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Jan 23, 2025 | theconversation.com | Louise A. Baur |John Dixon |Priya Sumithran |Wendy Brown

Louise Baur recebe financiamento do National Health & Medical Research Council na forma de bolsas de pesquisa competitivas em projetos relacionados à obesidade infantil e adolescente; esses fundos são administrados pela University of Sydney. Ela também recebeu honorários da Novo Nordisk e da Lilly por falar sobre tópicos relacionados à obesidade adolescente; esses fundos foram direcionados ao seu centro de custos de pesquisa institucional.

Jan 20, 2025 | dailymaverick.co.za | Louise A. Baur |John Dixon |Priya Sumithran |Wendy Brown

Obesity is many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis. Don't want to see this? Remove adsObesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres). In people of European descent, the BMI for obesity is 30 kg/m² and over. But the risk to health and wellbeing is not determined by weight – and therefore BMI – alone.

Jan 15, 2025 | msn.com | Louise A. Baur |John Dixon |Priya Sumithran |Wendy Brown

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Jan 15, 2025 | medicalxpress.com | Louise A. Baur |John Dixon |Priya Sumithran |Wendy Brown

Obesity is many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis. Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in meters). In people of European descent, the BMI for obesity is 30 kg/m² and over. But the risk to health and well-being is not determined by weight—and therefore BMI—alone.

Jan 14, 2025 | theconversation.com | Louise A. Baur |John Dixon |Priya Sumithran |Wendy Brown

Louise Baur receives funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council in the form of competitive research grants on projects related to child and adolescent obesity; these funds are administered by The University of Sydney. She has also received honoraria from Novo Nordisk and Lilly for speaking on topics related to adolescent obesity; these funds have been directed to her institutional research cost centre.