Tag: obesity

Its not just food and the lack of exercise that contribute to obesity.
We know that genetics play a factor, as does sleep, or lack thereof. A study done by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in 2008 showed that irregular sleep patterns contribute to obesity, and research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies came to a similar conclusion: sleep deprivation is tied to a higher body mass index (BMI), one of the markers of obesity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strongly worded report on child obesity released on Tuesday recommends that state and local governments tax junk food and soft drinks, give tax breaks to grocery stores that open in blighted neighborhoods and build bike trails. more...

Blame the refrigerator rather than the gym for Americans ever-expanding waistlines. A new study shows that overeating alone can account for the obesity epidemic in America.

Researchers say that until now no one has quantified the contributions of overeating and decreases in physical activity to the rise in obesity in America since the 1970s.

Women who eat too little during pregnancy increase the risk of their children becoming obese in later life, experts have warned.

Researchers have discovered eating too few calories while pregnant changes the way that a baby's fat cells behave once they are born.

A new study by Dr Helen Budge, from the centre of reproduction and early life at Nottingham University, found that the fat cells in lambs, which received too few calories while in the womb, produce excessive levels of inflammation.

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