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Research: Women with anorexia likely to have underweight babies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A recent study found that pregnant women with the eating condition anorexia nervosa are five times more likely to give birth to babies who are underweight.
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Research: Anorexia associated with significant adverse pregnancy outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): According to a comprehensive new study, women who are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder, are five times more likely on average to have underweight babies.
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Children on vegetarian diet have similar measures of growth, nutrition as
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto (Ontario) [Canada], May 8 (ANI): A new study has found that children who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat.
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Study finds vegetarian children have similar growth and nutrition compared
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto (Ontario) [Canada], May 5 (ANI): According to a new study at St. Michael's Hospital, nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat.
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Credit Suisse downgrades Indian equities due to surge in crude oil prices
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Global brokerage firm Credit Suisse on Tuesday downgraded Indian equities markets to 'underweight' from 'overweight' saying the high crude oil prices would lead to inflationary pressures and hurt the current account.
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Not only underweight but overweight women also at higher risk of miscarria
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 17 (ANI): A new study led by a team of researchers at the University of Southampton has shown that underweight and overweight women are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing recurrent miscarriages compared to those of average weight.
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Economic cost of food-borne disease is USD 15 billion per year for India:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed that the economic cost of food-borne diseases in India is estimated to be a whopping USD 15 billion. While wasting (21 per cent), underweighting (36 per cent), stunting (38 per cent) are common among children
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21% children undernourished, we must invest in early childhood for realisi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Of the total 159 million children aged below 6 years in the country, 21 per cent are undernourished, 36 per cent are underweight and 38 per cent do not receive full immunisation, said Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday quoting 'The State of Young
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Underweight babies may suffer poor cardiovascular health during adulthood:
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): A breakthrough study pointed out on one of the reasons for short breath among adults can be low weight at the time of birth. The study further advocates that newborns who are abnormally underweight, have higher chances of developing poor cardiorespiratory
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Study finds underweight during birth can result in poor cardiovascular dev
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 31 (ANI): One of the reasons for short breath among adults can be low weight at the time of birth, shares recent research.
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35 per cent of children under five are stunted: Survey
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 11 Oct, (ANI): A first-ever nationwide Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) released by the Union Health Ministry has revealed that about 35 per cent of children in the country under five years are stunted, 17 per cent wasted and 33 per cent are underweight. Read More
Teen pregnancy in India linked to child undernutrition
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 17 (ANI): Stunting and underweight prevalence were 10 per cent higher in children born to adolescent mothers than in children born to adult mothers.
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