Obesity A-Z
There are numerous issues involved in understanding, preventing and treating obesity. Specific diseases are treated in the Health Effects section. Below are a number of other issues. The citations are...
View ArticleInheritance Factors
Genes are not the only way characteristics may be passed from generation to generation. Researchers are actively pursuing what is called epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to changes in appearance, or...
View ArticleObesity’s Toll on Women’s Health
The impact of obesity on women’s health is the topic of a new review article. The authors found being overweight as well as obese increases the relative risk of diabetes and coronary artery disease in...
View ArticleFailure of anti-obesity legislation
Christopher Still and I have a new article out, “Survey of antiobesity legislation: are these laws working?” Unfortunately, the answer is no. This finding is consistent with a paper earlier this year...
View ArticleRepublican Party Platform Guts Obesity Policies
Among the provisions in the Republican Party Platform adopted this week in Tampa, Florida are these affecting obesity: Food stamps and other nutrition programs be sent in block grants to the states. On...
View ArticleBreastfeeding and Obesity
Breastfeeding has long been considered to be protective against the development of adult obesity in the child but a causal relationship has been difficult to establish. Early Life Determinants Evidence...
View ArticleNew Study Confirms Breastfeeding Not Protective for Childhood Obesity
A new study published in JAMA concludes that breastfeeding is unlikely to prevent the development of obesity in children up to 11 ½ years old. The study, involving 17, 046 breastfeeding mother-infant...
View ArticleA new finding on breastfeeding and obesity
Advocates of breastfeeding as a strategy to prevent the development of obesity persist in the absence of definitive data. So here is another study from Europe which found a ‘non-significant’ trend of...
View ArticleOverselling Breastfeeding
Courtney Jung has an interesting opinion piece in the New York Times, “Overselling Breastfeeding.” The writer points out that the goals for the duration of breastfeeding are more accessible to upper...
View ArticleCDC Spins Breastfeeding-Obesity Link
CDC is continuing to perpetuate the old canard that breastfeeding is protective against childhood obesity. In the recently released publication, Vital Signs: Improvements in Maternity Care Policies and...
View ArticleDoes Breastfeeding Increase Infant Weight?
According to a new article by Michael Goran and colleagues it depends on which components of breast milk, (sugary complex carbohydrates called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are present. 25...
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