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While some attempts have met with success, a panel of doctors and international specialists reiterated recently that obesity should be seen and treated as a chronic disease. 

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Doctors and diabetes specialists are calling on employers to be make workplaces more friendly to people living with diabetes, a huge population of which are of working age.

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At a time when more than one billion people suffer from obesity, research into the hormone called "glucagon-like peptide 1" (GLP-1) could be given the nod for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year.

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Obesity. It seems straightforward, right? In a society where physical appearance is highly valued, obesity is often misunderstood as simply a lack of willpower or self-discipline to eat less and move more.

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By 2050, nearly 60% of adults and one third of children are predicted to be obese.

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Obesity has surpassed underweight as the more prevalent form of malnutrition, affecting one in 10 or 188 million school-aged children and adolescents worldwide, the United Nations Children’s Fund recently reported.

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In a dire report, the United Nations children's agency projected that nearly one in 10 individuals within that age group will be living with the chronic disease in 2025, fueled by easy availability of ultra-processed foods.

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A study predicts liver cancer will take 1.37 million lives by the middle of the century. An international team of experts say three out of five cases could be prevented.

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A new generation of weight-loss drugs has proven remarkably effective, hugely popular and massively lucrative in the last few years, though they do have some drawbacks.

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"[Obesity] should not be the defining feature of a person. Always show empathy and compassionate care."

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Doctors and diabetes specialists are calling on employers to be make workplaces more friendly to people living with diabetes, a huge population of which are of working age.

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At a time when more than one billion people suffer from obesity, research into the hormone called "glucagon-like peptide 1" (GLP-1) could be given the nod for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year.

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Obesity. It seems straightforward, right? In a society where physical appearance is highly valued, obesity is often misunderstood as simply a lack of willpower or self-discipline to eat less and move more.

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By 2050, nearly 60% of adults and one third of children are predicted to be obese.

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Obesity has surpassed underweight as the more prevalent form of malnutrition, affecting one in 10 or 188 million school-aged children and adolescents worldwide, the United Nations Children’s Fund recently reported.

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In a dire report, the United Nations children's agency projected that nearly one in 10 individuals within that age group will be living with the chronic disease in 2025, fueled by easy availability of ultra-processed foods.

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A study predicts liver cancer will take 1.37 million lives by the middle of the century. An international team of experts say three out of five cases could be prevented.

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A new generation of weight-loss drugs has proven remarkably effective, hugely popular and massively lucrative in the last few years, though they do have some drawbacks.

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"[Obesity] should not be the defining feature of a person. Always show empathy and compassionate care."

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