Poor diet and lack of exercise blamed for increase in obesity, blood pressure and diabetes Jeremy Laurance Thursday, 11 April 2013 We are living longer yet growing less healthy. That is the paradoxical conclusion reached by researchers who have found… Read More ›
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First signs of heart disease seen in newborns of overweight/obese mums
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Artery wall thickening already present at birth The walls of the body’s major artery – the aorta – are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds… Read More ›
UNC researchers find MSG use linked to obesity
Re-Post 2008 for Filing Contact: Patric Lane patric_lane@unc.edu 919-962-8596 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL – People who use monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a flavor enhancer in their food are more likely than people who don’t… Read More ›
Older overweight children consume fewer calories than their healthy weight peers
Contact: Tom Hughes tahughes@unch.unc.edu 919-966-6047 University of North Carolina Health Care A study by UNC pediatrics researchers finds there is no such thing as a ‘1 size fits all’ explanation for childhood obesity IMAGE:Asheley Cockrell Skinner, Ph.D., assistant professor in… Read More ›
Researchers find MSG use linked to obesity
CHAPEL HILL – People who use monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a flavor enhancer in their food are more likely than people who don’t use it to be overweight or obese even though they have the same amount of physical… Read More ›
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