BMI and the adolescent brain: A concerning association
Obesity is a growing epidemic in children and adults. A large national study published in the International Journal of Obesity now ...
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Gestational weight gain z scores, standardized by pre-pregnancy BMI, associated with susceptibility to autism-related traits
ROCKVILLE, Md.—Gestational weight gain may be associated with autism-related behaviors among children who have a greater pre-disposition to these behaviors ...
In the very old, higher BMI is associated with more health complaints, and in overweight men, with mental health complaints too
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283089 Credit: micheile henderson, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283089 Article Title: The impact of BMI on psychological ...
Study shows ‘obesity paradox’ does not exist: waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in patients with heart failure than BMI
New research has debunked the idea that there is an “obesity paradox”, whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight ...
School-based wellness initiative shown to reduce average student BMI
Health impacts students’ ability to learn. Leaders at MUSC’s Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (MUSC BCCW) believe that lessons on ...
Infants born preterm reach similar BMI as their peers born term by adolescence, according to a meta-analysis of 253,810 individuals from 11 countries
Infants born preterm reach similar BMI as their peers born term by adolescence, according to a meta-analysis of 253,810 individuals from ...
Quality of neighborhood residence in early life may be linked to Body Mass Index (BMI) trajectories and obesity risk through adolescence
Boston, MA - Residence in neighborhoods with higher opportunity or lower vulnerability in early life, especially at birth, may be ...
Increase seen in pediatric BMI during pandemic, study finds
ANAHEIM, Calif.—A study that tracked body mass index (BMI) two years prior to the pandemic and one year after the ...
Babies who gain weight rapidly in their first six months are more likely to have an increased weight-to-height ratio at 5 years old, in Swedish study which also found links with parental BMI
Babies who gain weight rapidly in their first six months are more likely to have an increased weight-to-height ratio at ...
Study shows that excessively high BMI is also associated with type 1 diabetes in otherwise healthy adolescents – not just the type 2 form usually associated with excess weight
*note this paper is being published in Diabetologia at the same time as being presented at the annual meeting of ...
Preoperative BMI and weight may predict outcomes after weight-loss surgery, data spanning 15 years suggests
*Note this work is being presented at the Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, 4-6 June. Please credit the congress when using ...
UK study in a million adults suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during lockdown
New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that most ...
Remaining increase in cancer risk after high childhood BMI
Men who had a high body mass index (BMI) as children are at an elevated risk of obesity-related cancer later ...
Exercise may protect brain volume by keeping insulin and BMI levels low
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High BMI in upper teens a risk factor for severe COVID-19
Men with a high body mass index (BMI) in their upper teens had an elevated risk of severe COVID-19, requiring ...
Lifestyle more likely to affect a child’s BMI than the weight of their mother
Researchers from the University of Bristol and Imperial College London have found that a high Body Mass Index (BMI) of ...
Parenting intervention associated with BMI of first and second-born siblings
SILVER SPRING, Md.— A new study suggests that a parenting educational intervention for first-born children is robust enough to influence ...
High BMI independently associated with death and longer ICU stay for COVID patients
In patients with COVID-19, a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of death and prolonged ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care