The fat of the land: estimating the ecological costs of overeating
Overeating is bad for our planet’s health, not just our own. Image: shutterstock. Overeating wastes far more food than we throw away, suggests research — by Matthew [...]
Obesity research
Common tactics for health promotion at work may be detrimental to employees with obesity
Workplace health programs may increase weight stigma and discrimination, and even lead to increased obesity and decreased well-being: Frontiers in Psychology [...]
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is linked to a family history of obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic disease: Frontiers in Endocrinology [...]
New study finds Americans fatter than ever
Research published in Frontiers in Public Health estimates that 91% adult Americans are ‘overfat’ - a term defined as having excess body fat sufficient to impair health. [...]
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat
The overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries with up to 90% of adult males and 50% children may suffer from this condition. [...]
With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do?
Research Topic cross listed in 15 Frontiers journals is open for submissions “With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do? [...]
Females no longer neglected in obesity research
Scientists revise the typical use of male rats and point to sex-differences that can drastically change how we approach obesity in females. [...]
A way out of the junk-food eating cycle
Study shows that junk-food is habit-forming in rats – but that the habit could easily be broken by pairing it with the right environmental cues. [...]
Deeper than obesity: a majority of people is now ‘overfat’
Scientists distinguish ‘overweight’ and ‘overfat', the latter including normal-weight people with enough fat to impair health: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Open for submissions: New Specialty Section Obesity
by Victor Kouassi, Frontiers Under the leadership of Prof. Katherine Samaras of St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, the journals; [...]
Fish oil vs lard – why some fat can help or hinder your diet
By Fabienne Eckert, Frontiersin.org A diet high in saturated fat can make your brain struggle to control what you eat, says a new study in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. [...]
West African genes lower the risk of obesity in men, suggests study
By Michiel Dijkstra, science writer The obesity epidemic affects women and men of every ethnic group in the United States, but strong gender and racial disparities in the [...]