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Author: BY TOBY BILANOW - Publish Date: November 25, 2021 at 12:28AM Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

Author: BY RONI CARYN RABIN - Publish Date: November 11, 2021 at 11:34PM Obesity is a leading cause of fatty liver condition. Patients who had weight-loss surgery showed fewer signs of the disease progressing.

Author: BY JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: October 11, 2021 at 11:54PM For many, reducing sodium in the diet even modestly can have an outsize impact on lowering blood pressure.

Author: BY A.C. SHILTON - Publish Date: April 18, 2021 at 10:43AM The coronavirus changed so much about our lives, including, for many of us, our bodies. It’s OK.

Author: BY EMILY ANTHES - Publish Date: March 9, 2021 at 06:56AM A large new study has confirmed an association between obesity and patient outcomes among people who contract the coronavirus.

Author: BY RONI CARYN RABIN - Publish Date: September 2, 2019 at 01:30PM A review of patient records finds startling differences, but critics say a clinical trial must be done.

Author: JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: May 27, 2019 at 07:00AM The condition is on the rise because the most frequent cause is obesity, which continues its unrelenting climb among American adults.

Author: GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: May 22, 2019 at 07:00AM A new study finds that the choice to eat or omit a meal before an early workout could affect our relationship to food for the rest of the day.

Author: TOBY BILANOW - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

Author: KATIE ROGERS and LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D. - Publish Date: February 8, 2019 at 07:00AM The White House physician made a long-term prognosis about President Trump’s health without issuing a detailed final report about what a team of specialists treating him found.

Author: JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: February 4, 2019 at 07:00AM Veterinarians report that nearly half the dogs they see are overweight or obese, although only 17 percent of owners acknowledge that their pets are too fat.

Author: NICHOLAS BAKALAR - Publish Date: February 4, 2019 at 07:00AM For six of the 12 obesity-related cancers (multiple myeloma, colorectal, uterine, gallbladder, kidney and pancreatic) the risk for disease increased in adults 25 to 49.

Author: KEN BELSON - Publish Date: January 17, 2019 at 07:00AM The effects of head trauma have gotten much of the attention, but huge weight gains have also damaged N.F.L. retirees.

Author: GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: January 2, 2019 at 07:00AM People burn more calories when they stand than when sitting or lying down, but the increase is smaller than many of us might hope.

Author: THE NEW YORK TIMES - Publish Date: December 26, 2018 at 07:00AM Nutrition advice backed by research from the past year that might help shape better eating habits for the new year.

Author: NICHOLAS BAKALAR - Publish Date: November 26, 2018 at 07:00AM At least 10 percent of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to obesity.