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May 15, 2026, 06:07 PM - 3 min read
"Obesity can change how signals travel to the brain. The good news is that this may be something we can treat. Instead of looking at Alzheimer's risk tied to obesity as just a metabolic problem, this research suggests we may be able to target the process that connects those changes to the brain," co-lead researcher Stephen Wong, distinguished chair in biomedical engineering, said.
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March 22, 2026, 01:24 PM - 5 min read
Obesity causes hormonal changes that accelerate child growth, meaning that obese children often grow taller faster than their healthy-weight peers.
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February 27, 2026, 06:34 PM - 3 min read
While the AIG study makes it clear that in younger Indians below 30 years, a poor lifestyle combined with obesity genes makes them 16 times more likely to be obese, it also offers a way forward. Despite the handicap of ‘bad genes’, if young Indians adopt a healthy lifestyle, it is actually three times more effective at ‘turning off’ the impact of the bad genes, compared to older generations, study said.
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