You and Your Hormones

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Obesity

What is obesity, how is it diagnosed and how is it treated? Explore our collection of resources about this condition.
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Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled – World Health Organisation.

Obesity is an excess of calories stored in the form of fat. It is an increasing public health and medical problem associated with reduced quality and length of life. This chronic condition can increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes, heart conditions, certain cancers, and can affect bone health and reproduction.

In this section, you will find articles and podcast episodes exploring this condition.

 

 

Information and resources

Are my hormones making me fat?

How do our hormones impact our eating habits and will scientists ever make a diet pill? Plus, the tale of the Labradors and the impossible sausage.

Does when I eat affect my weight?

Does when you eat affect your body weight? Do meal-timing based diets like intermittent fasting really work? How are your hormones involved and does this new diet fad stand up to scientific scrutiny?

Is my diabetes my fault?

Is type 2 diabetes really a “lifestyle disease”? Why do some people develop diabetes even though they’re eating healthily while many obese people escape the disease? How can your environment shape your diabetes risk before you’re even born?

Obesity

Obesity is when the body stores more calories as fat than it needs. It is becoming a growing public health and medical problem, linked to a lower quality and a shorter length of life.

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