What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, as well as kidney function and fatty liver disease?

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If you missed the previous videos in my series on the ABCs of obesity, see:
• The Best Knee Replacement Alternative for Osteoarthritis Treatment (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-knee-replacement-alternative-for-osteoarthritis-treatment)
• The Effects of Obesity on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-back-pain-blood-pressure-cancer-and-diabetes)
• The Effects of Obesity on Dementia, Brain Function, and Fertility (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-dementia-brain-function-and-fertility)
• The Effects of Obesity on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Cardiovascular Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-gallstones-acid-reflux-and-cardiovascular-disease)

I continue the topic of obesity and weight with these videos:
• Is the Obesity Paradox Real or a Myth? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-the-obesity-paradox-real-or-myth)
• What’s the Ideal BMI? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-ideal-bmi)
• What’s the Ideal Waist Size? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-ideal-waist-size)

For more on the health conditions discussed in this video, see the immune function (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/immune-function/), kidney disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/kidney-disease/), and liver health (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/liver-health/) topic pages.

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A report in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine says dogma and fallacies are detracting from real solutions to the nation’s weight problems. (Jan. 30)

Sex may feel like a workout sometimes, but just how many calories are you actually burning under the sheets?

Researchers first posed that question in 1984, in a paper published in the Archives of Internal Medicine concluding that sex equated to light-to-moderate exercise. Several more studies since then have found similar conclusions.

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