OBESITY

Over 4B of the world will be overweight, obese by 2035 – INFOMED

Published on: March 9, 2023
15:44

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) More than half of the world´s population (4 billion) will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, INFOMED, Cuba's Health Network, published Thursday.

Obesity may impact on mental and emotional health

Published on: March 17, 2022
16:43

By: Pavel López Lazo

Geneva, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) A study revealed that excess weight is closely related to people´s mental and emotional health, who can suffer from depression, insecurity and low self-esteem, a specialized media reported on Thursday.

Excess weight may speed up brain aging

Published on: February 7, 2022
17:41

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ottawa, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Excess body weight could affect cognitive function and speed up brain aging, according to results of on a research available in JAMA Network Open website.

Protein in Brain Linked with Obesity and Insatiable Appetite in Mice

Published on: October 18, 2021
19:27

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism.

Brain alterations detected in obese children

Published on: June 10, 2021
07:23

By: Prensa Latina

London, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Obese children´s two brain areas showed alterations similar to those suffered by people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes obsessive symptoms and leads to obesity, the journal Cerebral Cortex reported.

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