obesity

PORTLAND, Ore. (MedPage Today) -- Obesity appears to worsen asthma symptoms and their impact on patients' lives, researchers here said.

(Lifespan) New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease -- the first study to show that obesity can cause neurodegeneration.

(University of Illinois at Chicago) The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a two-year federal grant to continue a study on how periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the tissues surrounding teeth, is linked to type 2 diabetes and obesity.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (MedPage Today) -- Although obesity and asthma often go hand in hand, inflammation is not the condition's long-suspected mediator, researchers here said.

(American Thoracic Society) There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two.

But one long-suspected link, the systemic inflammation associated with obesity, has been ruled out by a recent New Zealand study that found no evidence of its involvement.

Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.

The finding that fat cells from obese people behave differently from those in normal-weight people could help explain how obesity leads to diseases like diabetes.

An Alabama plan that calls for obese state employees to pay more for health insurance if they don't lose weight has stirred controversy.

A history of severe ear infections or tonsil trouble may increase the chances of being obese later in life, scientists say.

Early research suggests a link between chronic ear infection, tonsillectomies, and obesity.