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Blog of Weight Loss & Obesity Research - Archive #0096.Study suggests too much screen time and not enough physical activity may lead to childhood obesityApril 16, 2008 - EurekAlert / Journal of Pediatrics A new study evaluates the combined influence of screen time and physical activity on a child's risk of being overweight. Good nutrition starts early!April 14, 2008 - EurekAlert / Journal of Physiology You are what you eat, as the old saying goes. Maybe so, but increasingly researchers are finding that you are also what your mother ate -- maternal nutrition has profound consequences on the health of offspring. Calorie restriction inhibits, obesity fuels development of epithelial cancersApril 14, 2008 - EurekAlert / 2008 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting A restricted-calorie diet inhibited the development of precancerous growths in a two-step model of skin cancer, reducing the activation of two signaling pathways known to contribute to cancer growth and development New studies add insights to infant feeding and obesity issueApril 9, 2008 - EurekAlert / Experimental Biology 2008 New studies may offer new insights into possible associations between infant feeding and health outcomes such as obesity. Dietary oil may need help in avoiding any side effects of weight lossApril 9, 2008 - Ohio State University / Journal of Lipid Research An oil made of natural fatty acids that is sometimes used as a weight-loss supplement may need to be paired with hormones or other substances to prevent health problems that can follow rapid weight loss. Association between low birth weight, excessive weight gain and heart problems in later lifeApril 9, 2008 - EurekAlert / European Heart Journal Researchers have found evidence suggesting that small size at birth and excessive weight gain during adolescence and young adulthood may lead to low grade inflammation, which, in turn, is associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease. 'Connecting the dots' in path that leads to fatApril 8, 2008 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism Researchers report the discovery of a critical early player in the path that turns cells to fat. Given that obesity is a major health concern, such a fuller understanding of the molecular processes governing fat tissue formation could ultimately hold clinical importance. Less sleep, more TV leads to overweight infants and toddlersApril 7, 2008 - EurekAlert / Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Infants and toddlers who sleep less than 12 hours a day and who watch two or more hours of television per day are twice as likely to become overweight by age 3 than children who sleep longer. Sleeping less in infancy associated with being overweight in preschoolApril 7, 2008 - EurekAlert / Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Infants who sleep less than 12 hours per day have an increased risk of being overweight as preschoolers than those who sleep 12 hours or more. Changing school environment curbs weight gain in childrenApril 7, 2008 - EurekAlert / Pediatrics Small changes in schools lead to big results when it comes to preventing childhood obesity. |
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