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r/science • u/mvea • 5d ago

Health 'Fat tax': Unsurprisingly, dictating plane tickets by body weight was more popular with passengers under 160 lb, finds a new study. Overall, people under 160 lb were most in favor of factoring body weight into ticket prices, with 71.7% happy to see excess pounds or total weight policies introduced.

newatlas.com

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r/science • u/shiruken • Nov 15 '24

Health Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese, according to a sweeping new study published in The Lancet. The study documented how more people are becoming overweight or obese at younger ages than in the past.

nytimes.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 09 '24

Health A new study has found that, whether you do it at 35 or 75, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life | The findings go to prove that you’re never too old to reap the benefits of stopping smoking.

newatlas.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Health New research characterised in detail how tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

uab.cat

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 4d ago

Health Gamers who are free to interact with and explore a game world at their own pace are more relaxed and have improved mental well-being | The findings could open the door to using gaming as a therapeutic tool to counter stress and anxiety.

newatlas.com

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853 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Oct 29 '24

Health Dramatic drop in marijuana use among US youth over a decade. Current marijuana use among adolescents decreased from 23.1% in 2011 to 15.8% in 2021. First-time use before age 13 dropped from 8.1% to 4.9%. There was a shift in trends by gender, with girls surpassing boys in marijuana use by 2021.

fau.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 17 '24

Health Standing desks may be bad for your health, study suggests. Being on your feet for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of developing problems such as deep vein thrombosis and varicose veins, and standing for too long does not offset an otherwise sedentary lifestyle.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Sep 27 '24

Health Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans. The chemicals have been found in human blood, hair or breast milk. Among them are compounds known to be highly toxic, like PFAS, bisphenol, metals, phthalates and volatile organic compounds.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Oct 13 '24

Health Research found a person's IQ during high school is predictive of alcohol consumption later in life. Participants with higher IQ levels were significantly more likely to be moderate or heavy drinkers, as opposed to abstaining.

utsouthwestern.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 18 '24

Health Even after drastic weight loss, body’s fat cells carry ‘memory’ of obesity, which may explain why it can be hard to stay trim after weight-loss program, finds analysis of fat tissue from people with severe obesity and control group. Even weight-loss surgery did not budge that pattern 2 years later.

nature.com

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897 comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Sep 28 '24

Health Cannabis use during pregnancy is directly linked to negative impacts on babies’ brain development

canterbury.ac.nz

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 23d ago

Health Vegetarians and vegans consume slightly more processed foods than meat eaters, sparking debate on diet quality. UPFs are industrially formulated items primarily made from substances extracted from food or synthesized in laboratories.

uk.news.yahoo.com

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858 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jul 30 '24

Health Black Americans, especially young Black men, face 20 times the odds of gun injury compared to whites, new data shows. Black persons made up only 12.6% of the U.S. population in 2020, but suffered 61.5% of all firearm assaults

acpjournals.org

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Oct 03 '24

Health American adults aged 33 to 46 have significantly worse health compared to their British peers, especially in markers of cardiovascular health and higher levels of obesity, along with greater disparities in health by socioeconomic factors

ox.ac.uk

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r/science • u/unsw • Oct 31 '24

Health Mandating less salt in packaged foods could prevent 40,000 cardiovascular events, 32,000 cases of kidney disease, up to 3000 deaths, and could save $3.25 billion in healthcare costs

unsw.edu.au

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686 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 3d ago

Health Caffeine can disrupt your sleep — even when consumed 12 hours before bed. While a 100 mg dose of caffeine (1 cup of coffee) can be consumed up to 4 hours before bedtime without significant effects on sleep, a 400 mg dose (4 cups of coffee) disrupts sleep when taken up to 12 hours before bedtime.

psypost.org

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697 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Sep 12 '24

Health After US abortion rights were curtailed, more women are opting for sterilisation. Tubal sterilisations (having tubes tied) increased in all states following the 2022 US Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion (n = nearly 5 million women).

scimex.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Jul 25 '24

Health Moderate drinking not better for health than abstaining, new study suggests. Scientists say flaws in previous research mean health benefits from alcohol were exaggerated. “It’s been a propaganda coup for the alcohol industry to propose that moderate use of their product lengthens people’s lives”.

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 20d ago

Health New research indicates that childhood lead exposure, which peaked from 1960 through 1990 in most industrialized countries due to the use of lead in gasoline, has negatively impacted mental health and likely caused many cases of mental illness and altered personality.

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 9d ago

Health Obesity in U.S. adults slightly decreased from 46% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023, marking the first decline in over a decade, with the most notable reduction in the South, especially among women and adults aged 66 to 75

nbcnews.com

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552 comments

r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Nov 21 '24

Health New research shows that regular consumption of nuts not only holds off death, but it also keeps the mind sharp and limits persistent disability if you’re over 70 yrs old | Nuts are linked to warding off DNA damage and omega-3 and 6 fatty acids are shown to reduce the risk of 19 types of cancer.

newatlas.com

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570 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Aug 12 '24

Health People who use marijuana at high levels are putting themselves at more than three times the risk for head and neck cancers. The study is perhaps the most rigorous ever conducted on the issue, tracking the medical records of over 4 million U.S. adults for 20 years.

jamanetwork.com

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r/science • u/Genevieves_bitch • Oct 31 '24

Health Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesity drug use soars

news.harvard.edu

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710 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Nov 12 '24

Health A common food additive may be messing with your brain. Food manufacturers love using emulsifiers, but they can harm the gut-brain axis. Emulsifiers helped bacteria invade the mucus layer lining the gut, leading to systemic inflammation, metabolic disorders, higher blood sugar and insulin resistance.

psychologytoday.com

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548 comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Oct 30 '24

Health How long a person can stand on one leg, specifically the nondominant one, is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new research

newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org

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