A long-term medical condition that affects the body's blood sugar levels, due to a defect in the production of the hormone insulin.
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Discover why fat is important to our bodies, how and why it is stored - and why getting rid of excess body fat is so much more difficult than gaining it in the first place. Biology - Healthy Living - Fat is stored by the body when you...

Over 500 million people suffer from obesity worldwide, posing a significant risk to health. Discover how a combination of fat rich diets and lack of exercise are at the root of the problem. Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points....

Over 400 million people suffer from diabetes globally. What is diabetes, how is it caused, and what role does insulin play in its onset and treatment? Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. Insulin is a hormone that controls glucose...

Explore how the body metabolizes food and uses stored fat during periods of caloric deficit. This video discusses the physiological processes involved in weight loss, including the role of liver glycogen stores and the shift to fat...

Keto? Intermittent Fasting? And what about plant-based diets? Alok and Sheena explain the science behind the most popular diets, explain what they have in common and explain why for most people - they don't really work. Happily, health...

British scientists have discovered a naturally formed hormone, PYY 336, that may help overweight individuals lose weight by suppressing appetite. This hormone is lower in obese individuals, indicating its importance in signaling the...

In the U.S., a negative stigma often surrounds the word fat. Today we welcome Jenna with the Roses for Every Body campaign to discuss the vocabulary we use to describe body weight and how we can remove this destructive stigma. Listen in...

Most disorders both mental and physical are managed and not cured. In medicine we think of cure as a total reversal of an illness to the point where there's no evidence of it and it does not return. the closest we get to this...

Dr. Algae talks about the bigger appetite that accompanies the growth spurt of an adolescent. He explains the adolescent body’s need for more calories and the healthiest way to satisfy those needs.

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...

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...

In this video, a teacher meets with a family to discuss their risk of diabetes and the importance of making healthy lifestyle changes. They explore the family's diet and habits, and seek advice from experts on how to improve their...

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?

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...

This week on the podcast, Aaron is talking about the flu, Idaho's extra-legal insurance experiment, and Medicaid work requirements. He's also going to answer a bunch of your questions, including finally knowing whether you can catch...

In recent months the UK has seen two major health crises combine, obesity and COVID. In an effort to curb the issues Johnson's government have announced a new obesity plan to tackle the root issue. In this video, we explain how the plans...

The gold standard of medical research, the randomized controlled trial, has been taking a bit of a beating lately. An entire issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine was recently devoted to it, with many articles pointing to...

A MORBIDLY obese baby has baffled doctors - by weighing in at a whopping 38lbs. Eight-month-old Chahat Kumar from Punjab, India was born an average weight but started ballooning in size at the age of four months. And now the bouncing...

Scientists have found that the flu vaccine is less effective for people with excess weight. <br/>

In this video, the speaker discusses the prevalent issue of weight loss in Singapore and the challenges of maintaining weight loss. They highlight the importance of finding sustainable methods for losing weight and maintaining a healthy...

Have you bought into a low-carb or low-fat diet? Which one is the better answer for people who want to lose weight? It turns out, they both work about the same. A giant new study on nutrition is the subject of this week's HCT.

Commonly used household disinfectants and multi-surface cleaners could be making children overweight by affecting their gut bacteria, according to a study published on Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Breakfast still isn't the most important meal of the day. You also may have heard claims that eating breakfast somehow promotes weight loss. Well, there's a new study out, and it looks like eating breakfast isn't going to contribute to...