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Maternal Obesity Increases the Risk of Frequent Wheezing in Offspring
March 8, 2013 — Tobacco and excess weight are two factors linked to asthma in babies. The fact that excess weight during pregnancy has negative consequences is not new information. A new study now concludes that the ... > full story -
Age Matters in Weight Gain: Overweight at Young Age Takes Toll
March 7, 2013 — Being overweight, especially from a young age, appears to lead to a bigger heart later in life, a condition that has been linked to serious heart problems and even death, according to new ... > full story -
Money Talks When It Comes to Losing Weight
March 7, 2013 — Weight loss study participants who received financial incentives were more likely to stick with a weight loss program and lost more weight than study participants who received no incentives, ... > full story -
'Healthier Hormones' Through Diet and Exercise
March 7, 2013 — Weight loss -- by dietary changes alone or combined with physical exercise -- has a positive impact on the production of adipose tissue hormones: Adipose tissue produces less leptin but, instead, ... > full story -
Stronger Support Needed for Healthy Beverage Practices in Child Care
March 7, 2013 — Support is needed in child care centers to help meet existing water policies and new water requirements included in the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, according to a new ... > full story -
Visceral Fat Causally Linked to Intestinal Cancer
March 6, 2013 — Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to new data from a mouse ... > full story -
Obesity Makes Fat Cells Act Like They're Infected
March 5, 2013 — Scientists report that a high calorie diet causes fat cells to act as if under pathogenic attack. The researchers have identified a root cause of the diet-caused fat tissue inflammation that has ... > full story -
Gene Identified That Causes Obesity in Mice: Deleting Gene Eliminates Obesity, Could Work for Humans
March 5, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that deleting a gene in mice prevents them from becoming obese even on a high fat diet, a finding they believe could be replicated in ... > full story -
Heavy Moms-to-Be at Greater Risk of C-Section, Study Finds
March 5, 2013 — Researchers from Norway found that women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of 40 had an increased risk of vacuum extraction delivery or Cesarean section (C-section). Findings of a new study ... > full story -
Maternal Diet Important Predictor of Severity for Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
March 4, 2013 — An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy, according to a new ... > full story
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