Obesity on the rise in Portugal but so is extreme thinness: study
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The number of overweight or obese adults is on the rise in Portugal but so are rates of extreme thinness among youths worried about their physical appearance, a study showed.
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The number of overweight or obese people in Malaysia has doubled in the last decade, and the country now has more fat people than any other nation in Southeast Asia, a report has said.
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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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Obese women have an increased risk of suffering dementia in later life, researchers have claimed. A study followed 290 women born between 1908 and 1922, looking at the relationship between body mass index
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Obesity in adolescence is  associated with reduced heart function and excessive cardiac  mass, according to a new study.
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A study by researchers at King&#39;s College in London has found overweight children are at risk for becoming bulimic adults. The study examined 154 twin sisters, one of each developed an eating disorder.
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Mutations in the gene that regulates body weight have a significant impact on obesity, says a German study in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Genetics.
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Women who are overweight or obese before becoming pregnant generally spend a longer time in labor than thinner women do, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - A long-term study has found that skinfold thickness during adolescence is a better predictor of being overweight as an adult than adolescent body mass index (BMI) -- the ratio of weight to height commonly used to classify an individual as over-, under- or normal-weight.
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Children who are overweight appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life, according to an analysis of British records.
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The number of obese people in Sweden has doubled in the past 25 years, with one in 10 Swedes now considered largely overweight, a Statistics Sweden study showed.
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Many immigrants to the United States  soon get fat, joining an increasingly obese population in their  adopted country, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Parents are often unaware that their children are overweight or obese, according to a study.
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A study published on Monday found that  people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it's  time find if more sleep will fight obesity.
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Health researchers have found a strong association between higher body mass index and a lower risk of suicide.
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Obesity is considered a major public-health problem, but many scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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Around the world 300 million adults are now overweight, and the numbers are growing at an alarming rate, say experts at the International Obesity Conference, Sun City, South Africa.