The duration of overweight and obesity in women's adult lives is associated with cancer risk, according to a longitudinal study published in PLOS Medicine. The study, led by Melina Arnold of the International Agency for Research ...
Aug 16, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Cutting sugar—not calories—is the key to reducing the risk of heart disease among obese children, a new study suggests.
Jul 19, 2016
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Lending support to the idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness and other aspects of the contemporary American lifestyle may be driving the obesity epidemic, UC San Francisco researchers have found that people who carry ...
Jul 6, 2016
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(HealthDay)—It looks like the primary culprit behind the obesity epidemic may be the modern-day environment, and not genes, new U.S. research suggests.
Jul 5, 2016
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Large-scale genetic studies have linked variations in genes and proteins to an increased risk for developing obesity. Determining how these variations alter metabolism to increase body mass may lead to the identification ...
Jun 20, 2016
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Severe obesity can be predicted using a simple body mass index (BMI) measurement as early as 6 months of age, according to a new study. The study is believed to be the first to show that weight gain during infancy differs ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Becoming a big brother or big sister before first grade may lower a child's risk of becoming obese, a new study led by the University of Michigan suggests.
Mar 11, 2016
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Omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal obese women, according to researchers.
Feb 24, 2016
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As the rate of obesity in the U.S. population has risen dramatically, more and more children are becoming overweight at younger and younger ages. Understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity and identifying ...
Feb 22, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Mothers-to-be who are both obese and diabetic have a higher risk of giving birth to a child with autism than healthy women, a new study suggests.
Jan 29, 2016
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