Sentences with phrase «raising obesity levels»

Citing raising obesity levels, policy director Patti Rundall, said: «Parliament now has a golden opportunity to do something significant to address this problem.

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Also I wonder if the issue of obesity has been raised at Board level?

It's not just obesity we're talking about (although that would be risk enough)... HFCS has also been shown to raise triglyceride levels (bad cholesterol) and has been linked to liver problems and hypertension.

For example, a rexinoid approved for treating certain types of late - stage cancer raises levels of lipids called triglycerides in the blood, which could worsen obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Earlier research among patients with colon cancer has revealed worse outcomes among those with lifestyle factors that heighten insulin resistance, such as obesity, lack of exercise, and a diet with high levels of carbohydrates that quickly raise levels of blood sugar.

Other studies show that visceral obesity raises a person's risk of developing colon cancer, perhaps because it increases circulating levels of hormones that affect cell growth.

* Metabolic syndrome: a combination of obesity / abdominal adiposity, insulin resistance, raise levels of lipids in the blood and raised blood pressure.

«Insufficient sleep raises levels of appetite - stimulating hormones, such as cortisol,» says Louis Aronne, MD, an obesity specialist at Weill Cornell Medical Center, in New York City.

The research, published in the journal Obesity, showed that higher levels of «weight - bias internalization» — the term for what happens when people are aware of negative stereotypes about obesity and apply those stereotypes to themselves — were associated with more cases of metabolic syndrome, a combination of health issues that raise the risk for heart disease and diObesity, showed that higher levels of «weight - bias internalization» — the term for what happens when people are aware of negative stereotypes about obesity and apply those stereotypes to themselves — were associated with more cases of metabolic syndrome, a combination of health issues that raise the risk for heart disease and diobesity and apply those stereotypes to themselves — were associated with more cases of metabolic syndrome, a combination of health issues that raise the risk for heart disease and diabetes.

Obesity can raise blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, increase blood pressure, induce diabetes and...

Further, the researchers determined that obesity leads to higher blood pressure, higher insulin levels, worse cholesterol values, increased inflammation markers, and raised the risk of diabetes.

Raising SCFA levels in the intestine contributes to the beneficial effects of berberine to lower insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders.

Studies show that large amounts of fructose can raise triglycerides, small, dense LDL and oxidized LDL, raise blood glucose and insulin levels and increase obesity, major risk factors for heart disease.

We raise our risk for diabetes and heart disease and obesity when we eat those sugars that spike blood sugar levels.

In addition to having unhealthy levels of sugar and refined grains, both of which raise your risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, they tend to contain high levels of omega - 6 fatty acids.

It has also been linked to an increase in LDL (bad cholesterol) raised blood pressure, obesity and raised levels of uric acid in the body.

In response, the body raises insulin in a knee - jerk reaction to «overcome» this resistance, and these high levels will drive obesity.

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«The remarkable changes in home microbial content across differing levels of urbanization raise the possibility that the reduced microbial exposure to environmental bacteria seen in modern homes contributes to immune and metabolic disorders, from asthma to obesity, which have become the new disease paradigm in the industrialized world,» adds Dominguez - Bello, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone.