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Overweight diabetics could outlive underweight ones, points new study

May 8, 2015

Researchers at University of Hull in Britain working under the guidance of Drs. Stephen Atkin and Pierluigi Costanzo have arrived at yet another confusing set of conclusions regarding type 2 diabetes patients. ...

Obesity can shorten your lifespan by eight years on earth, finds research

Siddhant Ghatge

Dec 5, 2014

Health

According to a new research, being overweight could cut down 8 years from the average lifespan of an individual. It is as dangerous as smoking cigarette. The study stresses on the face that it could reduce life...

Eating or skipping breakfast does not influence weight loss

Platonium

Jun 8, 2014

Health

Weight loss is not influenced by either eating breakfast regularly or skipping it, says a new study led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The study looked at if skipping breakfast or...

2.1 billion people are overweight or obese worldwide

Platonium

May 29, 2014

Health

Thirty percent of the world is equivalent to around a whopping 2.1 billion people. Obesity rates are increasing in every single country in the world. In fact, not one country has been able to reduce obesity rat...

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