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Patients who are obese or overweight are at risk for a more severe course of COVID-19 worldpharmanews
April 20, 2021
COVID-19 patients who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a more severe infection than patients of healthy weight, and they require oxygen and invasive mechanical ventilation more often.
Losing 20 lb Improves Knee Replacement Outcomes drugs
August 29, 2019
Losing at least 20 lb before total knee arthroplasty is associated with better outcomes among morbidly obese patients...
Gut Bacteria Supplements Might Boost Obese People's Health drugs
July 02, 2019
Supplements of a type of gut bacteria may benefit people at heightened risk of diabetes and heart disease, a preliminary study suggests.
Will Video Games Make Your Kid Obese? Maybe Not drugs
June 28, 2019
To the millions of parents who worry about the extra pounds their child might pile on while playing Xbox all day, rest easy.
Prescription labels provide insufficient dosing guidance for obese children europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 29, 2019
Despite providing incentives to drug manufacturers to encourage the study of medications in children, few approved drugs include safe dosing information for obese children…
For Obese People, Commuting by Car Can Be a Killer: Study drugs
April 29, 2019
Being obese and commuting by car can be a deadly mix, a new study warns.
Type II diabetes now affects 7,000 under-25's in England and Wales pharmatimes
November 23, 2018
Nearly 7,000 children and young adults in England and Wales now have type II diabetes, as the rise in obesity continues, Diabetes UK has warned.
World heading towards 25% of total population being obese pharmafile
May 25, 2018
The latest global research paints a bleak picture of future global public health, predicting that almost a quarter of the entire global population will be obese by 2045, based on current trends.
Twenty percent of millennium generation is obese, study finds pharmatimes
December 12, 2017
Twenty percent of young people born in the UK at the turn of the century were obese by the age of 14, while a further 15 percent were found to be overweight, according to data from UCL’s Millennium Cohort Study.
Gymnemic acid found to battle sugar cravings, reduce desire for high-sugar foods pharmaasia
September 27, 2017
New research shows that gymnemic acid may be a potential ally in the longtime battle against sugar cravings, giving hope to overweight and obese patients.

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