News tagged with obese women

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Overweight and obese women more likely to have large babies

Among pregnant women who did not develop gestational diabetes, overweight women were 65 percent more likely, and obese women 163 percent more likely, to have overly large babies than their healthy weight counterparts. In ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maternal obesity increases risk of newborn death in sub-Saharan Africa where obesity is rising at alarming rate

"Sub-Saharan Africa already has the highest rates of neonatal death in the world. Whilst overall levels of obesity are currently fairly low by global standards, obesity is actually a rapidly emerging problem, with 5% of women ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Levels of etonogestrel lower in obese women after implant

(HealthDay) -- Obese women who receive a contraceptive implant have lower drug levels in the six months following implant insertion compared with normal-weight women, according to a study published in the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity linked to economic status in developing countries

(HealthDay) -- In low- and middle-income developing countries, socioeconomic status (SES) plays an important role in the development of obesity, particularly in women, according to research published online ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity may affect response to breast cancer treatment: study

Women who are obese continue to have higher levels of oestrogen than women of normal weight even after treatment with hormone-suppressing drugs, raising the possibility that they might benefit from changes to their treatment.

Cancer created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Motherhood, breast-feeding may affect long-term weight

(HealthDay) -- How many children a woman bears and whether or not she breast-feeds them may affect her weight decades later, according to new research.

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Working women more likely to gain weight

(Medical Xpress) -- Middle-aged women who spend long hours working are more at risk of gaining weight, according to a new study.

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reward sensitivity increases food 'wanting' following television 'junk food' commercials

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, sought to investigate personality ...

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Lower iron levels seen in newborns of obese mothers

A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb.

Pediatrics created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds socioeconomic status linked to weight gain and risk of obesity in African-American women

Socioeconomic status across one's lifetime is related to weight gain and risk of obesity in African American women, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. These ...

Health created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men and women respond differently to exercise advertisements

(Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that overweight men and women responded differently to advertisements about the benefits from exercise.

Health created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

African-American women can lose weight and keep it off

(Medical Xpress) -- Understanding cultural influences on African-American women may be important in helping them achieve long-term weight loss, according to researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Female fat prejudice persists even after weight loss, study finds

Overweight women may never escape the painful stigma of obesity – even after they have shed the pounds, new research suggests.

Overweight and Obesity created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Excess maternal weight before and during pregnancy can result in larger babies

Excess weight in pregnant women, both before pregnancy and gained during pregnancy, is the main predictor of whether mothers will have larger than average babies, which can result in increased risk of cesarean section or ...

Pediatrics created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain circuitry is different for women with anorexia and obesity

Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward circuits in the brain are sensitized in anorexic women and desensitized ...

Neuroscience created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast