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Moderate and severe obesity puts you at a greater risk of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). Among COVID-19 survivors, risk of hospital admissions after the acute phase of the disease was found to be 30% higher in patients with obesity.
Interdisciplinary Approach Effectively Treats Obesity by Angela Mohan on May 21, 2021 at 10:45 AM Interdisciplinary clinical measures like cognitive and behavioral therapy may produce more significant outcomes for obese people, reducing weight and also symptoms of depression. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted in Brazil by the Obesity Research Group at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Santos, São Paulo state, and published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition. Considered one of the world's major public health problems, obesity has more tha...
Scientists identified the molecular mechanism that can cause weight gain for those using a common antipsychotic medication.
The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal and it related higher body weight and increased complication risk of Covid-19, covering wide range of Body Mass Index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters and an indicator of body fat. ‘The effect of bodyweight on Covid-19 complexity’ The study discovered people with healthy BMI range(> 23 kgs/m2) started to have increased risk of covid-19 complications and also stated that possibility of ICU admissions increased 10 percent for each unit of BMI a...
More Years of Obesity Linked to Higher Risk of Diseases by Colleen Fleiss on December 19, 2020 at 11:12 PM A greater obesity duration is found to be associated with worse values for all cardiometabolic disease factors, stated a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Tom Norris of Loughborough University, UK, and colleagues. People with obesity do not all share the same risk for the development of cardiometabolic disease risk factors. The duration a person has spent with obesity over their lifetime has been hypothesized to affect this variation. In the new study...