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Thyroid Problems and Obesity
When one is discussing the various causes of weight gain, thyroid gland dysfunciton ought to pop up into the conversation. That is because the thyroid gland, which is shaped like a butterfly and is located right below the Adam’s apple, outputs crucial hormones that essentially regulate the body’s metabolism.
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Thyroid Dysfunction and the Obesity Epidemic
Dr Marc Hyman, who is a leader in the emerging field of Functional Medicine, has written a persuasive article on the causative link between thyroid gland dysfunction and overweight, which we reproduce here. Robert Griffith, Editor
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Child obesity ‘may harm thyroid’
Being obese as a child may actually alter the shape of a gland important to growth and metabolism, Italian scientists have said.
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