Children's health
30 May 2008
Addressing the issue of obesity with a loved one
Weight is an extremely important issue in western society with the rates of obesity ever growing. Being overweight is linked to numerous health problems including high blood pressure, heart disease and even cancer. From a medical point of view, this means that weight is a big issue. Our views on…
Children's health
26 May 2008
Excess weight in adolescence linked to childhood eating patterns
Research suggests that the weight of adolescents is related to the types of food they ate as children. A study undertaken by Associate Professor Lynn Moore at the Boston University School of Medicine showed that 13 year olds who consumed low levels of dairy foods from age 3 until age…
Children's health
25 May 2008
Scientists find protein may be key to new therapies for elevated triglycerides
Diabetes researchers at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a potential target for the development of new therapies to treat hypertriglyceridemia, a lipid disorder commonly seen in people who are obese and diabetic. Results of their study are published in…
Children's health
10 May 2008
New technique determines that the number of fat cells remains constant in all body types
The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and ’60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human’s body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in…
Children's health
10 May 2008
Study supports reason for concern in childhood and adolescent obesity
Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, which relates to cardiac health. Obesity has been increasing rapidly in the U.S. during the past 20 years and obesity in…
Children's health
08 May 2008
Too much or too little weight gain poses risks to pregnant mothers, babies
Women who gain more or less than recommended amounts of weight during pregnancy are likely to increase the risk of problems for both themselves and their child, according to a new report by the RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center. The report, which was supported…
Children's health
08 May 2008
Vegetarian Diets
Vegetarians are people who exclude animal meat from their diet. A vegetarian diet comprises mainly of fruits and vegetables. There are a number of health…
Gastro
05 May 2008
Liver Cleansing Diet
Liver cleansing diets claim to remove toxins that are clogging the liver. This cleansing of the liver is proposed to help it to work more…
Children's health
22 Apr 2008
High blood pressure on the rise in teens
The rising rate of obesity among kids and teens is now leading to other health problems in that age group, including diabetes, high blood pressure and vascular damage. Chronic high blood pressure can affect the heart and can cause the pumping chamber (the left ventricle) to become enlarged. Developing high…
