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Exposure to air pollution, smoking may lead to childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], June 28 (ANI): Exposure to smoking (both maternal smoking during pregnancy and second-hand smoking during childhood), air pollution, as well as certain characteristics of the built environment may be associated with a higher development of obesity in children, according to
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Study links air pollution, smoking with increase risk of childhood obesity
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], June 24 (ANI): Air pollution, smoking, and certain characteristics of the built environment--such as high population density-- may play a role in the development of obesity in children, according to a recent study.
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Study reveals nutrition a key ingredient for cognitive health of midlife,
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 24 (ANI): A new study, investigating factors associated with verbal fluency among a large sample of English speaking Canadians aged 45-85, found that individuals who consumed more vegetables and fruits and more nuts and pulses (such as lentils and beans) scored higher
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COVID-19 lockdowns worsen obesity issues in children: Study
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 7 (ANI): The coronavirus-induced lockdowns across the world have negatively impacted diet, sleep, and physical activity among children with obesity, a recent study explained.
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Study: COVID-19 lockdowns worsen childhood obesity
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 4 (ANI): Lockdowns implemented across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively impacted diet, sleep and physical activity among children with obesity, according University at Buffalo research.
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Study explains how a fat cell's immune response makes obesity worse
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): During obesity, a person's own fat cells set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that can drive to disrupt metabolism and weaken immune response. This can potentially place people at higher risk of poor outcomes from a variety of diseases and infect
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Study links antibiotic exposure in infants with higher risks of childhood
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], May 23 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have found that use of antibiotics in infancy can raise the risk of obesity in early childhood, with boys being slightly more vulnerable.
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Covid-19 infected elderly patients on ventilators have low survival rates:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): Most people in their advance age, especially among those who are infected by the novel coronavirus and are suffering from some underlying disease such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and obesity, have lower rates of survival, even if they are put
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Obesity not related to how close you live to fast food restaurants or gyms
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 20 (ANI): A new study from Lund University in Sweden has shown there is no correlation between obesity and how close you live to fast food restaurants or gyms.
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Antibiotic exposure in infants associated with higher risks of childhood o
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, May 19 (ANI): Very young children exposed to antibiotics at an early age are associated with higher risks of childhood obesity and increased adiposity in early to mid-childhood, suggests a new study.
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Western-style diets rich in sugar, key factor of heart failure: Study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 17 (ANI): Western-style diets rich in sugar and physical inactivity with obesity are important behavioural risk factors of heart failure, explains cohort studies and case-control studies.
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Study focuses on effects of antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean foods on p
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 12 (ANI): While the role of diets in the pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction is controversial, it is also well known that Western diet causes oxidative stress and has pro-inflammatory effects, whereas Mediterranean style diets are anti-inflammatory. Recently, cohort
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