Early antibiotic exposure not linked with childhood weight gain
1. Of children exposed to antibiotics within the first 6 months of life, there was no significant difference in childhood ...
Tag: overweight
Being overweight and obese associated with increased incidence of chronic kidney disease
1. From this prospective cohort study, patients that were metabolically healthy and overweight or obese were associated with increased risk ...
Gestational and post-delivery weight gain linked to overweight children
1. Children of mothers who gained an excessive amount of weight during pregnancy, as well as those of mothers who ...
Use of weight reduction interventions for overweight and obese patients limited in UK primary care
1. Most overweight and obese patients had not received weight reduction interventions according to primary care electronic records. 2. The ...
Weight loss intervention concurrently targeting parent and child benefits both parties
1. A 12-month weight loss intervention that treated overweight children and their parents concurrently produced greater initial and sustained decreases ...
“Benign obesity” perhaps not so benign
Image: PD 1. Metabolically healthy obese individuals are at increased risk for death and CV events over the long term ...
Algorithm effective in identifying at-risk infants for becoming overweight
Image: PD 1. A prediction algorithm was effective in helping researchers identify infants at-risk for becoming overweight at three years ...
African Americans, obese overrepresented in young heart failure cases
Image: PD 1. Patients aged 20-39 years with heart failure were more likely to be African American and obese than ...
TV associated with higher BMI in teens
Image: PD 1. Duration of primary attention to TV was associated with increased body mass index (BMI). 2. Duration of ...
After-school program increases physical activity in overweight children
Image: PD/CDC 1. Among overweight children, those attending schools with an after-school, opt-in soccer program were more physically active than ...