SciShow
How Health Affects Sperm
Welcome back to SciShow News! Michael Aranda explains how a male's health affects their sperm.
SciShow
Obesity
Hank tells us some of the surprising things that could be causing or contributing to the obesity epidemic.
TED Talks
Rob Knight: How our microbes make us who we are
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and largely unexplored — role in our health. “The three pounds of microbes that you carry around...
TED Talks
Jeff Speck: The walkable city
How do we solve the problem of the suburbs? Urbanist Jeff Speck shows how we can free ourselves from dependence on the car -- which he calls "a gas-belching, time-wasting, life-threatening prosthetic device" -- by making our cities more...
SciShow
The Very Real Consequences of Weight Discrimination
Weight discrimination has very real health consequences, especially when some of the most common perpetrators are medical professionals.
SciShow
How Health Affects Sperm
Welcome back to SciShow News! Michael Aranda explains how a male's health affects their sperm.
TED Talks
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks
We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits -- from happiness to obesity -- can spread from person to person, showing how your location in...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is obesity? - Mia Nacamulli
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese?...
SciShow
Obesity
Hank tells us some of the surprising things that could be causing or contributing to the obesity epidemic.
Curated Video
Revolutionary Stomach Pacemaker: A Game-Changer for Weight Loss
Introducing a new experimental device, similar to a pacemaker for the stomach, that has shown promising results in helping overweight patients shed pounds. By delivering mild bursts of electrical current to the stomach muscle, the device...
Curated Video
Obesity - Global Health Issue
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....
Curated Video
Scientists Discover Promising Hormone for Weight Loss: A Potential Breakthrough in Fighting Obesity
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...
Curated Video
Wellbeing A-Z -Kids obesity
Experts say the best way to prevent Kid obesity is to encourage healthy eating habits during early childhood.
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Scary Truth About Visceral Body Fat
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the differences between subcutaneous fat and visceral fat, how to measure them, and why visceral fat is so incredibly dangerous.
Curated Video
Losing Weight On Medications Just Got Easier – Should You Take A Pill for Weight Loss?
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 of...
TLDR News
How Can the Government Address Obesity?
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...
Curated Video
Understanding the Correlation between Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
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...
Healthcare Triage
Heart Disease Prevention Works, Even If You Have Bum Genes
Heart disease continues to be the number one killer in the United States. Because of that, billions of dollars are spent every year on medications that reduce your risk of disease and death. Compounding this problem, many of the risk...
Healthcare Triage
Reducing Obesity Won't Necessarily Reduce Care Costs: Healthcare Triage News
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.
Barcroft Media
From Morbid Obesity to Skin Removal Surgery
This video tells the story of John Allaire, who went from weighing 540 pounds to 237 pounds through his journey of weight loss. He shares his struggles with obesity and the motivation he found in his relationship with his fiancée. The...
Healthcare Triage
Juice: It's Sugary, It's Caloric, and It's Not Great for You
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...
Healthcare Triage
Are Night Terrors Contagious? And Other Questions with Dr. Carroll
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...
Healthcare Triage
You Probably Don't Need to Be on that Gluten-free Diet
This is another one of those videos that I expect many of you to hate. Gluten is surprisingly polarizing. Of course, most of the evidence that many of you will throw at me are anecdotes. And we all know that the plural of "anecdote" is...
Barcroft Media
Giant 8-Month-Old Baby Weighs 38lbs: BORN DIFFERENT
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...