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New research presented at this year s European Congress on Obesity (held online, 10-13 May) shows that higher consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) in childhood is associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity and also alters the metabolome (small weight molecules / metabolites) present in the cells and involved in the body s processes at the molecular level.
The study is by Dr Evangelos Handakas, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK and colleagues supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Grant to the STOP Project (Science and Technology in childhood Obesity Policy).
Diets high in ultra-processed food (UPF) have been linked with weight gain and risk of overweight, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. In this study, the authors aimed to investigate the associations between UPF consumption and the metabolome and their role in overweight and obesity risk, in early childhood and adolescence in a large British cohort.
People with a higher body mass index (BMI) are more likely to test positive for the virus that causes Covid-19, new research suggests.
A study by the Chaim Sheba Medical Centre in Israel found that patients who are classed as overweight – with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 – were 22% more likely to contract the virus than someone of “normal” weight with a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9.
That figure increased to 27% for those considered obese – with a BMI of 30 to 34.9 – and 86% for people classed as morbidly obese – a BMI at or above 40.
The research, which has been presented at the European Congress on Obesity, looked at the relationship between BMI and the likelihood of testing positive for Sars-Cov-2, at the largest medical centre in the Middle East.
A new study led by the University of Glasgow has found that vegetarians, defined as people who do not eat meat including fish, have many beneficial biomarkers