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Overweight teens more likely to be rejected as friends by normal weight peers
Overweight young people are more likely to be rejected as friends by peers who are of normal weight, according to new research by Arizona State University social scientists. “Using Social Network Analysis to Clarify the Role of Obesity in Adolescent Friend Selection,” published in the American Journal of Public Health by Arizona State University Associate […]
Obese people feel full sooner than people of normal weight
The number of people in the world who are obese has doubled since 1980. Attempts to halt the progress of this pandemic are reliant on more accurate knowledge of how obesity occurs. This is what a research group led by Christoph Beglinger at the University Hospital in Basel aimed to find out by comparing feelings […]
Meta-analysis: Any blood pressure reading above normal may increase risk of stroke
Anyone with blood pressure that’s higher than the optimal 120/80 mmHg may be more likely to have a stroke, according to a new meta-analysis published in the March 12, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The meta-analysis looked at all of the available research on the risk […]