Health
Weight plays a role in menopause age
Being underweight or overweight could affect the age at which women experience menopause, a University of Queensland study has found.
Mar 9, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades, new study finds
The number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, according to a new study led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO). If current ...
Oct 10, 2017
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Health
Increasing protein intake by 25 g a day could help women reduce hip fracture risk by up to 14%
Increasing intake of protein and drinking regular cups of tea or coffee is one way women could reduce their risk of suffering a hip fracture, according to new research.
Nov 28, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Research: A third of hospitalised adolescents with life-threatening anorexia are not thin
Health workers are being urged to closely monitor adolescents losing weight after a study of patients with anorexia nervosa found 31 per cent had all the cognitive features and physical complications of the disease without ...
Dec 3, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Many adults inaccurately perceive their own BMI and body size
Less than two thirds of adults can correctly estimate their own body mass index (BMI) and less than half can identify their own body size, according to a study of 744 Polish adults published in Scientific Reports.
Jan 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anorexia nervosa patients prefer underweight bodies
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems placed test persons in front of their virtual ...
Oct 9, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mild obesity appears to improve survival in ALS patients
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, may be an exception to the rule that being overweight is a health hazard. In a retrospective study of over 400 ALS patients, Massachusetts ...
May 11, 2011
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Does midlife obesity protect against dementia?
People who are obese in middle age run a lower risk of developing dementia later, said a large and long-term study Friday whose findings challenge the prevailing wisdom.
Apr 9, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Is my child too skinny? Advice on when to be concerned
While childhood obesity gets a lot of attention, some kids struggle with the opposite issue—they have trouble gaining weight.
Jan 18, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
CDC: Mortality rates lowest for infants of normal-weight women
(HealthDay)—Infants of women who are normal weight prepregnancy have the lowest total infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates, with increased rates seen for infants of women who are underweight or who have obesity ...
Aug 21, 2020
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