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Experts say the best way to prevent Kid obesity is to encourage healthy eating habits during early childhood.

FT Food Revolution - Ultra-processed foods are cheap and convenient. But many health experts say they are simply bad for us, and, as the FTs Madeleine Speed reports, health warnings about UPFs could have unintended consequences....

Benign and malignant tumours are very different problems. In fact only malignant ones are considered tumours. Find out why, and explore the risk factors for cancer.

Risk factors are things that increase the chance that a person will develop a certain disease. Lots of these are lifestyle choices that we make everyday. Learn the links you need to know, and how disease can affect society at large.

Struggling with treatment-resistant depression? Dr. Tracey Marks delves into the transformative role of the B-vitamin, L-methylfolate, in enhancing the efficacy of antidepressants. Discover the intriguing connection between body weight,...

There's been a lot of hype about weight loss medications lately. Are they for you? Psychiatric medications are guilty of causing enough weight gain to push someone into the category of obese. Today there are several different types...

One-term Presidents are often overlooked – but what makes William Taft’s time in office memorable is the fact that it was defined by a series of unusual firsts.

While obesity is becoming more and more of a problem in many countries around the world, it's particularly acute in the UK. So just how bad is the situation and what's caused it? And what, if anything, can the government do to address...

This video provides an explanation of type 2 diabetes and its correlation with obesity. It discusses the rise in type 2 diabetes diagnoses and obesity rates in many countries, and highlights excess body fat as the strongest risk factor...

This video discusses the different types of fat in the human body, where they are located, and their purposes. The teacher explains the evolutionary factors that led to humans being able to store excess calories as fat, and the hormonal...

Aaron's been traveling, so this will be more of a quick hits episode. This is Healthcare Triage News...and we're talking about whether workplace premium incentives lead to employee weight loss, whether behavioral interventions improve...

This film shows the importance and limitations of reductionism in the nature of psychological explanation. using the example of research into obesity. It cautions students against simply using reductionism as a critique to be compared...

Today we're talking about Wegovy, which is a new prescription drug approved to treat obesity. It's also called semaglutide, and it was initially approved to treat diabetes, but studies have indicated it is effective for weight loss....

Parents have been telling us for years, that if you give a child candy and cola it will hype them up and make them go nuts! But, how much truth is there to the 'sugar rush', and how much of it is just in the parents perception?

Between 2017 and 2018, obesity affected about 14.4 million children and adolescents in the United States. In order to create treatments, interventions, and health policies to adequately address this issue, we need solid data from...

This Week in Parliament is a series we are currently trialling where we keep you up to date with the latest news from the UK's Parliament. This week we discuss issues including the issue of bullying in Parliament and the allegations...

Based around the example of obesity, this film outlines the key ideas underpinning reductionist and holistic approaches in the social sciences.

This video uses systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide an evidence-based approach [1] criticizing the United States’ view of sugar, fat, and cholesterol; and [2] discussing how sugar has always been the culprit in obesity and...

Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing problem in the United States, and one of our best tools for treating obesity in adults is bariatric surgery. So should this procedure become common in kids as well?

So, obesity is a serious problem. And it does drive up health care costs in the US. But, and we know this seems counterintuitive, weight loss doesn't necessarily bring down health care costs. Aaron Carroll tells you why.

In the United States, there's a lot of worry about babies getting TOO MUCH to eat. Overweight and obesity among children is a real concern, and eating habits established in early childhood are a factor. There's an idea that babies can...

We know that sugary drinks can contribute to a host of health problems, including obesity and diabetes. So, why do fruit juices, which can have as much or more sugar than soda, get a pass? We serve them to kids as a healthy option, but...