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Being overweight linked to eight more kinds of cancer
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Being overweight linked to eight more kinds of cancer

Being overweight can raise the likelihood of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach and digestive tract, as well as…
Drinking more water could be a factor in weight management
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Drinking more water could be a factor in weight management

Drinking more water could be an easy but overlooked way of helping to manage weight for obese individuals, according to…
India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity
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India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity

India’s peaceful tourist hotspot Kerala has become the first state in the country to impose a “fat tax” on junk…
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Culture

Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment

Researchers from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, known as Inserm, have shown that gastric bypass surgery,…
Calorie cutting may help older obese people with thinking problems
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Calorie cutting may help older obese people with thinking problems

Older obese people with mild cognitive impairment who lose a small amount of weight may see some improvement on tests…
Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study
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Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study

New research has found that the risk of diabetes associated with obesity can be reversed if obese young people make…
Asthma rate stops climbing in some US kids
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Asthma rate stops climbing in some US kids

Childhood asthma rates appear to have stopped rising among many US groups, but not among the poorest kids or children…
Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
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Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please

Bagged or boxed, brown or powdered, Americans are buying markedly less sugar this year, a trend nowhere more noticeable than…
Fitness more protective among normal-weight people
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Fitness more protective among normal-weight people

Aerobic fitness is generally tied to a longer life, but the same can't be said for obese people, according to…
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