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Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre1
  • Professor Jim Mann , Co-Director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, and Director of the Healthier Lives-He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge, outlines the promising advances in nutritional therapy for type 2 diabetes in a recent Newsroom article. (otago.ac.nz)
20231
  • DALLAS - June 01, 2023 - Anti-obesity medications, including semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), can effectively help patients manage weight regained after bariatric surgery, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. (utsouthwestern.edu)
Diabetes14
  • Hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and other common risk factors for dementia pose an even greater risk to South Asian and Black individuals compared to White persons. (medscape.com)
  • Obesity can increase the likelihood of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some types of cancer. (who.int)
  • Obesity rates are rising among Indian youth, increasing the risk for diabetes and other health problems. (indianz.com)
  • Toni Williams, the diabetes coordinator for the center, hopes to lead the children by example. (indianz.com)
  • However, regaining weight after the surgery is common and can exacerbate obesity-related conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. (utsouthwestern.edu)
  • Diabetes & Obesity : How they are linked together? (hopeobesitycentre.com)
  • In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are overweight or obese, antidiabetic medications that have additional actions to promote weight loss (such as glucagonlike peptide-1 [GLP-1] analogs or sodium-glucose-linked transporter-2 [SGLT-2] inhibitors) are suggested, in addition to the first-line agent for type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, metformin. (medscape.com)
  • The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, integrate, coordinate, and foster interdisciplinary basic, clinical and public health research related to nutritional sciences and issues of obesity. (norccentral.org)
  • The conference review session on the link between the microbiome and obesity was chaired by Dr. Phillip Sherman, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. (ubc.ca)
  • The diabetes researcher at the University of Copenhagen is now awarded the LUDC Leif C. Groop award for his research on obesity and type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
  • This year's recipient Tune H Pers investigates, among other things, the role of the brain for the development of obesity, a condition that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
  • LUDC is a world-leading centre in the field of diabetes research. (lu.se)
  • Find more information about our research groups at Lund University Diabetes Centre, research output, and team members. (lu.se)
  • The researchers at the Antidiabetic Food Centre, who include Juscelino Tovar, aim to generate new knowledge on preventive anti-inflammatory food concepts that can facilitate weight regulation, improve cognitive performance and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
Reduce obesity3
  • How much can the government do to reduce obesity? (pewresearch.org)
  • about one-in-five (22%) say that government policies can do "not much" and 14% say they can do "nothing at all" to reduce obesity. (pewresearch.org)
  • The Food Trust, through a partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health's ―Get Healthy Philly program, has been at the forefront of a growing national movement to increase healthy food access in corner stores in low-income urban areas as an environmental strategy to reduce obesity. (nccor.org)
Antidiabetic Food Centre2
  • says Juscelino Tovar, a researcher at the Antidiabetic Food Centre, Lund University who led the study. (lu.se)
  • The short-term benefits of eating beans and chick peas have recently been identified by Juscelino Tovar's colleagues at the Antidiabetic Food Centre. (lu.se)
20165
Physical activity5
  • Genes, eating habits, physical activity, and mental health factors all play a part in obesity. (rochester.edu)
  • The objective of the study was to examine the cross-sectional relationships between standing time, obesity, and metabolic syndrome alongside and independent of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). (org.in)
  • Indeed, overwhelming data presented at the summit shows that a balanced and nutritious diet and physical activity are among the paramount factors in preventing weight gain and obesity. (ubc.ca)
  • Law will be a major tool in the control of obesity, the second most important preventable cause of chronic illness, and in increasing levels of physical activity. (ssrn.com)
  • Physical activity has a role in obesity prevention, and an independent role in the prevention of the complications of chronic diseases. (ssrn.com)
Harvard Medica1
  • Dr. Bradford Lowell, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will present at the next virtual Adipose Seminar. (bu.edu)
Prevalence3
  • The newly enacted comprehensive health reform law will enable our nation to address the rapidly increasing childhood obesity and overweight prevalence, which some project to double by 2030. (americanprogress.org)
  • At the National Center for Health Statistics we don't track the prevalence of the disease other than in terms of mortality and hospice and nursing home care. (cdc.gov)
  • Obesity is a multi-faceted disease with an abundance of overlapping metabolic, genetic and lifestyle factors that contribute to its significant prevalence in the community. (ubc.ca)
Obese4
  • Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled since 1980, and current data show that almost one-third of children over 2 years of age are already overweight or obese. (americanprogress.org)
  • What's worse for them and for our society, overweight adolescents are more likely to become obese adults, with all the health problems that accompany obesity in adulthood. (americanprogress.org)
  • In order to conclude that obesity kills 300,000 Americans every year, you have to assume that every dearly-departed obese American died as a direct result of being overweight. (consumerfreedom.com)
  • Obesity can have particularly damaging effects in young women as they begin menstruating earlier than non-obese girls, essentially enhancing the defects associated with obesity and fertility. (wikipedia.org)
20172
Diet8
  • Researchers, publishing in the BMJ , report that a total diet replacement programme offered through GP referrals was effective in treating obesity. (sciencemediacentre.org)
  • Diet, exercise, and behavioral modification should be included in all obesity management approaches for body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m 2 or higher. (medscape.com)
  • Firstly, I believe obesity begins with a "scavenger" metabolism that is ruthless at extracting calories from carbohydrates (CHO) and storing them as fat, something that had survival value prior to agriculture but is now disadvantageous with the "western diet" (WD). (kevinmd.com)
  • The child with obesity must eat a different diet. (kevinmd.com)
  • I explain to the parents of the child with obesity that his/her metabolism is too efficient at turning CHO into fat and that the solution is to either remove all CHO from the diet (Banting) or at least restrict it (low GI). (kevinmd.com)
  • as a matter of fact, salt water flush weight loss results or Hydroxycut Diet Pills, obesity ranking . (baseballnationtx.com)
  • The next morning, when Wei Mengxi woke up the obesity ranking Best Diet Plan For Weight Loss For Female older ones, he told his father that he was going to leave today. (baseballnationtx.com)
  • These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2009-2010, Module 6 on Obesity and diet-related NCDs. (who.int)
Metabolic3
  • Dr Darren Riddy leads a multidisciplinary team from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in a research program to find new treatments for obesity and related metabolic disorders. (edu.au)
  • Prof Sir Stephen O'Rahilly is remunerated for advice to several pharmaceutical companies in the area of drug development for obesity and metabolic disease. (sciencemediacentre.org)
  • Context: There is a dispute whether obesity without major metabolic derangements may represent a benign condition or not. (lu.se)
Role in reducin1
  • A 54% majority does not want the government to play a significant role in reducing obesity, while 42% say the government should play a significant role. (pewresearch.org)
Nation's3
  • In an effort to combat this disturbing trend, Georgia - the state with the nation's second highest obesity rates - recently launched a provocative and controversial ad campaign . (thehastingscenter.org)
  • UT Southwestern, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. (utsouthwestern.edu)
  • NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (nih.gov)
Childhood obesity epidemic2
  • Report from Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell, and Sonia Sekhar examines how recently passed health care legislation will address the childhood obesity epidemic. (americanprogress.org)
  • Our goal is to support many more families to adopt healthy and active lifestyles - and ultimately help to conquer the childhood obesity epidemic. (childrenshospital.org)
Calories2
  • Obesity occurs when a person takes in more calories than they burn. (rochester.edu)
  • Obesity is usually the result of consuming more calories than the body needs and not expending that energy by doing exercise. (wikipedia.org)
Treatment For Obesity1
  • This seems to be a well conducted study and I see no obvious problems with their conclusions that tirzepatide is effective as a treatment for obesity over a period of 72 weeks. (sciencemediacentre.org)
Children's Obesity2
  • Connecticut Children's Obesity and Weight Management program includes board-certified pediatric surgeons, a dedicated psychologist and a pediatric endocrinologist. (connecticutchildrens.org)
  • So a child does not just grow out of it," professor Inge Gies, head of the Kidz Health Castle department and responsible for the children's obesity clinic, said in a press release. (brusselstimes.com)
Causes of obesity1
Rates of obesity2
  • It is a stark and telling microcosm of a much broader issue - one in large part responsible for the skyrocketing rates of obesity and associated disease in this country. (thehastingscenter.org)
  • The report includes a powerful commitment to halve the percentage of the capital's primary school children who are overweight, and to reduce health inequalities in rates of obesity between the richest and poorest areas by 2030. (city.ac.uk)
People with obesity4
  • Treatment of people with obesity with a weekly injection of tirzepatide produced weight loss similar to that seen with weight loss surgery. (sciencemediacentre.org)
  • This study, and recent similar reports of a related agent semaglutide, provide secure evidence that people with obesity can be effectively and safely treated using a medication based on the modification of naturally occurring hormones. (sciencemediacentre.org)
  • Do you think that people with obesity have themselves to blame? (lu.se)
  • Many people are still of the opinion that people with obesity have themselves to blame and this can affect the self-esteem of those who are overweight. (lu.se)
Epidemic of obesity1
Prevention of obesity3
  • Our vision is to generate economic evidence that justifies investment and puts the reduction and prevention of obesity at the heart of all local and national government policy. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • This is the monthly PI meeting of the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases. (unl.edu)
  • Strategies towards this primordial prevention of obesity take the form of a multi-tiered approach, from mass spectrometry-based metabolomics screening to mobile apps to help mothers reduce gestational weight gain. (ubc.ca)
Americans5
  • Most Americans (69%) see obesity as a very serious public health problem, substantially more than the percentages viewing alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking and AIDS in the same terms. (pewresearch.org)
  • About six-in-ten Americans (63%) say obesity has consequences for society that go beyond personal impact. (pewresearch.org)
  • While harming the health of millions of Americans, obesity is concurrently contributing greatly to rising health care costs-more than a quarter of America's health care costs estimated to be related to obesity. (americanprogress.org)
  • But when the writer touting the 68-percent figure (Mr. Akst) also falls prey to the well-debunked myth stating that 300,000 Americans die each year due to obesity , we have our hunches about whom to believe. (consumerfreedom.com)
  • Overweight and obesity data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the National Center for Health Statistics show obesity increasing among Americans of all ages. (cdc.gov)
Treat Obesity1
  • Our study also found that weight management medication regimens containing semaglutide worked better than those containing liraglutide, even when the dose of semaglutide was lower than what is currently approved to treat obesity. (utsouthwestern.edu)
Address obesity2
  • If no action is taken to address obesity, these figures are expected to rise. (who.int)
  • Other parts of the new law take a more broader approach and have the potential to address obesity because they are focused on prevention and because in their implementation they could make childhood obesity and its risk factors a focus for kids, their parents, and their caregivers. (americanprogress.org)
Inflammation6
  • How does obesity cause inflammation? (mdanderson.org)
  • Inflammation caused by obesity can keep the body from properly responding to insulin. (mdanderson.org)
  • The authors note that animal studies indicate that obesity during pregnancy may promote inflammation, which could affect the fetal brain. (nih.gov)
  • A team of researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and peer institutions has been awarded a $5.75 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the correlation between obesity, inflammation and pancreatic cancer. (uclahealth.org)
  • We know that the biological mechanisms of obesity, such as inflammation, can lead to the development of pancreatic cancer," said Dr. Guido Eibl, professor-in-residence in the department of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher. (uclahealth.org)
  • The third project, led by Dr. Stephen Pandol of Cedars-Sinai, will study the pancreatic cancer microenvironment, which includes cancer tissues and surrounding tissues that support the cancer's growth, to understand how the environment is changed as a result of obesity and inflammation. (uclahealth.org)
Treatments6
  • The centre provides researchers in Australia with access to the latest in advanced robotic high-throughput screening to enable patients to potentially benefit from novel treatments sooner. (edu.au)
  • The three new projects will focus on finding new treatments for a range of diseases including malaria, obesity and mental health disorders such as addiction and depression. (edu.au)
  • The projects will use the centre's advanced robotic high-throughput screening technologies to improve treatments for a range of diseases including malaria, obesity and mental health disorders such as addiction and depression. (edu.au)
  • Professor Chris Langmead , Deputy Director of the Neuromedicines Discovery Centre and Better Medicines Theme Leader at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is working with a diverse team of scientists to identify new treatments for mental health disorders including addiction and depression. (edu.au)
  • With this accreditation, we are signalling not only to fellow doctors but also to the industry and patients that we take obesity seriously and are collaborating to find and work on good treatments. (brusselstimes.com)
  • It will be important to learn more about those processes to develop new new treatments for obesity," says Tune H Pers. (lu.se)
Nutrition5
  • The Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center is administratively based at Boston Medical Center and is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIDDK) grant P30DK046200. (bu.edu)
  • The study examined trends in overweight and obesity among 2- to 4-year-olds who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), including analyzing data about race and ethnicity, sex and age. (frac.org)
  • The Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), formerly the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (CNRU), is designed to promote and enhance the interdisciplinary nutrition and obesity research activities at the University of Washington. (iths.org)
  • Our overarching goals are to foster new interdisciplinary research collaborations, stimulate new research activities, improve nutrition and obesity education at multiple levels, and facilitate optimal nutritional management of patients. (iths.org)
  • The Fred Hutch Prevention Center is a state-of-the-art exercise facility, nutrition laboratory an. (iths.org)
Disease11
  • Globally, the number of people suffering from obesity has tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has since also recognised it as a chronic disease. (brusselstimes.com)
  • Few healthcare providers today see obesity as a disease. (brusselstimes.com)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Hacker is the Director of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), a position she assumed in August 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Crawford is the Deputy Director for CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). (cdc.gov)
  • Ms. Wetterhall is the Management Officer in CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). (cdc.gov)
  • Tuberculosis has been in the news lately because of the story concerning the man with "extensively drug resistant" tuberculosis (XDR TB) who has been quarantined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (cdc.gov)
  • More than 40% of adults in the United States have obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many patients choose to undergo bariatric surgery as part of their treatment. (utsouthwestern.edu)
  • Obesity in the general U.S. population began to rise in the mid-1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (health.am)
  • Follow dietary guidelines, but get into the habit of adding some legumes and barley every day, and you could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease by eleven per cent. (lu.se)
  • In total, the risk markers for cardiovascular disease were reduced by eleven per cent. (lu.se)
Researchers4
  • In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the University of Adelaide have revealed how damage from obesity is passed from a mother to her children, and also how that damage can be reversed. (health.am)
  • The five-year study will be structured into three projects, with participating researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the University of California, San Diego, joining the team at UCLA. (uclahealth.org)
  • Researchers have been looking for the evident link between depression and obesity for years. (mexicobariatriccenter.com)
  • The researchers found that four of those cell populations were associated with genetic obesity predisposition. (lu.se)
Pregnancy3
  • It's unclear why the public is still ill-informed about the risks of overweight or obesity in pregnancy. (expertwitnessblog.com)
  • Obesity can also result in altered growth of babies during pregnancy, and it permanently programs the metabolism of offspring, passing the damage caused by obesity from one generation to the next," says lead author Associate Professor Rebecca Robker from the Robinson Research Institute. (health.am)
  • Obesity and overweight among women of reproductive age have been associated with reduced success of conception and a higher risk of complications during pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
Pediatric4
Interdisciplinary1
  • The Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London is an interdisciplinary centre, and one of the very few places in the world dedicated to studying and influencing food policy. (city.ac.uk)
19751
America1
Visceral1
Contributes1
Context1
  • The new law, titled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA, contains a number of provisions to address childhood obesity in the context of health care and public health. (americanprogress.org)
Researcher1
  • The second, led by Jonsson Cancer Center researcher Dr. Enrique Rozengurt, who holds the Hirschberg Memorial Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Research at UCLA, will focus on the use of medications, and their mechanisms, in helping to prevent pancreatic cancer from developing in high-risk people. (uclahealth.org)
Evidence3
  • For this reason, among others, the respected New England Journal of Medicine has written that "the data linking overweight and death… are limited, fragmented, and often ambiguous," and that the evidence for an obesity-related death toll in the 300,000 range "is by no means well established" and "derived from weak or incomplete data. (consumerfreedom.com)
  • In an era of budget constraints, policymakers confronting the U.S. obesity crisis need strong evidence from projects like PHRESH to inform decisions about where and how to invest, writes Tamara Dubowitz. (rand.org)
  • We shouldn't underestimate the importance of a healthy lifestyle, but a growing evidence base suggests that obesity is more complex than we previously thought," says Tune H Pers, associate professor of cellular biology at the University of Copenhagen. (lu.se)
Children5
  • We offer several obesity treatment programs that help children achieve a healthier lifestyle. (connecticutchildrens.org)
  • Children are at the center of everything we do. (archildrens.org)
  • Nearly 7 million women, infants, and children rely on WIC every year, and today, it serves nearly half of the infants born in our country, many of whom are at a higher risk for obesity because of where they live or how much money their family makes. (frac.org)
  • If the link between parental obesity and developmental delays is confirmed, the authors wrote, physicians may need to take parental weight into account when screening young children for delays and early interventional services. (nih.gov)
  • A holistic approach to obesity management was proposed to tackle this problem in children, in which information on practical steps towards a healthier lifestyle is channeled to the affected families. (ubc.ca)
20241
  • 4 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt - Today, World Obesity Day 2024, is a chance to highlight the need to talk about obesity and youth. (who.int)
Bariatric4
Semaglutide1
  • In recent years, two anti-obesity medications have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration: semaglutide (Wegovy), which is given as a weekly injection, and liraglutide (Saxenda), a daily injection. (utsouthwestern.edu)
Weight Loss Su2
Endocrine2
  • Some nervous system conditions, endocrine problems, and certain medicines can cause some weight gain but usually not severe obesity. (rochester.edu)
  • Obesity disrupts normal endocrine function, leading to irregularities in ovulation, endometrial development, and embryo development. (wikipedia.org)
Multidisciplinary2
  • and support the development of multidisciplinary grant applications that address the theme of childhood obesity. (archildrens.org)
  • From now on, as the only Belgian paediatric obesity centre, the Kidz Health Castle will be part of the EASO's "Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management" (COMs), a network of accredited multidisciplinary treatment centres from across Europe. (brusselstimes.com)
Health26
  • Obesity is a major health issue in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • It's important to avoid unhealthy eating habits that negatively affect health and cause several forms of malnutrition, including obesity. (who.int)
  • Obesity occurs when the body stores excess fat that may impair health. (who.int)
  • This forecast includes a staggering 100% rise in childhood obesity, with an anticipated economic impact of US$ 4.32 trillion due to obesity-related health consequences. (who.int)
  • If current trends continue, no state will have an obesity rate lower than 44% by 2030, according to estimates by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health. (womenfitness.net)
  • While taking responsibility for one's health is certainly part of the solution, we must also recognize that we have created a food environment so ripe for obesity that to expect anything else would be irrational. (thehastingscenter.org)
  • While most agree that obesity is a very serious public health problem, the public is divided as to whether the country is making progress or losing ground in dealing with obesity. (pewresearch.org)
  • Obesity ranks high among perceived public health problems: About seven-in-ten adults say it is an extremely (24%) or very (45%) serious public health problem. (pewresearch.org)
  • In addition, Hispanics (83%) and blacks (75%) are more likely than whites (65%) to rate obesity as a serious public health problem. (pewresearch.org)
  • More Democrats (77%) than Republicans (61%) view obesity as a very serious public health problem. (pewresearch.org)
  • Those who describe themselves as overweight are as likely as others to say that obesity is a very serious public health problem (70% vs. 69%) and have similar views about whether the country is making progress or losing ground on the issue. (pewresearch.org)
  • As a consequence, obesity needs to be addressed as both a sociological and a physiological issue, with the responsibility for tackling obesity extending well beyond health care to a comprehensive societal approach. (americanprogress.org)
  • 5. Which of these serious health problems has been linked to obesity? (rochester.edu)
  • The children's hospital at UZ Brussels University Hospital, the "Kidz Health Castle," became the first paediatric obesity centre in Belgium to be recognised by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) as one of the Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management Paediatric Section. (brusselstimes.com)
  • The Johns Hopkins Global Center for Childhood Obesity was established with a $16 million U54 cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (nccor.org)
  • He also provided oversight and management of DLS's $31 million budget, including a major interagency agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and a $105 million cooperative agreement with the Association of Public Health Laboratories that's used CDC-wide. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Crawford started his CDC career in 2001 at the National Center for Environmental Health, where he served in dual capacities as a Health Scientist and a Public Health Advisor. (cdc.gov)
  • Most of the data we at the National Center for Health Statistics have on fathers is found in our National Vital Statistics Report Births: Final Data for 2004. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Center for Health Statistics does not track tuberculosis cases. (cdc.gov)
  • She is also Vice-Chair of London's Child Obesity Taskforce and a Distinguished Fellow of The George Institute for Global Health . (city.ac.uk)
  • The Taskforce was formed after London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, produced a Health Inequalities Strategy in September 2018, outlining his concern about the high rates of child obesity in the capital. (city.ac.uk)
  • The George Institute for Global Health is an independent medical research institute established and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with major centres in China, India and the UK and an international network of experts and collaborators. (city.ac.uk)
  • In terms of healthcare use and chronic health conditions, obesity is comparable to aging 20 years, with the health of a 30 year old resembling that of a 50 year old, writes Roland Sturm. (rand.org)
  • As with all chronic medical conditions, effective management of obesity must be based on a partnership between a highly motivated patient and a committed team of health professionals. (medscape.com)
  • An online obesity management program was also developed to empower healthcare providers with the tools to adequately assist Albertans towards reaching their health goals. (ubc.ca)
  • Moreover, obesity and overweight are health issues which are more prevalent in urban areas compared to rural areas. (wikipedia.org)
Interventions1
  • Our research measures the economic value of interventions that target the spectrum of factors that affect population obesity. (birmingham.ac.uk)
Research Center1
  • The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 6 among 2,003 adults, finds that two-thirds (67%) favor requiring chain restaurants to list calorie counts on menus. (pewresearch.org)
Habits1
  • It increases stigma on those already struggling with the psychosocial consequences of being overweight, and shifts the focus of obesity control efforts to personal responsibility at a time when, for many individuals, options for improving eating habits may be limited. (thehastingscenter.org)
Adults1