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Gut Bacteria's Influence on Obesity Differs in Men and Women https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/gut-bacterias-influence-obesity-differs-men-and-women-2024a10006la

Gut Bacteria's Influence on Obesity Differs in Men and Women
Different bacterial species affect the onset and development of obesity in men vs women.

Wegovy is there anything it can’t do? FDA Approves First Treatment to Reduce Risk of Serious Heart Problems Specifically in Adults with Obesity or Overweight
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-anno

FDA Approves First Treatment to Reduce Risk of Serious Heart Problems Specifically in Adults with Obesity or Overweight
The FDA approved a new use for a drug to reduce the risk of serious heart problems in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight.

Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy
https://news.ki.se/women-with-obesity-do-not-need-to-gain-weight-during-pregnancy

Since moderate obesity takes about 3 years off your lifespan, perhaps we should stop saying Trump is "only a few years younger than Biden".
Functionally, they are the same age.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2009-03-18-moderate-obesity-…

Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burden | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2024/03/18/free-school-meals-for-all-may-reduce-chil…

Free school meals are more than helpful, they're necessary
"As of 2023, several states have implemented their own universal free school meals policies"

#Wegovy®, #Zepbound®, and similar medications continue to gain attention for effectively treating #obesity, and now there is discussion—with research underway—about their potential for improving certain

How Anti-Obesity Medications Can Help With Surgery
Yale Medicine surgeons explain how the use of anti-obesity medications, such as Wegovy and Zepbound, before and after joint replacements and bariatric surgery may improve outcomes.

> Nestlé, the world’s largest consumer goods company, adds sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries, contrary to international guidelines aimed at preventing obesity and chronic diseases, a report has found.
https://www.

BPA: Common Plastic Chemical Linked to Increased Childhood Obesity Risks
https://scitechdaily.com/common-plastic-chemical-linked-to-increased-childhood-obesity-risks/

Common Plastic Chemical Linked to Increased Childhood Obesity Risks
Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic chemical, is extensively utilized in creating long-lasting plastic items such as glasses, water bottles, and epoxy resins. However, it acts as an endocrine disruptor, disrupting the body's natural hormone activities. Research indicates that significant exposure to BPA

#Spam des Tages: »Stop the embarrassment end obesity by Drinking this«
http://spam.tamagothi.de/?p=25170
#Quacksalberei

"Kevin Hall is now about to start a new, similar study. The aim is to find out why people choose to eat more calories of ultra-processed food.
They will test out a newer definition of food: hyper-palatable food, which can be translated as hyper-enjoyable food."

We are not sure, says the researcher who has convinced many that ultra-processed food makes people fat and unhealthy
OPINION: Kevin Hall is behind the study on ultra-processed food that everyone is talking about. But how convinced is he himself that the processing of food is the cause of obesity and disease?

Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds
Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye
https://www.theguardian.…

"Bigger gaps between rich and poor are accompanied by higher rates of homicide and imprisonment. They also correspond to more infant mortality, obesity, drug abuse and COVID-19 deaths." Why the world cannot afford the rich: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3…

I'm still learning about health vs body size and this article does a good job addressing the complexities revealed by the popularity of Ozempic and similar drugs.
"By treating obesity as a disease rather than as a moral failing, these drugs and the doctors who champion them do bolster the more righteous aims of fat activists to divorce size from moral judgment. But these drugs also exist for weight loss, and their entire justification is the argument that obesity is a health …

Here’s Who Should Pay for Everyone’s Ozempic
The people responsible for getting us into this situation, of course.

good rant about bad weight-loss rhetoric
From Kate Manne.
"... the measure so-called obesity is based on, the BMI, is hopelessly flawed and simplistic. The likely reason that the AMA ignored these worries and deemed obesity a disease anyway can be gleaned by following the money: the new weight loss drugs Belviq and Qsymia had been introduced to the market just prior, and were not selling as well as predicted."
#BMI #BadScience #drugs #BigPharma #Oprah

A Big Problem:
Not that long ago more of the world’s people had too little to eat than ate too much.
Now the scales have tipped.
A study published on February 29th in the Lancet medical journal, shows that more than a #billion people were classified as #obese in 2022, the latest year for which data are a…

The obesity capitals of the world
A new study shows that waistlines are widening almost everywhere

Bra granskning Det är de här som inspirerar Wollter, Kajjan mfl här i Sverige med.
"One company in particular, General Mills, maker of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the anti-diet movement" https…

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push 'anti-diet' advice (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240403/p27#a240403p27

I see the ⚜️Quebecois are referring to bloated SUVs as "auto-obesity" in French and I love it 😅

Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice, despite rising obesity - The Washington Post
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As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice
General Mills, maker of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the anti-diet movement.

'Stop Teaching' Kids It's Their Fault They're Fat
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/999631?ecd=mkm_ret_240204_mscpmrk_pcp_peds_etid6284218&uac=105476CV&impID=6284218

'Stop Teaching' Kids It's Their Fault They're Fat
New draft recommendations focus on lecturing children with obesity about diet while ignoring medications or surgery. Dr Yoni Freedhoff says this is another form of weight bias.

#SeniorFitness
It's been a couple of weeks since I did an update. I post these because I found #calisthenics four years ago on my way out (so to speak) of the E.R., and the sudden love saved my life — to use only a bit of hyperbole. (The cardiologist who did save me seems more …

Bowel cancer stats / covid erasure
"UK bowel cancer death rates forecast to rise by third among under-50s"
"Experts say alarming projections for 2024 stem from surge in obesity, poor diets and physical inactivity"
But not one mention of even the possibility that covid could have played a role, even though we know it does weird things to our immune systems. Looks like erasure to me.
#cancer #BowelCancer #stats #covid