She continued: «This is the largest study that provides
evidence against the obesity paradox in healthy people.
Not exact matches
While people who are breastfed are less likely to grow up to be obese, as the World Health Organization has noted, studies so far have found no
evidence the act of breastfeeding offers protection
against obesity.
A mounting body of
evidence suggests that breastfeeding may also play a role in programming noncommunicable disease risk later in life (2 - 13) including protection
against overweight and
obesity in childhood (2 - 6).
Based on the available
evidence, breastfeeding appears to provide some level of protection
against childhood overweight and
obesity.
Despite the lack of any concrete
evidence that menu labels encourage consumers to make healthier food choices, they have become a popular tool for policymakers in the fight
against obesity.
Preliminary genetic
evidence included in the study suggests that the enzyme, called SNRK, performs similar functions in humans, making it an intriguing new drug target in the battle
against obesity and its complications.
More recently,
evidence has been accumulating that a low - GI diet might also protect
against the development of
obesity (10, 11), colon cancer (12), and breast cancer (13).
This review provides strong
evidence that whole grains are protective
against cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes,
obesity, and all - cause mortality.
«The sum of the
evidence against saturated fat over the past half - century amounts to this: the early trials condemning saturated fat were unsound; the epidemiological data showed no negative association; saturated fat's effect on LDL - cholesterol (when properly measured in subfractions) is neutral; and a significant body of clinical trials over the past decade has demonstrated the absence of any negative effect of saturated fat on heart disease,
obesity, or diabetes.