Weight loss attempts in overweight individuals are common, though they seldom result in successful long-term weight loss.
More research is needed to understand how abdominal fatness can be prevented in normal and overweight individuals".
Small alterations in the genetic code, if shared by a significant number in the sample of overweight individuals, could serve as genetic markers for obesity.
However, it is reasonable to assume that, particularly in the case of overweight individuals, the interaction between physical activity and excess body weight would create some unique challenges.
Williamson DF, Thompson TJ, Thun M, Flanders D, Pamuk E, Byers T. Intentional weight loss and mortality among overweight individuals with diabetes.
Wing RR, Venditti E, Jakicic JM, Polley BA, Lang W. Lifestyle intervention in overweight individuals with a family history of diabetes.
Severely overweight individuals can be prone to breathlessness and daytime sleepiness, and the condition has since been given the name Pickwickian Syndrome.
It has been proposed that overweight individuals may be more sensitive to the food environment than others, eliciting appetite when not 'homeostatically hungry', termed 'hedonic hunger'.
Here we tested the effect on food consumption of exposing female participants to information about the food consumption of either normal/healthy weight or overweight individuals.
The Look AHEAD trial was a multi-center, randomized controlled trial, to determine whether weight loss reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in overweight individuals with type 2 diabetes.
There wasn't a significant difference in cost for overweight individuals.
