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"Thrifty" Gene May be Contributing to Obesity in Samoa, Study Finds

"Thrifty" Gene May be Contributing to Obesity in Samoa, Study Finds

"Thrifty" Gene May be Contributing to Obesity in Samoa, Study FindsObesity GeneA "thrifty" gene that may have once protected Samoans in times of food scarcity could now be contributing to their record-high rates of obesity, a new study reports.In a paper published in Nature Genetics, a team of scientists including Yale School of Public Health researcher Nicola Hawley, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, links a gene variant, common in the local population but rare in the rest of the world, with a higher body mass index (BMI).While obesity is reaching pandemic levels world wide, the problem is of acute concern in the South Pacific Island of Samoa, where 80 percent of men and 91 percent of women are obese, and BMI has reportedly risen at five times the global rate over the past 30 years.


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Bariatric Surgery May Reverse Obesity Associated Premature Aging

Bariatric Surgery May Reverse Obesity Associated Premature Aging

With one third of the adult American population being obese, it is no surprise that there are 113,000 bariatric surgical cases per year.Studies have shown how the procedure can improve obesity-related disorders, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels.Researchers are adding another to this growing list – premature aging.


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Health Officials May Be Vastly Underestimating Obesity Epidemic

Health Officials May Be Vastly Underestimating Obesity Epidemic

download (Image courtesy PDPics via Pixabay under CCO Public Domain)The World Health Organization reported obesity rates have doubled worldwide since 1980, and that in 2014, more than 600 million adults around the globe were obese.Health officials may also be vastly underestimating the problem of obesity worldwide, and the current method of identifying it could be the problem.Dan Hruschka is an associate professor of Global Health and Anthropology at ASU and has been working on this issue.