Obesity
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Infant and maternal weight gain together amplify obesity risk
A new study finds monitoring infants for rapid weight gain is particularly important when mothers have elevated prepregnancy weight.
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Children ate more fruits and vegetables during longer meals: Study
Modest extension of family mealtimes significantly increased children’s fruit and vegetable consumption.
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New antiobesity drugs will benefit many. Is that bad?
Patients are regularly seen discontinuing or reducing the dosage of multiple medications as a result of improvements to multiple weight-responsive...
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Like mother, like daughter? Moms pass obesity risk to girls
The mother-daughter relationship for fat mass appears to be established by age 4 years.
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High caffeine levels may lower body fat, type 2 diabetes risks
Previous short-term studies have linked caffeine intake with reductions in weight and fat mass.
Commentary
Will new guidelines widen the gap in treating childhood obesity?
Those aware of the access barriers to the recommended obesity treatments worry about the consequences that the new guidelines will have in the...
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Factors linked with increased VTE risk in COVID outpatients
While the overall risk for VTE was low, age of at least 55 years, being male, and having a BMI of at least 30 and history of VTE increased the...
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Causal link found between childhood obesity and adult-onset diabetes
Bigger children have increased risks for almost all subtypes of adult-onset diabetes, a Mendelian randomization study indicates.
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Troubling trend as both diabetes types rise among U.S. youth
Peak incidence of type 1 diabetes occurred at age 10 years, while for type 2 diabetes, the peak was at 16 years.
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What happens if we sit for more than 8 hours per day?
“We used to believe that any intense physical exercise could compensate for a sedentary life,” says expert.