Over one in eight adults are now obese — a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to one in five by 2025, a major survey reported Friday. Of about five…
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Eating too much fish while pregnant raises child obesity risk: study
Women who ate more than the recommended three servings of fish per week while pregnant gave birth to children at a higher risk of obesity than expectant moms who ate less, a study said Monday….
#DidYouKnow: Sperm carries information about dad’s weight
Turns out dads are also eating for two. A new study published December 3 in Cell Metabolism reveals that the sperm cells of lean and obese men possess different epigenetic marks, notable at gene regions…
Obesity ‘master-switch’ in genes may be turned off: study
Scientists have identified a genetic master-switch that makes some people more prone to obesity than others, and research out Wednesday suggests it can be turned off, possibly leading to weight loss. So far, researchers have…
Go on eating junk if you want your heart to look like this…
Your vital organs (heart, liver, brain, kidneys) need a bit of the right fats to keep them going but excess fat will damage the same said organs. The right amount of calories and foods rich…
Too cool for H2O? Find out the damage you could be causing your health
Water. Is. Life! Water plays a very important role in our health as our bodies are made up of approximately 70% water. We need water for cell life, chemical and metabolic reactions, transportation of nutrients,…
#DidYouKnow: Sleepy people eat more
Not getting enough sleep? Been pulling late nights for the last few days? You’ll just make up for sleep over the weekend, right? Sound familiar? A Columbia University study (St-Onge, March 2011) led by Marie-Pierre…
Storing food visibly in the house may be linked to obesity, study
Fresh apples and bananas lay in a basket on the dining table, granola bars stacked neatly in the glass kitchen shelf, a bag of Doritos sits on the counter and a bar of chocolate sits…
Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk
Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish researchers said Tuesday. A study of more than 1.2 million children born…
Does midlife obesity protect against dementia?
People who are obese in middle age run a lower risk of developing dementia later, said a large and long-term study Friday whose findings challenge the prevailing wisdom. On the other end of the scale,…