Body positivity does not promote obesity

These data show the importance of oxidative stress at the metabolic level and in genetic regulation and, in addition, show genes that could constitute new therapeutic targets to reduce obesity -and the consequent risk of development of other diseases-, which is becoming an epidemic in Western societies, consuming a large amount of health resources. The research, whose results have just been published in the prestigious magazine Redox Biology, in…

Body positivity does not promote obesity

“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” This common quote is often recited in the world of body image. However, acceptance of all body types has become more prominent in today’s society. Body positivity is defined as the idea that all individuals should have a positive body image regardless of what a culture perceives as ideal size, shape or appearance.  Still, there are two sides to every argument. While there are many supporters of body posi…

A study by the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA (University Clinical Hospital of Valencia), in which Guillermo Ayala, of the Department of Statistics and Operational Research of the Universitat de València (UV) and Guillermo Sáez of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of UV participate, has allowed the identification of genes that play a central role in the regulation of the body mass index (BMI) and whose effect is …