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Obesogens: assessing the evidence linking chemicals in food to obesity

The obesogen hypothesis proposes that certain chemicals, called obesogens, influence individual susceptibility to obesity by interfering with metabolic systems that regulate appetite, weight gain, and fat development and distribution, and thereby have contributed to the rise in obesity.

Preventing Disease
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Do people burn more calories if they eat a big breakfast rather than a big dinner?

Do people burn more calories if they eat a big breakfast rather than a big dinner?

Weight and HealthOctober 14, 2022
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Are these new drugs game changers for weight loss?

In May, the Food and Drug Administration approved tirzepatide—which patients inject under their skin weekly—to treat type 2 diabetes, because in clinical trials it cut hemoglobin A1c levels (a long-term measure of blood sugar) even more than taking insulin. The FDA has not yet approved tirzepatide for weight loss. But that may soon happen.

Weight and HealthAugust 25, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Could new drugs be an obesity breakthrough?

Roughly 40 percent of U.S. adults have obesity. Another 30 percent have overweight. Extra pounds raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, several cancers, and more. Here’s the latest on what’s driving weight gain and two new medications that may revolutionize its treatment.

Weight and HealthAugust 25, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Why our toxic food environment matters

Obesity rates started to soar in the 1970s and show no signs of leveling off, never mind falling.

Weight and HealthAugust 25, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Why health authorities now call obesity a disease

“Unfortunately, many healthcare professionals, as well as patients, consider obesity to be a lifestyle disease; that people are just lacking in willpower,” noted Susan Yanovski, co-director of the Office of Obesity Research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in a video by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Weight and HealthAugust 25, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Does eating fast food raise the risk of unhealthy belly fat?

Does fast food lead to unhealthy visceral belly fat? Researchers tracked 3,156 young adults for 25 years. The more often they ate at fast food restaurants, the higher their visceral (deep belly) fat, whether or not they had obesity. And those who ate fast food at least three times a week had roughly five times the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) compared to those who ate fast food no more than once a month.

Weight and HealthJuly 21, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Metabolic disruptor research and action agenda

With support from the Passport Foundation beginning in 2019, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has sought to investigate the role of metabolic disrupting chemicals (MDCs) in the development of obesity by rigorously assessing the scientific evidence, ascertaining the strength of the evidence regarding the obesogen hypothesis, and developing consensus in the public health community around a research agenda to advance the science in this area.

Food Safety

Why liver cancer rates are rising more rapidly than those of any other cancer

Since 1980, the U.S. incidence of liver cancer has tripled and the death rate has doubled. “Excess weight, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and diabetes are greatly contributing to higher rates of liver cancer in the U.S.,” says Katherine McGlynn, senior investigator in the metabolic epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.

Preventing DiseaseMay 10, 2019Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Explaining the obesity epidemic

​​​​​​​Why are two out of three adults and one out of three children overweight or obese? One explanation: Extra calories from cheap, convenient, ultra-processed foods have increasingly flooded the food supply.

Weight and HealthJuly 31, 2018
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