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[NYTimes - Gift article]: Right-Wing Group Publishes ‘D.E.I. Watch List’ Targeting Federal Workers.
The American Accountability Foundation list included names and photos of more than 50 people, many in programs aimed at improving the health of people of color. By David A. FahrentholdSheryl Gay StolbergSharon LaFraniere and Christina Jewett, February 5, 2025
#thomasJones #americanaccountabilityfoundation #racism #racists #obesity
The American Accountability Foundation list included…
The New York TimesA drug that claims to cure obesity is taking over the market and people’s minds. Is semaglutide a miracle or a dangerous trap? It was made for diabetics, but now everyone’s using it—without asking what the real price might be. Some say it’s the new radium, once hyped as a cure-all. While celebrities show off their weight loss, scientists keep finding new side effects. So, is it really worth it?
UK online pharmacies face stricter rules for sales of weight-loss jabs https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/04/uk-online-pharmacies-rules-wegovy-mounjaro-ozempic #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #Regulators #Business #Scotland #Obesity #Science #Society #England #Health #UKnews #Drugs #Wales
Regulators to tighten up criteria after concerns over…
The GuardianItaly’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest.…
POLITICOIn the Netherlands, oh so grand,
Dutch call for stick-fighting in the land,
Soft spaces out, let's revive the thrill,
No more worries, just pure skill,
Risky play, oh won't it be grand!
#GuardianLimerick #Children #Europe #Netherlands #Health #Society #Obesity
Encouraging kids to play with fire? Hear us out, says…
The GuardianNew issue 339! Explore immunity & cancer, optional corequisite for A&P, the science of racism, COVID smell loss solutions, Ozempic's health perks, a fresh take on obesity, neuroanatomy teaching, and more! https://aandp.info/sci-339
#neuroanatomy #BMI #obesity #cancer
From 31 Jan: Study: Obesity was associated with improved overall survival after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer - https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/114001 #obesity #research #cancer
Association driven by patients who did not have low…
www.medpagetoday.com#Cardiology researchers identify 1 potential mechanism that links #obesity to irregular heart rhythms: https://buff.ly/4jmFdnd
The system "was built to keep us sick and stuck," telehealth company Hims says in a Super Bowl ad (over Childish Gambino's "This Is America"!)
But experts point out that the ad uses criticism of companies "selling weight loss drugs...to then themselves sell weight loss drugs."
via @STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/super-bowl-ad-hims-and-hers-telehealth-company-downplays-risks-compounded-drugs/
#health #healthcare #medicine #obesity #wegovy #ozempic #bigpharma #superbowl
A multi-million dollar Super Bowl ad from telehealth…
STAT Obesity starts in the brain
It's not about belly, legs, or hips—the brain is the key player in the development of obesity. Researchers at the University of Cologne's new Center for Metabolic Research are investigating how signals in the brain lead to uncontrolled weight gain.
Curious about the link between the brain and metabolism? How do diet and genetics influence our weight?
Learn more here https://uni.koeln/94KTY
#UniKöln #UniCologne #MetabolicResearch #Obesity #Health #Research
Expert*innen erforschen am neuen Zentrum für Stoffwechselforschung…
uni-koeln.deThere is “growing evidence that #pollution, #stress, and #obesity are closely linked through #biological and #environmental mechanisms that affect #metabolism, #hormones, and #fat storage.” https://usrtk.org/chemicals/pollution-stress-obesity/
Pollution may promote stress, leading to obesity, one…
U.S. Right to KnowIncrease regulation of online sale of weight-loss jabs, pharmacists say https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/27/regulation-online-sale-weight-loss-jabs-pharmacists-say #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #Regulators #Medicine #Obesity #Science #Society #Health #UKnews #Drugs
Current rules leave door open for medicines to be supplied…
The GuardianExercise-mimicking drug sheds weight, boosts muscle activity in mice
"But the new drug, known as SLU-PP-332, doesn’t affect appetite or food intake. Nor does it cause mice to exercise more. Instead, the drug boosts a natural metabolic pathway that typically responds to exercise. In effect, the drug makes the body act like it is training for a marathon, leading to increased energy expenditure and faster metabolism of fat in the body.
“This compound is basically telling skeletal muscle to make the same changes you see during endurance training,” said Thomas Burris, a professor of pharmacy at UF who led the recent research into the new drug.
“When you treat mice with the drug, you can see that their whole body metabolism turns to using fatty acids, which is very similar to what people use when they are fasting or exercising,” Burris added. “And the animals start losing weight.”
#BetterLivingThruChemestry" #obesity #antiAging
https://news.ufl.edu/2023/09/exercise-mimicking-drug/
<p>Exercise in a pill might be a little closer to reality…
news.ufl.eduUltra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/26/ultra-processed-food-forever-chemicals-declining-birth-rates-whats-behind-rising-cancer-in-the-under-50s #Ultra-processedfoods #Breastcancer #Skincancer #Science #Obesity #Cancer #Health
Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching,…
The GuardianNeurons in the hippocampus (of mice, at least) encode memories of food, especially sugary and fatty food. Stimulation of these neurons increased eating, and disabling these neurons reduced eating.
Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/can-food-memories-make-you-overeat-new-research-says-yes/
Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01194-6
Remember chocolate?
https://www.europesays.com/1789475/ EU and UNICEF Join Forces to Improve Child and Teen Health #adolescent #AdolescentHealth #AdolescentMedicine #Adolescents #child #Childhood #children #europe #european #kids #MedicalLife #NCD #NonCommunicableDiseases #NoncommunicableDiseases #obese #obesity #Pediatrics #QuittingTobaccoUse #SDOH #SmokingCessation #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth(SDOH) #Teenage #TEENAGER #teens #tobacco #TobaccoCessation #TobaccoUse
Beyond BMI: A new, nuanced way of measuring #obesity, and what it could mean for the availability of weight loss drugs https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-beyond-bmi-a-new-nuanced-way-of-measuring-obesity/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
A mouse study found that dietary supplementation with butyrate largely reduced obesity resulting from a high-fat diet. Butyrate was associated with more activity in brown fat and browning of white fat.
Cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
#BMI #Obesity #CardiorespiratoryFitness
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/07/bjsports-2024-108748
Objective The purpose of this review was to assess…
British Journal of Sports Medicine