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Obesity may increase risk of MS in children and teens

Being obese may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and teenage girls, according to new research published in the January 30, 2013, online issue of Neurology.

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Could the timing of when you eat, be just as important as what you eat?

Most weight-loss plans center around a balance between caloric intake and energy expenditure. However, new research has shed light on a new factor that is necessary to shed pounds: timing. Researchers from Brigham and Women's ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First-ever guidelines issued for treating type 2 diabetes in kids

(HealthDay)—For the first time ever, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetes in children and teenagers aged 10 to 18.

Diabetes created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experts urge action on global obesity 'pandemic'

Obesity has become a global pandemic that could leave more than half of all adults worldwide overweight within two decades, experts said, calling for urgent action beyond just blaming people for lacking willpower.

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

In minutes a day, low-income families can improve their kids' health

When low-income families devote three to four extra minutes to regular family mealtimes, their children's ability to achieve and maintain a normal weight improves measurably, according to a new University of Illinois study.

Health created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds growing 'weight extremes' in the developing world

(Medical Xpress)—Obese and overweight people are gaining weight rapidly in low-and middle-income countries while those who are severely undernourished are not experiencing similar weight gains, according to a University ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cutting down on sugar has a small but significant effect on body weight

Reducing sugar intake has a small but significant effect on body weight in adults, finds a paper published on BMJ website today.

Health created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parents have big influence on kids' physical activity, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—With New Year's resolutions upon us, new research from the University of Alberta offers encouragement for parents who want to achieve fitness for the whole family.

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood obesity linked to more immediate health problems than previously thought

While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Beginning in the womb: Lifestyle of mother shapes disposition for child's subsequent weight

A disposition to be overweight is shaped even before birth. This has been proven by scientists of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in an international study, which has appeared in the professional journal Plos On ...

Health created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight counseling decreases despite rise in obesity

While the number of overweight and obese Americans has increased, the amount of weight counseling offered by primary care physicians has decreased—especially for patients with high blood pressure and diabetes—according ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight-loss surgery is new diabetes foe

(HealthDay)— Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery—which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight—has proven to be the latest and possibly ...

Diabetes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Higher levels of obesity associated with increased risk of death

In an analysis of nearly 100 studies that included approximately 3 million adults, relative to normal weight, overall obesity (combining all grades) and higher levels of obesity were both associated with a significantly higher ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Overweight? You can scale back weight gain in pregnancy

(HealthDay)—Women who are overweight or obese should gain less weight during pregnancy than moms-to-be of normal weight, according to new recommendations by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intensive weight-loss intervention linked with increased chance of partial remission from diabetes

Among overweight adults, participation in an intensive lifestyle intervention (that included counseling sessions and targets to reduce caloric intake and increase physical activity) was associated with a greater likelihood ...

Diabetes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0