Obesity Facts and Information

How Online News May Worsen the Problem of Obesity

Obesity researchers from Yale University say that online news outlets overwhelmingly use negative images of overweight people – in ill-fitting clothes or eating fast food – to illustrate stories about obesity. The practice perpetuates fat stigma, the researchers say, and may contribute to obesity itself. For the new study, the researchers looked at 429 news [...]

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Obese children more likely to have allergies

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Obese children and adolescents are 26 percent more likely to have some kind of allergy, especially to food, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said it is not clear from the study if obesity causes allergies, but it suggests controlling obesity in young people may be important for lowering rates of childhood [...]

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