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Overweight and obese women can safely limit weight gain during pregnancy with diet and exercise

Many overweight and obese women gain too much weight during pregnancy, further ratcheting up their already-increased risk of serious complications for themselves and their babies.

7 Sep 2018

Children with autism have highest frequency of rapid weight gain in first six months of life

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern that can have a profound impact on children's health and well-being.

7 Sep 2018

Rapid weight gain during infancy may put children with ASD at increased risk for obesity

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern that can have a profound impact on children's health and well-being.

7 Sep 2018

Parent’s positive behavior during play time may help child maintain lower BMIs

Parents who positively engage with their children during play time -- and gently steer them to clean up afterward -- may help toddlers with low-self regulation have lower body mass indexes later on as preschoolers.

24 Aug 2018

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

According to a new study, more and more young people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes and this is cause for alarm.

20 Aug 2018

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

When mice live in cages with an added earthen floor, it increases their resistance towards allergic inflammations. Close contact with micro-organisms in the soil triggers anti-inflammatory genes in the mice and stimulates their gut microbiota.

7 Aug 2018

Sleep timing and quality can influence dietary behaviors of school-aged children

From toddlers to teens, every parent knows that children can sometimes be fickle eaters. Yet, few would know that a child's bedtime and how well they sleep at night can also affect how well they eat.

7 Aug 2018

Red blood cells contribute to cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes

Harmful effects of substances secreted from red blood cells could explain the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes, the results of two new studies conducted at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden indicate.

6 Aug 2018

60 percent not breastfed in the first hour of life

All babies should be put to their mother’s breast within an hour of their birth for breast feeding recommends the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The first milk or the colostrum is known to have several health and nutritional benefits for the baby. A new report has found that nearly 60 percent of the babies are not breast fed within the first hour after their birth. This raises their risk of later illness and even death.

1 Aug 2018

Scientists discover new potential target for treating diabetes

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that one of the building blocks in the calcium channels in the pancreatic beta cells play an important role in regulating our blood glucose values.

24 Jul 2018

Studies highlight issues regarding black lung, opioid overdose, police violence and more

This study found the national prevalence of coal worker's pneumoconiosis (black lung) is increasing among working coal miners. In central Appalachia, 20.6 percent of miners working more than 25 years have black lung disease.

20 Jul 2018

Study gives insight into why some people may be more prone to overeating than others

The reason why some people find it so hard to resist finishing an entire bag of chips or bowl of candy may lie with how their brain responds to food rewards, leaving them more vulnerable to overeating.

19 Jul 2018

Connection between self-regulation and obesity appears to be different for girls and boys

A toddler's self-regulation – the ability to change behavior in different social situations – may predict whether he or she will be obese come kindergarten, but the connection appears to be much different for girls than for boys.

17 Jul 2018

Exploring local data helps develop targeted approaches to fight childhood obesity

Childhood and adolescent obesity are alarming nearly everywhere in Europe. However, a closer look reveals telling differences in regional, local and socio-economic patterns.

9 Jul 2018

Obesity risk appears to be lower in children whose mothers followed healthy lifestyle

Children of mothers who follow a healthy lifestyle have a substantially lower risk of developing obesity than children of mothers who don't make healthy lifestyle choices, finds a study published in The BMJ.

5 Jul 2018

Unique childhood-obesity prevention program focuses on teaching parenting skills

Researchers in Arizona State University's Department of Psychology received a five-year grant for just under $2.5 million from the USDA to implement an intervention program that targets childhood obesity in a novel way: by teaching parenting skills.

3 Jul 2018

Pennington Biomedical awarded $4.5 million funding to evaluate treatments for childhood obesity

A research team at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been approved for a five-year, $4.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to evaluate two treatments for children who have obesity.

27 Jun 2018

New measures to tackle childhood obesity in Britain

Shops may soon be barred from selling energy drinks to children as the UK government gears up to tighten the efforts to curb childhood obesity. Several other proposals have been made to achieve these goals. These include labeling of the calories on the menus, reducing advertising junk foods, stopping free deals on high calorie foods, reduce placement of high calorie foods near store entrances, checkouts and aisles etc.

25 Jun 2018

Childhood, adult obesity raise risk of developing hip and knee osteoarthritis

The results of a study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis and knee OA but not hand OA.

18 Jun 2018

Social media triggering mental ill health among kids warns NHS

According to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, the NHS is looking at an epidemic of mental ill health among children and teenagers as an after effect of social media.

14 Jun 2018

Childhood Obesity News and Research

Overweight and obese women can safely limit weight gain during pregnancy with diet and exercise

Children with autism have highest frequency of rapid weight gain in first six months of life

Rapid weight gain during infancy may put children with ASD at increased risk for obesity

Parent’s positive behavior during play time may help child maintain lower BMIs

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

Sleep timing and quality can influence dietary behaviors of school-aged children

Red blood cells contribute to cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes

60 percent not breastfed in the first hour of life

Scientists discover new potential target for treating diabetes

Studies highlight issues regarding black lung, opioid overdose, police violence and more

Study gives insight into why some people may be more prone to overeating than others

Connection between self-regulation and obesity appears to be different for girls and boys

Exploring local data helps develop targeted approaches to fight childhood obesity

Obesity risk appears to be lower in children whose mothers followed healthy lifestyle

Unique childhood-obesity prevention program focuses on teaching parenting skills

Pennington Biomedical awarded $4.5 million funding to evaluate treatments for childhood obesity

New measures to tackle childhood obesity in Britain

Childhood, adult obesity raise risk of developing hip and knee osteoarthritis

Social media triggering mental ill health among kids warns NHS

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