Overweight & Obesity
Overweight children more likely to underestimate their body size
Estimating your own body size and weight can be difficult. It turns out that this is true not only for adults, but also for children.
Jan 4, 2018
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Immunology
Obesity can add five weeks of asthma symptoms per year in preschoolers
Asthma affects almost 1 in 10 children in the U.S. and is a leading cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations in preschoolers. According to new research from Duke Health and collaborators, symptoms may be worse ...
Dec 19, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Children born to obese, overweight mothers may be at higher risk for neurodevelopmental problems, study finds
Compared with children of normal-weight mothers, children born to mothers who were overweight or obese immediately prior to pregnancy are at a higher risk for neurodevelopmental problems including attention deficit disorder, ...
Nov 22, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Expectant mother's elevated blood pressure raises child's risk of obesity
When expectant mothers have elevated blood pressure during pregnancy, it may raise their children's risk of developing childhood obesity, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds children carry implicit bias towards peers who are overweight
Even children as young as 9 years old can carry a prejudice against their peers who are overweight, according to a new study led by Duke Health researchers. They might not even realize they feel this way.
Jun 23, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds one in five teenage French girls too thin
Nearly one in five teenage girls in France is underweight, according to a study released Tuesday, a sharp increase that could pose a new worry for health officials even as they focus on rising obesity.
Jun 13, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Overweight children are excluded from friendships, study finds
Overweight children have more unreciprocated friendships and frenemies than their thinner counterparts, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study finds.
Jun 7, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Children with bedroom TVs at significantly higher risk of being overweight
A UCL-led study of over 12,000 young children in the UK has revealed that 11-year-olds who had TVs in their bedroom at age 7 had a significantly higher body mass (BMI) and fat mass (FMI) and were more likely to be overweight ...
Jun 5, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Preschoolers who know snack-food brands on road to obesity?
(HealthDay)—Preschoolers who recognize food brands such as Coca-Cola, M&M's, KFC and Pringles may be more likely to be obese, a new study says.
May 30, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity related to upbringing
The proportion of children who are overweight has increased enormously over the past 20 years. The number has currently stabilised but even so there are still too many overweight and obese children. Could there be some connection ...
May 23, 2017
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