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Study examines why overweight people are more susceptible to illness
If you gain weight, the fat cells in the body get bigger. So in the extremely obese, those fat cells are greatly enlarged. Now, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show how enlarged fat cells can cause metabolic diseases.
BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity
Source: Medical Xpress
People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it.
Can obesity and stress influence appetite? Study shows it's all in your head
Source: Medical Xpress
In a series of experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity across networks in the brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers looked at how stress might increase appetite in obese and lean adults.
Binge eating is more common than anorexia or bulimia—but it remains a hidden and hard-to-treat disorder
Source: Medical Xpress
Binge eating disorder was only recognised as a diagnosis in 2013, much later than anorexia and bulimia. But a lack of awareness about binge eating means people who experience the disorder aren't getting the help they need from doctors.
Managing co-existing relationship between obesity, chronic kidney disease
Source: Medical Xpress
A step toward improved collaboration between the nephrology and obesity medicine communities in managing persons with concurrent obesity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been initiated thanks to a workshop sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and The Obesity Society (TOS).