“Overweight mothers-to-be could be condemning their unborn children to decades of ill health,” the Daily Mail reported.
The news is based on the results of large, long-term research that examined mothers’ body mass index (BMI) before and during …
Waist to height ratio is a better predictor of heart disease and diabetes risk than BMI, according to new research presented at a scientific meeting recently. Study leader Dr Margaret Ashwell, an independent consultant and former science director of …
If you want to lose weight you should “get more sleep”, says the Daily Mail. The newspaper says that going on a ‘sleep diet’ of extra shuteye may be a more relaxing way to shed pounds than counting calories or going to the gym.
While the idea …
“Trying to lose weight alters your brain and hormones so you’re doomed to pile it on again,” the Daily Mail reported today.
Many people struggle to maintain their new weight after a diet, and this news is based on a small study that investigated …
Childhood obesity is a widespread global epidemic (1) and in parallel with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)(2) is now the leading cause of liver disease among children. New data presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012 furthers th…
“Obese women and those with type 2 diabetes could be increasing their chances of having a child with autism or another development disorder,” BBC News has reported.
This news is based on research examining the possibility of a link between a ch…
A large international consortium study has found at least two gene variants that increase the risk for common childhood obesity. Writing in Nature Genetics on 8 April, the researchers describe how they linked variants near the loci OLFM4 and HOXB5 to…
The study, conducted in Paris from 2007 to 2008, found that participants who shop at discount supermarkets, in supermarkets in areas with poorly educated consumers, or in supermarkets far from their own neighborhood had higher body mass indices (BMI) a…
“Practising the ancient art of Tai Chi can boost elderly people’s hearts,” according to the Daily Mail. The slow-moving exercise is hugely popular in the far east, and is increasingly practised by people around the world in a bid to improve balan…
A new analysis of published and unpublished studies concludes that risk for ovarian cancer is associated with increasing height. It also finds that among women who have never used hormone therapy for the menopause, the risk for developing the diseas…
