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Home - OMRF News - Archives for obesity

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Investigating the role of obesity in arthritis

February 21, 2017

Osteoarthritis, or OA, is the most common form of disability in the U.S.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: arthritis, degeneration, disease, erika barboza pardo lopes, fat pad, Florea, formation, Griffin, knee, knee joint, Kovats, lab, Lupu, oa, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, onset, osteoarthritis, overweight, pain, Rheal, scientist-news, Susan, Tim Griffin, Timothy, timothy griffin, Towner

Battle at the scale: How your body fights to regain lost weight

June 16, 2016

Your body could be working against you after dieting.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bmi, body, burns, calories, discoveries, fat, fitness, gain, gym, hormones, loss, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, pounds, Prescott, rate, science, scientist, set point, theory, weight, work out

Are standing desks an effective counter to sedentary jobs?

November 10, 2015

Prolonged sitting is a contributor to diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: active, desks, diabetes, get up, Hal Scofield, hdl, health, heart disease, home, job, move, newsok, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, robert, school, science, scientist-news, Scofield, sedentary, sitting, stand up, stand-up desks, standing desks, walking, work

Study links diet soda to increased junk food consumption

October 6, 2015

Research indicates if you grab a diet drink, you’re more likely to reach for candy, too.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: calories, choices, diet, diet drinks, diet soda, discretionary, foods, Hal Scofield, health, illinois, junk food, medicine, newsok, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, poor, research, robert, science, scientist-news, Scofield, study, sugar

Scientists identify origins of process that is key to diabetes

June 1, 2015

OMRF’s Lorin Olson has pinpointed a cell that starts scarring in fatty tissue.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biology, cell, diabetes, fatty tissue, genes & development, Jonathan, journal, june, Lorin, lorin olsen, NIH, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olson, OMRF, pdgf, pinpointed, publication, scarring, scientific, scientist-news, Wren

OMRF scientist receives grant to study how aging, obesity effect arthritis

May 26, 2015

Osteoarthritis affects more than 25 million Americans.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging, arthritis, bone, CDC, common, diet, effect, fat, gift, grant, Griffin, health, impact, joint, NIH, obesity, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, osteoarthritis, scientist-news, Tim Griffin, Timothy

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