Overweight & Obesity
Child obesity '35-40 percent' inherited from parents, study finds
Around 35-40 per cent of a child's BMI - how fat or thin they are - is inherited from their parents, a new study has found.
Feb 20, 2017
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Economics and Human Biology
Medical research
Ability to make money develops before birth, study suggests
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics have shown how the level of perinatal testosterone, the sex hormone, impacts a person's earnings in life.
Feb 3, 2017
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Health
Hospitals are less likely to admit publicly insured children, but outcomes aren't affected
Hospitals are less likely to admit children covered by public insurance such as Medicaid than privately insured children with similar symptoms, especially when hospitals beds are scarce. But the disparity doesn't appear to ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Other
Young and well educated men in demand as sperm donors in global life market
With commercial sperm banking giving women more opportunities to become mothers, a world-first QUT study has found the age and education of sperm donors are the most important characteristics considered.
Jul 7, 2016
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Health
Research into the correlation between beauty and body size shows that women are the harshest judges
New research published today in the journal Economics and Human Biology has described the relationship between attractiveness, BMI and gender, showing that while women are both the harshest judges of weight in relation to ...
Apr 7, 2016
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Medical research
Self-employed men have higher levels of testosterone, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—An abundance of the sex hormone testosterone is associated with being self-employed, a study from the University of Birmingham, University of Surrey and the University of Adelaide study has found.
Mar 4, 2014
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Health
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.
Jan 17, 2013
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Health
Team studies connection between child, mother mortality
The death of a child is a tragic event for a family, bringing with it feelings of numbness, anger, guilt and denial. And, unfortunately, for many families, the loss becomes too much to bear.
Oct 19, 2012
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Health
Working moms spend less time daily on kids' diet, exercise, study finds
When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to their children's diet and exercise ...
Aug 27, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Trio of studies examine obesity in American families
Three separate Brigham Young University studies appear in a special issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology that focuses on obesity and the family.
Jul 18, 2012
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