Newsworthy Women. The Sociocultural History of Obesity. Posted: October 3, 2024 | Last updated: October 3, 2024. After WWII, technological advances led to an abundance of inexpensive food ...

A recent study conducted by researchers from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Inkosi Albert Luthuli ...

Experts warn that a child’s trajectory is established early in life and the first 1,000 days – from pregnancy through to a ...

In fact, the FTO gene, the gene most closely associated with obesity, is responsible for only a 0.34% difference in people's weight, according to a review of research cited in the National Library ...

And the propensity towards obesity is happening on a molecular level, as Professor Ferdinand von Meyenn, a senior author on the study at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, said, the ...

But the most common form of obesity, which more than 42% of Americans have, is more complicated than that. It’s not caused by a single gene; rather, more than a hundred of them.

World Obesity Day 2025 focuses on unity to end obesity. Explore its theme, history, and how it’s driving global change for better health and well-being.

Not everyone who has obesity has these conditions. The risk rises if you have a family history or other risk factors for one of these conditions. Body mass index (BMI) is just one measure used to ...