Health
02 Nov 2017
New study finds Americans fatter than ever
Research published in Frontiers in Public Health estimates that 91% adult Americans are ‘overfat’ – a term defined as having excess body fat sufficient to impair health.
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Health
17 Oct 2017
Study reveals risk factors for substance use problems, as well as resilience
A study of African-American and Latino adults in a high-risk urban community challenges stereotypes by revealing not only risk factors for substance use problems, but also resilience.
Health
28 Jul 2017
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat
The overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries with up to 90% of adult males and 50% children may suffer from this condition.
Health
03 Mar 2017
Horse-riding can improve children’s cognitive ability
Study shows how the effects of horseback riding improve learning in children.
Health
04 Jan 2017
Deeper than obesity: a majority of people are now ‘overfat’
Scientists distinguish ‘overweight’ and ‘overfat’, the latter including normal-weight people with enough fat to impair health: Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers news
29 Sep 2016
Open for submissions: New Specialty Section Obesity
by Victor Kouassi, Frontiers Under the leadership of Prof. Katherine Samaras of St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, the journals; Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontiers in Public Health and Frontiers in Nutrition have launched a new specialty section on Obesity. The section is now open for submissions. The Obesity Specialty Section is intended to reflect the multidisciplinary research and strategies developed in this subject from “champions from every paradigm of science, clinical practice, public health, economics and policy” states Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Samaras. With figures from the WHO showing a doubling worldwide of obese individuals since 1980, obesity has rapidly become an issue deserving of immense attention in countries of all levels of income. The need for faster and widespread dissemination of research findings to mitigate and tackle this issue are increasingly in demand. In her recently published Specialty Grand Challenge article, this threat is described as an “Obesity Armageddon” which can be dodged by encouraging “innovative science in obesity, to integrate scientific effort between the disciplines”. Asked on what attracted her to launch this section in Frontiers, Dr. Samaras said, “The Frontiers series of journals are at the cutting edge. The process of Peer Review is innovative, […]