Obesity in the News
Articles featured below include news about or mention of obesity. This is page 4 of 4.
Difficult births in obese women due to uterus failure (Liverpool University)
Liverpool scientists have uncovered the reason why overweight women have more Caesarean sections; they are at significant risk of their uterus contracting poorly in childbirth. In a study of 4,000 ...
Survey shows older people need help to get more active
Many people over 65 years old would benefit from help to increase their activity level and so reduce their risk of obesity and high blood pressure.
Waist-hip ratio should replace body mass index as indicator of mortality risk in older people
Weight-related mortality-risk in the elderly: According to a recent study, older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI.
Gene Variant Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers have confirmed that a gene variant confers susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large clinical trial in adults at increased risk...
Womens weight may affect effectiveness of birth control pills
Do birth control pills work differently depending on how much a woman weighs ? Oral contraceptives do not come in differing strengths according to a patient's weight, such as other medications. Sev...
Rise in sudden infant death syndrome involving parent and infant sleeping on sofa
Cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when a parent sleeps with their infant on a sofa has increased recently, according to a paper in The Lancet. The authors strongly recommend that parents...
How one disease may prevent another - disease pairings reviewed
Newcastle researchers find that seaweed could make junk food healthier
Junk food could be made healthier by the addition of an extract of an exotic type of seaweed - according to recent research at Newcastle University, England.
Breakfast Consumption and Body Mass among U.S. Adults
Researchers have examined data from the fourth National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, to find out about relationships between breakfast consumption and body mass index in adul...
