obese

Sleep Apnea Symptoms Improve When Patients Lose Tongue Fat

When obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) lose weight, their apnea appears to...

Diabetes More Deadly for Normal-Weight Adults

American adults of normal weight with new-onset diabetes are more likely to die than...

Obesity Could Result in Higher Risk of Tooth Loss

Overweight people have a higher probability of losing their teeth. But the possible tooth...

Periodontitis May Stem From Obesity

Obese people may have more reasons to worry about periodontitis. A study titled “MicroRNA...

Early to Bed and Early to Rise: Study Suggests It’s Keeping Kids Leaner

It is widely accepted that the sleep patterns of adolescents are fundamentally different from...

Obesity Rate Will Reach at Least 42 Percent

Researchers at Harvard University say America’s obesity epidemic won’t plateau until at least 42...

Obese Children Show Signs of Heart Disease Seen in Middle-Aged Adults

“We were surprised to find that these obese children already have stiff blood vessels,”...