Hunger 'links asthma and obesity'
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Researchers say they may have found out why the obese are more likely to develop asthma.
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If you want to avoid allergies or asthma, scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School suggest you start paying more attention to what&#39;s in your gut.
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Evolution and the environment, not just   gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an   estimated 1.5 billion people overweight -- more than the number   of undernourished people -- an obesity conference was told on   Monday.
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Levels of leptin, a protein implicated in the body&#39;s regulation of fat, are increased in children with newly diagnosed asthma -- and leptin levels fall after effective
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Eating fast food more than twice a week has strong links with weight gain and insulin resistance, a US study shows. This suggests eating too much &#39;junk food&#39; increases the risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, the Lancet study says.
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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, government data reveals.
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A new study shows that impaired pulmonary function is linked with an increased occurrence of diabetes.
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Too many calories and too little exercise are undeniably the major factors contributing to the obesity epidemic, but several recent animal studies suggest that environmental exposure to widely used chemicals may also help make people fat.
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The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs, a finding that suggests overeating and addiction may be linked, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Obesity can double the risk of several cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the first time also links being overweight with a number of less common forms of the disease.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- People who eat fast food frequently are more likely to gain weight and develop insulin resistance, and such eating habits may increase the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, new research claims.
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LONDON -- It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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Children who eat goodly amounts  of whole grain products and fish seem to have a reduced risk of  developing asthma, according to findings published in the  medical journal Thorax.
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Children who are not exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a report from Australia.
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Â· Study suggests common process in combined cases  Â· Rise in weight problems and respiratory condition
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NEW YORK  - A gene that encodes a protein  called lipin seems to promote obesity in mice, even when food  intake remains stable, according to researchers at the  University of California, Los Angeles.
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Poor town planning which limits opportunities for children to take exercise has been blamed for fuelling an increase in obesity.