Smoking and obesity can increase risk because body fat puts extra pressure inside the abdomen and smoking weakens connective tissues.
Obesity can lower vitamin D levels in the body, a study suggests.
Obesity can cause heart disease, diabetes, cancer and stroke, conditions which not only cost lives but also the economy hundreds of millions of pounds.
And I think on a societal level, the understanding that obesity can have fundamental genetic causes and is not always due to moral failing may permeate society and we may treat obese people differently.
To ensure that other factors that could affect heart-disease rates were not playing a role, the researchers also adjusted for the total amount of calories the groups were eating, since obesity can be a major contributor to heart attack and stroke.
"The excitement of the last four years in obesity research can't be exaggerated, " says Professor O'Rahilly.
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Activist researchers claim BPA causes obesity because it can be used in fast food packaging.
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The figures took into consideration other factors, such as smoking and obesity, which can also increase the risk of snoring and daytime sleepiness.
Or when they understand how junk foods have led to an epidemic in diabetes and obesity, they can see the advantages of healthier choices.
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Specifically can these obesity-contributing foods be categorized and quantified?
Eatery data can accurately predict obesity levels of cities in the United States.
The company acknowledged that overconsumption of calories from beverages can contribute to obesity.
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But as we said in this earlier story about ways to play the obesity epidemic, diet pills can be disappointing if not dangerous.
Unless Americans can nip the obesity epidemic in the butt, statistics of where the U.S. healthcare budget is headed, show that the future looks abysmal.
Feeding habits in the second six months of life determine a child's future weight gain, so consuming too many calories in infancy can lead to obesity later on, he explained.
Though video games can stimulate the mind in positive ways, as they teach hand eye coordination, teamwork skills and problem solving, prolonged exposure can lead to obesity and attention deficit problems.
Paradoxically, malnutrition can also cause obesity later in life.
And I don't think that many Treasury Secretaries can claim childhood obesity as part of their portfolio, right? (Laughter and applause.) It is pretty cool to have your husband's Treasury Secretary enthusiastically a part of this initiative. (Laughter.) So I salute you for your work.
Firstly, many doctors don't yet accept or understand that obesity is a serious disease which can be treated.
And for those suffering from obesity, sporting the unstructured shoe can add strain to feet that are already stressed with carrying extra weight.
Prevalent in the UK, the US and Australia, obesity is linked to diabetes, which can be connected to a build up of fat in the liver.
Yes, breast-feeding can help prevent SIDS, obesity, childhood leukemia, asthma, and lowered IQ ... but none of those matter if your baby is failing to thrive because of malnutrition.
Or, will the popular program succumb to pressure from strident voices who insist that obesity is a public health emergency that can only be solved by expanding the role of government, limiting consumer choice, and demanding that regulators work against, rather than with, the food industry.
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Obesity runs in families--genes alone can predict up to 40% of the chance of becoming severely overweight--and overeating seems linked to other family-related disorders such as alcoholism and drug addiction.
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