News tagged with underweight

Weight and mortality: Researchers challenge results of obesity analysis

(Medical Xpress)—In January, when the Journal of the American Medical Association published a meta-analysis of 100 studies that probed the relationship between body mass index and mortality—studies that found slightl ...

Overweight and Obesity Feb 25, 2013 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Low birth weight may increase risk for cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and diabetes

Being underweight at birth may have consequences above and beyond the known short-term effects says a research report published in the October 2012 issue of The FASEB Journal. The report shows that rats with a low birth ...

Pediatrics Oct 01, 2012 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0