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Psychological effects of genetic testing for risk of weight gain (09/06/13 08:00:00 UTC)

Obesity gene testing does not put people off weight loss and may help to reduce self-blame, according to a new study by researchers from the Health Behaviour Research Centre at UCL (University College London). Previous studies have shown that genes play a role in a person's risk of becoming overweight. One gene, called FTO, has been found to have the biggest influence so far...

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Body weight influences both the physical and mental quality of life (09/06/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Scientists from the Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM) and from the Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI II) discovered that weight gain leads to deterioration in physical health...

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Insulin levels determine effect of weight loss on vascular function (09/06/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Researchers have discovered that obese people who have lost considerable weight are more likely to have better blood vessel function if they show high levels of insulin following weight loss. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, was conducted by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC)...

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