Sleep corrupted by a constant barrage of noise is low-quality sleep, liked to obesity and harmful to both children and adults.

A continued discussion of a weight-related struggle that affects college students, plus how screen use, like a TV in a bedroom, contributes to obesity in kids.

Transitioning from high school and hometown to higher education proves to be traumatic for many. Need we mention the fabled “freshman 15”?

Unlike many other factors suggested as obesity villains, assortative mating has increased rapidly and recently.

Whether because of identical habits or shared microbial populations, married couples come to resemble each other in terms of weight, size, and fitness level.

Many substances have been suspected of contributing to childhood obesity, and antacid medications are among them. Grilling is also said to be problematic.

Well over 100 substances, practices, and societal conditions have been blamed for contributing to the growth of childhood obesity.

Inactivity or overeating? For kids, which is the bigger obesity villain? Research shows that physical activity may not be enough to deal with childhood obesity.

Because of the pandemic disease itself and the inexorable reach of its influence and restrictions, people are a mess. This includes parents.

Scientists suspect that the action of SARS-CoV-2 on the brain can cause long-term neurological problems.

It rarely takes more than one sentence to bring the subject around to obesity’s destructive twin, COVID-19.

Add the fact that most of the children who have caught COVID-19 already suffered from a co-morbidity such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity, and the future appears dim.

It is no coincidence that obesity and COVID-19 have once again created a cozy partnership for the furtherance of both their interests.

The pandemic exerts many indirect effects on children. Also, contrary to earlier beliefs, kids certainly can catch it, and play a part in spreading it.

Giving childhood obesity even the tiniest head start can result in a snowball effect. The earlier obesity gets a foothold the more difficult it is to escape.

An overwhelming pile of evidence and research indicates that obese women tend to produce obese children.

Maternal obesity was found to be definitely associated with metabolic dysfunction and obesity in their offspring.

People afflicted by PASC, or “long COVID,” almost unanimously report exercise intolerance and fatigue. Exercise intolerance sounds like being unable to run a marathon or lift weights, but there is more to it. People become so debilitated by the virus, …

Where does lung damage fit into the “long Covid” picture? For one, COVID-19 can cause lung damage, and obesity can soften a person up to be more vulnerable to it.

Several studies explain in detail the processes and relationships in the body that influence the effect of breathing on childhood obesity, and vice versa.

In order for the increased availability of the vaccine to make a meaningful difference, researchers are trying to pin down the protocols and best practices.

Before vaccination: wash hands, wear a mask, maintain distance. After vaccination: wash hands, wear a mask, maintain distance.

Research shows that air cleaning or filtration alone is not enough to protect people from exposure to the virus but it can be part of the arsenal of defenses.

Research indicates that when temperature and humidity rise, so does the threat posed by the destabilized virus.

Could some already familiar healthcare and cleaning products help with the protection against the virus?

At one point in 2020, claims were made that the arrival of hot weather would cause the virus to dry up and blow away, which was not true.

Research shows that once added to the body, weight is difficult to banish with exercise. The preferred method of maintaining a normal weight is to not gain it.

We are tracking the history of exercise advocacy through the past few years. The debate revolves around diet vs. exercise and about both in relation to obesity.

Does exercise achieve weight loss? Belief in the doctrine of “move more” comes and goes, and it is interesting to follow the progress of the idea through time.

We keep exploring many of the ways in which COVID-19 and obesity work together to achieve a synergistic result that promotes success for both of them.