Morbid Obesity (MO) is a public health problem that affects a person’s physical, psychological and sexual well-being. Women with MO are affected by their body image and self-concept, and obesity stigma may affect women in social and sexual relationships
Question: Who is likely at the highest risk for sexually transmitted infections? a. Russell, a 22 year-old European American heterosexual male who uses condoms. b. Amiee, a 19 year-old African American heterosexual who has multiple sexual partners but takes oral contraceptives fo...
Whencancerstarts from the food pipe (esophagus), it is calledesophageal cancer. Esophageal cancercan affect anyone. But certain factors can increase one’s risk of getting it. These are known as risk factors. Some of these risk factors can be prevented and modified, while others cannot be con...
Although scientists don’t fully understand how obesity spreads, they think it has to do with the influence communities have on what its members perceive as acceptable—whether that’s eating cheeseburgers for breakfast, exercising less, or simply getting chubbier. While an active social life is ...
Obesity Chronic sunlight exposure The biggest modifiable risk factor for AMD is smoking. Current smokers carry a 2.5 to 4.8 times higher risk than non-smokers for developing AMD. Sadly, one study showed 90% of patients with AMD were not advised to stop smoking and less than 50% of smokers ...
"This work in a large population helps to address the question of who is more at risk of long COVID," said Zirui Song, associate professor in the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, lead author of the article. ...
Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals during Pregnancy and Weight at 7 Years of Age: A Multi-pollutant Approach Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may induce weight gain and obesity in children, but the obesogenic effects of mixtures have not ... AS Keren,M David,V ...
Obesity alters circadian behavior and metabolism in sex dependent manner in the volcano mouse Neotomodon alstoni The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether circadian locomotor activity, and the daily profile of plasma parameters related to metabolic syndrome (nutrients: glucose and triacyl...
What are the main risk factors for hypertension? Who are more at risk?Hypertension:Hypertension occurs when a person has high blood pressure (normal pressure is under 120/80 mmHg). High blood pressure pushes on a person's arteries and can cause serious health risks like heart dise...
The influence of constructed family membership on HIV risk behaviors among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in New Orleans. J Urban Heal. 2018;95(2):179–87. Article Google Scholar Kipke MD, Kubicek K, Supan J, Weiss G, Schrager S. Laying the groundwork for an ...