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Is There Such a Thing as Eating Too Many Fruits and Vegetables?
July 24, 2012 — It may make you scratch your head, but in fact it is possible to overeat healthy foods, according to a registered ... > full story -
Diets High in Salt Could Deplete Calcium in the Body
July 24, 2012 — The scientific community has always wanted to know why people who eat high-salt diets are prone to developing medical problems such as kidney stones and osteoporosis. Medical researchers may have ... > full story -
Feces Fossils Show Connection Between Native-Americans, Diabetes: Did Fat-Hoarding Genes Develop from the Nature of Ancient Feasts?
July 24, 2012 — A new analysis suggests Natives' "thrifty" gene may not have evolved from a feast-and-famine lifestyle, but from high-fiber, low-fat diets in ancient ... > full story -
Two out of Three Very Obese Kids Already Have Heart Disease Risk Factors: High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood Glucose Evident Even in Under-12s
July 23, 2012 — Two out of three severely obese kids already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, suggests new ... > full story -
Childhood Obesity Linked to Cancer Risk
July 23, 2012 — Researchers have found that obesity in adolescence, defined as a Body Mass Index in the 85th percentile and above, has a direct link to the incidence of bladder, urinary tract, and colorectal cancers ... > full story -
In Utero Exposure to Diesel Exhaust a Possible Risk Factor for Obesity
July 19, 2012 — Pregnant mice exposed to high levels of air pollution gave birth to offspring with a significantly higher rate of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood than those that were not exposed to air ... > full story -
New Metric for Obesity Strongly Correlated to Premature Death
July 18, 2012 — Researchers have developed a new metric to measure obesity, called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI, that combines the existing metrics of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference and shows a better ... > full story -
Fighting Obesity With Thermal Imaging
July 18, 2012 — Scientists in the United Kingdom believe they've found a way of fighting obesity -- with a pioneering technique which uses thermal imaging. This heat-seeking technology is being used to trace our ... > full story -
Kawasaki Disease in Childhood Linked to Increased Risk of Adult Heart Disease
July 17, 2012 — Researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause ... > full story -
Obesity Plus Low Vitamin D May Add Up to a Greater Risk of Diabetes
July 17, 2012 — The combination of obesity and vitamin D deficiency may put people at even greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, according to new ... > full story
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