Risks of Being Obese That You May Not Know AboutCrossman, Krystle
Experts have found that physical activity decreases in this age group, so parents should focus on being Mother and daughter practicing yoga. (© Ariel Skelley/Corbis.) supportive and encouraging their children to be physically active. For children aged 11 to 14 years, physical activities ...
Obesity is not the same as simply being overweight. Those who are considered obese would have to have a body mass index of 30 or more. When someone is obese, it also means that they are at a greater risk of contracting serious disease such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer...
Background: In the past decades, the obesity epidemic in children of all ages has been an important research field for detecting the metabolic causes and consequences of obe- sity, the major focus being on insulin and adipocytokine lev- els. Metabolic work-up in obese children is recommended ...
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While the risks and benefits of medical procedures are constantly being weighed in clinical encounters, patients are nowadays regularly required to make personal decisions among a range of options, in circumstances in which uncertainty about the best course of action often prevails (Aronowitz, 2015)....
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There are also depot-specific differences in lipid turnover in obese individuals, which have been linked to obesity-related comorbidities (5). Additionally, there are data to suggest that factors such as adipokines are differentially released from different adipose tissue depots and this too is with...
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are increasingly being used to treat diabetes and obesity. However, their effectiveness and risks have not yet been systematically evaluated in a comprehensive set of possible health outcomes. Here, we used the US Department of Veterans Affairs ...
The benefits of exercise greatly outweigh the risks related to being physically inactive. The majority of older adults can safely take up light to moderate exercise, such as walking, with medical clearance suggested before starting vigorous exercise. An older adult at high risk for or diagnosed ...