and growing problem worldwide. While environmental and lifestyle factors play a key role in the development of obesity, genetic variation may determine an individual’s susceptibility to weight gain and to the rise of obesity-related health risks.

Diabetes :: Elucidation of the genome for diabetics with DNA chips

A CNRS team headed by Philippe Froguel (CNRS, University of Lille 2, Pasteur Institute, Imperial College London) and Rob Sladek (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) in a French-British-Canadian collaboration that accounts for about 70 percent of the genetic risk for patients with type two diabetes.

Obesity :: A chemical pathway that causes mice to overeat and gain weight

The Scripps Research team, led by neuroscientists Manuel Sanchez-Alavez and Tamas Bartfai, discovered that mice genetically altered to lack a molecule known as the EP3 receptor tend to be more active during their normal sleep cycle and to eat more. In the study, this led to weight increases of up to 30 percent relative to mice with the receptors.