Health
Cutting calories can boost your sex life and your sleep
(HealthDay)—The benefits of eating fewer calories may go far beyond losing weight.
Feb 7, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Sitting in front of the TV puts kids in the obesity hotseat
The simple act of switching on the TV for some downtime could be making a bigger contribution to childhood obesity than we realise, according to new research from the University of South Australia.
Feb 7, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Sending parents letters to fight childhood obesity doesn't work
Around this time every year, the height and weight of over 95% of children in the first and final years of primary school in England are measured as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). With childhood ...
Oct 11, 2018
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Diabetes
Weight loss drug shows positive effect on diabetes
At the 2018 Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group presented diabetes-related findings from ...
Oct 4, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Habit change is key to success for weight loss
Can experts in behaviour change help boost weight loss for overweight people? McGill University researchers think so: they report significant results—up to 10% of body-mass loss with this approach.
Sep 28, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Overweight pregnant women can safely cut calories, restrict weight gain
Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child. Obstetricians are often reluctant to recommend restricted weight gain for pregnant women due to safety concerns for ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Overweight mothers are more likely to stop breastfeeding
Overweight mothers are more likely than those classed as being of a healthy weight to stop breastfeeding in the first week after having a baby and less likely to continue past four months, according to a new study from the ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Study suggests need to include overweight subjects in metabolic research
Children's Hospital Los Angeles investigators have demonstrated the need to include a growing constituency of obese and overweight children and adults in clinical research, with their study of a key marker for metabolism ...
Aug 23, 2018
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Cardiology
Being overweight may change young adults' heart structure, function
Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart muscle, setting the stage for heart disease later in life, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
Jul 30, 2018
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Diabetes
Weight loss can protect overweight boys from developing type 2 diabetes
A new study shows that overweight seven year olds have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as adults, but only if they are still overweight by the time they hit puberty and beyond.
Jul 12, 2018
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