Researchers scoured through the data of over 300 children belonging to a cohort with close to 2,000 Chilean residents who served as participants during infancy.
The study involved the use of pooled data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Despite high mortality rates among people with obesity, those who undergo bariatric surgery are likelier to live years longer, study finds.
The new research was conducted by a team of researchers at Birmingham City University.
A recent study aimed at figuring out whether any association between restaurant marketing and obesity exists among American adults.
The findings were determined based on data analysis from 2015 to 2016 from the Korean National Health Insurance System.
The findings were published by a team of researchers at the University of Alberta.
People with mild to moderately obese body mass index may be at a more severe risk of developing COVID-19.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.