13-04-07 Obesity from overwork describes the situation that many office workers become overweight, or even obese due to overwork, excessive sitting and pressure. Overwork and excessive sitting can also lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other condi...

13-02-28 Obesity rates across Canada are reaching alarming levels and continue to climb, according to a new University of British Columbia study. Published today in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, the study provides the first comprehensive look at adu...

13-02-06 Obesity can lower vitamin D levels in the body, a study suggests. 研究显示，肥胖会降低体内维生素D含量。 The report, in the journal PLOS Medicine, analysed genetic data from 21 studies - a total of 42,000 people. It found every 10% rise in body mass...

12-08-25 最新一项研究显示，肥胖会加速人的认知能力衰退，从而增加患痴呆症的风险。 Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance. Experts are not sure why this might b...

12-07-11 A Loyola study of high school students provides new evidence that a person's circle of friends may influence his or her weight. Students were more likely to gain weight if they had friends who were heavier than they were. Conversely（相反地） , stud...

12-06-18 Childhood obesity（肥胖） has increased dramatically throughout the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found that children's weight is associated with their math performance. The fin...

12-06-03 为了应对日益严峻的人口肥胖问题，纽约市长布隆伯格近日提议该市所有餐馆、小吃店、运动场馆以及影剧院禁售大容量的含糖饮料，只能提供16盎司（455毫升）的小杯规格。 Various size cups and sugar cubes are displayed at a news conference at New York's City Hall,...

12-04-18 Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of Human Biology, explor...

12-04-05 A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol（白藜芦醇） , is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential method to control obesity, according to a...

12-02-22 Is fructose（果糖） being unfairly blamed for the obesity epidemic? Or do we just eat and drink too many calories? Researchers from St. Michael's Hospital reviewed more than 40 published studies on whether the fructose molecule itself causes weight...