Doctors say they believe they have found the reason behind the cause of Eman Ahmed Abdelaty’s obesity, which at its peak saw the Egyptian weigh 500kg.
The 36-year-old woman, who at her biggest was the world’s heaviest, has since dropped to 340kgs as she undergoes treatment carried out by a team of specialists at Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital.
Abdelaty’s treatment includedRead more
People on the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder may live two years less on average than those at the top, according to a large-scale study published Wednesday.
This makes social rank a bigger risk factor for illness and premature death than either high alcohol consumption or obesity, and it nearly equals the risk posed by physical inactivity, researchers said.Read more
Obesity may not cut your life short after all, a new study suggests. Danish researchers report that the risk that an obese man or woman will die prematurely has dropped dramatically over the last 40 years.
According to their analysis, the 30 percent greater risk of dying early from any cause found back in the 1970s has virtually disappeared.Read more