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    Children with Involved Parents Become Slimmer Adults

    Individuals with involved parents during childhood are more likely to be slim in adulthood, suggests a recent crowdsourced study conducted by researchers at Cornell University in New York as published in the journal PLOS ONE. States study leader Brian Wansink, professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, “One of the […] More

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    Televisions and Cars in Developing Countries Increase Obesity Risk

    As developing countries adopt the modern conveniences of the more developed countries such as automobiles, televisions, and computers, health problems such as obesity and type 2 diabetes are also on the rise throughout the world. A recent study published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure concluded that both exercising more and sitting less — not […] More

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    Nicotine Replacement During Pregnancy Linked to Obesity in Offspring

    The risks of smoking during pregnancy are widely known including a recent study that link maternal smoking during pregnancy to an increased risk of nicotine dependence in daughters. Now a new study published online in the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology suggests that women who use nicotine replacement during pregnancy in an attempt to quit […] More

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    High Fiber Diet Protects Against Obesity and Diabetes

    Previous research has concluded that a high fiber diet protects against obesity and diabetes. However, how a fiber-rich diet protects health was unknown until a recent study by researchers from France and Sweden as published in the journal Cell. Researchers led by Giles Mithieux of the French National Centre for Scientific research (Centre National de […] More

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    Obesity Rates Among Preschoolers Have Fallen in Many States

    Obesity rates among preschoolers have begun to fall in many states. The decline marks the first time rates have fallen in decades, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC says it has recorded “small but significant declines” in obesity among low-income preschoolers in 18 states and the U.S. Virgin […] More

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    Obese and Older Moms Suffer from More Severe Childbirth Complications, Says New Study

    According to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), severe complications during childbirth are on the rise among mothers in the United States. Although still rare overall, severe complications including heart attack and stroke have increased by 75% and 114% for delivery and postpartum hospitalizations, respectively, over the […] More

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    Cesarean Section Delivery Linked to Childhood Obesity

    A new study published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood has linked childhood obesity to cesarean sections. The Boston-based study followed 1,250 pregnant women from the time of conception through the third birthday of their children. The study found that 15.7 percent of children delivered by cesarean section had developed childhood obesity while […] More

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    Debate Surrounds Whether Obese Women Should Be Denied Fertility Treatments

    Canadian medical officials this week are attempting to determine if obese women should be denied assisted reproduction treatments (infertility treatments). The debate surrounds whether denying the services is medically necessary or discriminatory in nature. Various Canadian fertility clinics already deny treatment if the patient is over a certain body mass index (BMI). The American Society of Reproductive […] More

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