Healthcare News
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Source: HealthDay
Adult obesity in the United States continues to rise, and being obese increases the risk of severe illness in people with COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
Study finds hospital-diagnosed overweight or obesity linked with markedly higher risk of death over 40 years
Source: Medical Xpress
Individuals whose overweight or obesity is diagnosed in hospital are 60% more likely to die compared to the general population, according to a nationwide Danish study that followed over 1.9 million people for up to 40 years, being presented at The European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO), held online this year from 1-4 September.
Weight stigma predicts emotional distress and binge eating during COVID-19
Source: Medical Xpress
Links between obesity and complications of COVID-19 have received increasing attention throughout the ongoing pandemic. But a different aspect of body weight—the social stigma that people face because of their weight—may also have harmful implications for people's health during the pandemic.
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Are Risk Factors for Severe Influenza, Covid-19
Source: Medical Xpress
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, both in Memphis. The research appears this week in the Journal of Virology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.
Obesity Is a Complex Disease – Is Your Doctor Treating It That Way?
Source: healthessentials
Obesity medicine takes an individualized approach