Research shows that even when people develop COVID-19 symptoms, they are paradoxically carrying the highest viral loads during the presymptomatic stage.

In quite a few locales, the concept of “reopening” society is a joke because Americans have exercised their right to selfishly do as they please all along.

Dr. Pretlow will speak at the annual (virtual) meeting of the American Society of Animal Science on Monday, July 20, on the topic of obesity in pets.

Vaccine creation is difficult because COVID-19 affects different people differently. There is no guarantee that long-term universal immunity is obtainable.

The idea of a deadly illness being asymptomatic is tough to comprehend, and there is not much clarification about asymptomatic vs. pre-symptomatic COVID-19.

School closings and home confinement steal opportunities for physical exercise. As the pounds pile on, the pandemic and the obesity epidemic feed on each other.

Evidence seems to be piling up to indicate that children have never been safe from coronavirus, even before it was acknowledged to be present in the U.S.

What is actually known about the identification and diagnosis of this potentially deadly disease?

COVID-19 might not respiratory but vasculotropic. To label something as a circulatory system illness rather than a respiratory one has different implications.

Despite loose talk of an impending “second wave,” it is clear that the country is still in the midst of the first wave. Sheer desperate denial does nothing.

People pass COVID-19 on to others before they even know they have it themselves, and sometimes they never know, because they never feel sick.

Coronavirus seems determined to defy any attempts at pattern recognition that could help defeat it, and experts have used the word “bizarre” to describe it.

Some kids might have no symptoms of coronavirus at all, and function as extremely efficient little superspreaders.

Some experts believe that 80% of the COVID-19 cases are instigated by 20% (or maybe even just 10%) of infectious individuals, who are known as “superspreaders.”

Because the problem is new and ongoing, most coronavirus studies are very small and necessarily inconclusive.

Around 780 million people in the world don’t have access to clean water, and water shortage is a way of life. How does it affect dealing with COVID-19 globally?

The COVID-19 risk factors seem to vary from one country to another, but in most places, the most significant risk factor seems to be excessive body weight.

There is more to be said about the conjunction of obesity, inflammation, and the virus. For instance, why does it prefer to afflict obese people?

The obese are at higher risk for severe illness, and obese young people are at particular risk. So who is disproportionately at risk of dying from the virus?

As the way we buy food keeps changing along with availability of certain types of food, how will the pandemic ultimately affect the way we eat?

Adults and children have numerous reasons to be stressed right now, and stress is a major cause of disadvantageous eating habits at any age.

Studies show that teens who experience weight bullying are more likely to abuse substances and engage in other risky behaviors.

One study showed that obese adolescents have significantly high odds of being either a bullying victim, or a combination of victim and perp.

The artificial sweetener industry’s infatuation with exercise enables it to lay all the blame for obesity, and any other damage, firmly on the consumer.

There is a lot of evidence for accepting that obesity is multifactorial, and that a strict energy balance equation often fails to yield the results it should.

Studies show that inactive children tend to remain inactive later in life, and that childhood inactivity can lead to the consequences of obesity seen in adults.

What’s the role of regular exercise in the prevention and the treatment of obesity? Let’s take a look at some studies.

The title describes the philosophy of scientific innovators through the ages who have tried out theories, substances, and interventions on themselves.

The food industry promotes physical activity as a solution for obesity, but obesity is neither a poor nutrition nor lack of exercise problem.

We pick up from the previous post discussing the virtues of whole milk versus low-fat or skim, and how it relates to childhood obesity.