Obesity’s Weight Gain Message Starts in Gut
Gut microbes cause obesity by sending messages via the vagus nerve to pack on pounds, new research in rodents suggests.
Gut microbes cause obesity by sending messages via the vagus nerve to pack on pounds, new research in rodents suggests.
This study, published in 2015, examines the genetic and biological nature of obesity. The study suggests that total genomic variation accounts for about 20% of variance in BMI.
This study found that in 2012, about 3.6% of cancer cases in adults worldwide were attributable to high BMI. These findings suggest that by reducing obesity rates, we can also reduce the cancer burden.
This meta-analysis found that BMI failed to properly categorize children and adolescents with excess body fat over 25%of the time.