Cumulative exposure to obesity could be at least as important as actually being obese in terms of risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), concludes new research published in Diabetologia. The study is by Dr. Juhua Luo, ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Exposure to traffic pollution was associated with a higher risk of obesity in Mexican American women, but not in men. The findings are published in Obesity.
Dec 4, 2019
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Everyone knows that gaining excess weight during one pregnancy is bad, but clinicians rarely consider weight gains and losses from one pregnancy to the next—especially in normal-weight women.
Nov 14, 2019
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Vitamin B12 deficiency impairs fat metabolism and may be associated with obesity during pregnancy, according to findings presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference. Pregnant women with low levels of vitamin ...
Nov 12, 2019
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People who carry around unhealthy amounts of weight don't just have heart disease and diabetes to worry about. Obesity is implicated in two thirds of the leading causes of death from non-communicable diseases worldwide and ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Women with asthma appear more likely to have lower levels of "free" (not attached to proteins) testosterone than women who do not have asthma, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's ...
Sep 30, 2019
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The Institute of Medicine's guidelines currently advise all pregnant women to increase calorie intake by 340-450 calories/day during their second and third trimesters, regardless of their body size at conception. Approximately ...
Sep 23, 2019
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In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.
Sep 11, 2019
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For years, women have been told that weight gain could lead to heart disease. A new study indicates that it is the location of the fat that matters most, with abdominal fat representing the greatest harm and not overall body ...
Aug 28, 2019
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(HealthDay)—From 2000 to 2016, there was a shift of the obesity-associated cancer (OAC) burden to younger age groups, according to a study published online Aug. 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 15, 2019
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