Obesity israel

Tricking the mind about bariatric surgery: A first-of-its-kind study into hypnotic weightloss

Patients suffering from obesity wore hospital gowns and lay on the operating table, but instead of anesthesia, they underwent an experience of imaginary gastric bypass surgery using hypnosis.

MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Maya Mizrahi with a patient undergoing hypnosis instead of real bariatric surgery.
Childhood obesity is a rising epidemic.

New obesity definition highlights higher mortality risk for US adults

 Childhood obesity. Currently without a medicinal solution

Alarming data: One in five children in Israel suffers from obesity

 Ozempic.

Israeli Health Ministry forbids sale of Ozempic for weight loss


Visual food cues can affect eating behavior - study

Regulating eating behavior is widely used in controlling obesity, but about half of those who receive guidance return to their original weight within five years.

 Scientists show that in the inferior frontal gyrus, neural activity differs in response to food images, depending on whether those images are presented consciously or unconsciously. this difference was associated with scores on eating behaviors such as emotional eating and restrained eating.

World Cancer Day on February 4 observed by 172 health orgs worldwide

Sweet drinks and junk foods – as well as tobacco and alcohol – are addictive and known causes of obesity and malignancies

Cancer illustrative

Obesity can cause macular degeneration, blindness in the elderly

A new Canadian study finds new consequences of obesity in the elderly including blindness

 An Elderly Russian woman sits in the religious corner in the reception of the Diplomat Hotel in Jerusalem. The Diplomat Hotel was once a luxurious hotel. Nearly 20 years ago the hotel was turned into an absorption center and is today  home to 600 immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Canceling sugary drink, plastic taxes puts petty politics above health - editorial

Instead of welcoming reforms, the haredi politicians are playing petty politics, literally giving their voters unhealthy sugar candy.

Ecoams Planet faces environmental challenge posed by plastic bottles

Israelis are getting heavier - how can we stop the rise of obesity?

Finding a way to convince parents to enforce a few simple family habits, such as drinking water instead of sweetened drinks and not allowing snacks between meals, would be a good way to start.

 The Minna Tomei Asian restaurant in the Herzliya industrial zone.

‘Too little exercise, too much obesity and too much smoking’ - health survey

Latest national health survey shows Israeli adults of all backgrounds have plenty of room for improvement.

A woman smokes a cigarette as she sits on a bench in Liverpool, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Liverpool, Britain, May 26, 2020

Diabetes spikes in Israel's Arabs, study blames obesity, genetics

Type-2 diabetes is surging among Israeli youths – 10-fold higher among Arabs compared to 3.5-times more among their Jewish counterparts

A blood glucose test is done to check sugar levels in a Type 2 Diabetes patient

Top 5 biggest threats to our health in 2022

The most well-known part of Passover is the ten plagues. Lice and frogs probably don’t scare you too much, but these days many of us are dealing with one or more common health concerns.

A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020.

Who is best suited for gastric bypass surgery? Expert explains

Here’s everything you need to know about one of the most common surgeries performed today: Gastric bypass surgery.

 Buffet of food

COVID-19: After the worst of the pandemic, it’s time to get fit

Has everyone around you gained weight over the last two years? This might be why.

 Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing release a patient from the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 09, 2022.