Income Inequality As Obesity Villain
When it comes to children’s diet and “nutritional inequality,” research shows socioeconomic factors and emotional issues play a role.
Low-Quality Sleep As Obesity Villain
Studies shows insufficient sleep in children creates risk for not only obesity but cardio-metabolic instability, which could lead to diabetes and heart disease.
Obesity Villain Suspect — BPA
Studies show that Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor and contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic.
Obesity Villain b29
Prof. Liping Zhao isolated a strain of enterobacter cloacae called b29 and introduced it into the bodies of sterile mice. Here’s what happened.
Mosquitoes — Trillions of Tiny Obesity Villains?
Let’s talk about those little varmints known as mosquitoes, and the hypothesis that they contribute indirectly to the unhealthful heaviness of kids.
Is Summer An Obesity Villain?
A fat baby predicts a fat child, and to a much greater extent, a fat child predicts a fat adult. This is everybody’s obesity epidemic.
Obesity Villain — the Lizard Brain
Is obesity caused by substance addiction or behavioral addiction? In the latter case the addictor would be the act of eating rather than the food itself.
Obesity Villains? Katy Perry and Beyoncé
A study by New York University evaluated the health value of foods and drinks endorsed by entertainers idolized by teens, and the results are not good.
Obesity Villains – Insufficient Hormone; Excessive Faith
Here is the gist of interesting research from Rutgers University, as reported by Robert Gebelhoff: A new study published this week in the journal Cell Reports suggests that overeating happens when people don’t have enough of a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1. The chemical is secreted from cells in both the small intestine and the […]
Visual Obesity Villains: Light and Heaviness
In regard to the worldwide obesity epidemic, Dr. Pretlow has referred to the concatenation of events and influences as the “perfect storm,” a term borrowed from meteorology that refers to large-scale synergy. It is what happens when a number of elements come together that, separately, might have been merely bad but not catastrophic. In combination, […]