Overweight & Obesity
Childhood obesity rate in the U.S. Higher now than 12 years prior
The incidence of childhood obesity is higher than 12 years previously, according to a study published online July 5 in Pediatrics.
Jul 5, 2022
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Page 9 - News tagged with school
Neuroscience
60 years later, high school quality may have a long-term impact on cognition
A study of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended higher quality schools had better cognitive function 60 years later.
May 2, 2023
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Health
Age 40 is when busy Americans get the least sleep
A graph of how long Americans sleep forms a U-shaped pattern across our lives, with age 40 being the low point and hours of sleep starting to creep back up about age 50, Medical College of Georgia investigators report.
Jun 14, 2022
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Medical economics
Affirmative action bans had 'devastating impact' on diversity in medical schools, study finds
New UCLA-led research finds that in states with bans on affirmative action programs, the proportion of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in U.S. public medical schools fell by more than one-third ...
May 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
41% of teenagers can't tell the difference between true and fake online health messages
A new study has found that teenagers have a hard time discerning between fake and true health messages. Only 48% of the participants trusted accurate health messages (without editorial elements) more than fake ones. Meanwhile, ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Diabetes
New discoveries about enzyme's metabolic role may lead to better diabetes treatments
A treatment for conditions that underlie the development of type 2 diabetes could evolve from new basic research discoveries at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
Jun 28, 2022
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Health
Half of parents regularly give kids a dietary supplement
Kids can be stubborn when it comes to eating the healthy foods on their plate.
Apr 18, 2022
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Health
UK study suggests adolescents' diet quality is neither healthy nor sustainable
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests secondary school pupils across the West Midlands region of the UK are not eating a healthy, sustainable ...
May 4, 2022
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Gastroenterology
Q&A: Blood tests as an alternative to colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It's also one of the most preventable cancers due to the availability of robust screening tools. Yet nearly 40% of Americans opt out of such ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Women living in more walkable neighborhoods found to have lower rates of obesity-related cancers
Residing in a more walkable neighborhood protects against the risk of overall obesity-related cancers in women, specifically postmenopausal breast cancer, but also ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, and multiple myeloma, ...
Oct 4, 2023
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