Not exact matches
Tobacco,
obesity, diabetes, high alcohol intake and a family history
of pancreatic cancer are all recognised risk factors for the disease, but explain less than 40 %
of cases and
important causes of the increasing trends yet have to be identified.
However, he says, observing the leptin levels in infants and young children may lead to
important clues about the
causes of adult
obesity.
«
Important metabolic functions are also heavily influenced by circadian clocks, which is why activities such as chronic night - shift work — which can
cause a misalignment
of this clock — increase one's risk for metabolic and autoimmune diseases such as
obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cancer and multiple sclerosis,» said Dr. Akassoglou.
Obesity, hypertension and diabetes are all
important and independent risk factors for heart failure and may
cause more adverse impairment
of myocardial metabolism in women compared with men (302, 303).
11/6/2007 UCSD Researchers Discover Inflammation, Not
Obesity,
Cause of Insulin Resistance Findings may have
important potential for new drug discoveries in fight against Type 2 diabetes Researchers at the University
of California, San Diego (UCSD) School
of Medicine have discovered that inflammation provoked by immune cells called macrop... More...
«Fat is more
important than weight,» says Peter Katzmarzyk, associate executive director for population science at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. «Excessive fatness is the definition
of obesity, not excessive weight — and having too much fat can
cause serious health problems.»
This is
important because
obesity is known to
cause or increase the possibility
of many other medical conditions like diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, obstructive sleep disorders, osteoarthritis
of the joints, etc.The first step in dealing with the problem is figuring out the root
cause of your
obesity.
So, understanding the root
cause of obesity (the aetiology
of obesity, in medical terms) is the single most
important thing you need to do in order to lose weight.
Obesity and the factors that
cause it raise the risk
of autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, so it is
important to address it for this reason as well.
There are numerous tests that are shown to be more
important markers
of an increased risk
of coronary artery disease than cholesterol.There are many
causes and risk factors for heart disease, including inflammation, high cholesterol, low testosterone, low thyroid, low estrogen, hypertension, high lipoprotein A, insulin resistance, diabetes,
obesity, high homocystine, nutritional deficiencies and excessive oxidation, to name a few.
Obesity in dogs
causes a number
of health problems, so it is
important that you adjust your dog's regular feedings to accommodate any treats he gets during the day.
Obesity makes it far more difficult to live with an enlarging heart, and feeding primarily table food over dog food will
cause a lack
of important amino acids that aid in heart function.
It is
important to control the daily portion
of pellets because overfeeding can
cause obesity.