Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are calling on the government in Ireland to change recommendations for vitamin D supplements after publishing data that highlights the association between vitamin D levels and mortality from COVID-19.
An international team of experts has issued a guidance paper that identifies patients with the greatest need for bariatric and metabolic surgery, as experts warn delaying treatment could put them at a greater risk of complications from their disease, as well as from COVID-19.
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a new method of reducing human body weight and fat mass using weighted vests. The outcomes from the study indicate that there is something comparable to built-in bathroom scales that contributes to keeping body weight and, by the same token, fat mass constant.
Men who had obesity in their late teens are more at risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the leg or lung in adult life, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg study. The risk rises successively and is highest in those who had severe obesity in adolescence. The outcomes were reported in the paper, 'Obesity in adolescent men increases the risk of venous thromboembolism in adult life', published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
Despite overall increases in insurance coverage for low-income individuals in Medicaid expansion states, some gaps remain for individuals who have obesity, according to a recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Georgia.
