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Weight Of Child A Predictor Of Heart Disease Later In Life

...t disease. In another study researchers looked at parental and early-life characteristics and their link to high blood pressure in 5-year-olds. The research shows women who smoked during pregnancy had an offspring with higher blood pressure than women who did not smoke. Researchers say they also found that t...

A Sedentary Childhood Could Lead To Chronic Fatigue Latter In Life

...onic fatigue later in life and maternal behaviors, parental illness, or childhood distress. Thus researchers say compared to previous suggestions that showed high levels of exercise to increase the risk, they say that they found that the most sedentary children were at greatest risk....

Parents Should Look For Signs Of Children Becoming Overweight

...rns about their child's weight. It was found that parental obesity represented the most potent risk factor. S...nificant risk factors uncovered included a lack of parental interest in the weight of their children and less sleep. Overweight children, on average, got 30 min...

The Harmful Effects Of Cigarette Smoke

...effect of smoke exposure on 1,314 newborns through parental questionnaires and interviews. One-third of the children were at “high risk” for allergies. Researchers studied what effect tobacco exposure had on children in utero as well as after birth. They looked for these airway disorders: allergic sensitizati...

Persistent Childhood Wheeze Probably Inherited

...ergy and asthma, and socioeconomic factors such as parental smoking and low social class. Results suggest inheritance is the prime cause of persistent childhood wheeze. However, exposure to adverse environmental factors early in life may be combining with genetics to produce an earlier onset of the wheezing...

Alcoholism Influenced By Both Genetics & Family Environment

... information about psychiatric disorders including parental alcoholism and determine whether or not the children were being raised in a low-risk environment with no alcoholism present. That data revealed 276 of the children had fathers without any type of alcohol dependence or abuse. However, the rest of the...

Mental Health Services for Children

...d to determine whether different factors predicted parental recognition of mental health problems in children. They also wanted to see if mental health problems elicit service use in the same way as physical health or developmental problems. For the research, study authors surveyed parents of children in Con...

Dad's Age Affects Baby

... to the X chromosome and associated with increased parental age, may be responsible for some cases of schizophrenia. The X chromosome contains many genes expressed in the central nervous system and the gene for many diseases with cognitive impairment. Another possible explanation for the link is the adverse p...

Physical activity less among black girls

...with declining activity level was a lower level of parental education. Researchers say this study shows the continuous drop in physical activity levels of girls, both black and white, as they get older. These findings should caution the youngsters and the current epidemic of obesity....

Link between birth weight and Insulin Resistance

... in adulthood. Low birth weight is also related to parental cardiovascular disease. Researchers say poor intrauterine nutrition leads to babies with low birth weight and may program selective changes in body composition, hormones, and metabolism, which can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease l...

Teens listen to parents about smoking

...o the notion of the rebellious teenager who spurns parental guidance in favor of peer influence, new study fin...neither parent would disapprove. And the effect of parental disapproval remained significant even if the parents were smokers themselves. Adolescents who had a ...

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

...uch as maternal age, smoking, the season of birth, parental allergies and socioeconomic status. The researchers found that mothers whose periods started younger than 12 were almost one and a half times more likely to have children who later developed allergies than mothers who started menstruating at 16. Th...

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