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“Sleep is essential for human health. Not getting enough sleep or having poor, fragmented sleep increases a person's risk of developing many chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and depression.”

“Scientists have identified about 20 urolithins, but the most studied of these is urolithin A, which exerts potent anti-obesity effects. Duckweed is rich in polyphenols, carotenoids, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, and many micronutrients, including iron and vitamin B12.”

“Studies in animals and humans suggest that brown fat can improve glucose and insulin sensitivity, increase fat oxidation, and protect against diet-induced obesity. Cold exposure increases brown fat volume and metabolism and drives glucose uptake.”

“Researchers assigned participants aged 50 or older with abdominal obesity or abnormal blood lipids to one of three diets: one that followed standard healthy dietary guidelines, a calorie-restricted Mediterranean diet (which included walnuts and olive oil and substituted chicken and fish for lamb and beef)…”

“An imbalance in the number of harmful versus helpful microbes, a condition known as dysbiosis, drives many disease states, including cardiovascular disease, allergies, asthma, and obesity. Taurine is an amino acid produced in the body and present in many foods.”

“Because early onset of puberty is associated with a wide range of chronic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers, further study is needed to determine whether acetaminophen use during pregnancy is safe. View full publication.”

“Poor cardiorespiratory fitness, along with dyslipidemia, family history, hypertension, age, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and physical inactivity, increases a person's risk for cardiovascular disease and death.”

“A large waist circumference may be an indicator of visceral fat – body fat that is stored in the abdominal cavity and plays a central role in the links between obesity and systemic inflammation.”

“The randomized, crossover, controlled trial, which involved 23 men and women (average age, 44 years) who were overweight or obese and had been diagnosed with prediabetes and/or metabolic syndrome, compared the effects of two dietary patterns on insulin sensitivity and cardiometabolic risk markers.”

“Two of the children had obesity, and one of them had a serious underlying health condition (aplastic anemia). The children had concurrent or previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. All four children required surgical intervention, and all recovered.”