Why weight? Researchers say it’s fitness that matters

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As rates of obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI), continue to climb in the United States, so have efforts to lose weight, including a new era of weight-loss

Dieting: Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics. Anyone who has ever tried to get rid

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A new clinic aims to fix that

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Brooke Boyarsky Pratt remembers when her childhood doctor told her mom that her daughter weighed too much. “You should send her to fat camp,” she remembers

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What’s overweight enough for lower disability after stroke?

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Slightly overweight stroke survivors have a lower risk of sustaining disabilities. The Kobe University finding adds another aspect to the obesity paradox but also highlights the importance of considering the

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