Today's babies are fatter babies
By examining more than 120,000 children under age 6 in Massachusetts over 22 years, a newly published study shows that young children--especially infants--are now more likely to be overweight. This study was based at the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and appears in the July issue of Obesity. "The obesity epidemic has...Canadians Grow Fatter By The Day
Canadians are becoming increasingly obese, according to a new study. The number of people in the country who are morbidly obese has risen to 1.3% in 2003, from the 1990 figure of 0.3%, according to researchers belonging to Queen's University. //The body mass index (BMI) is made use of by Health Canada for measuring obesity, and if the BMI is above 25, a person is declared overweight, and if it cr...Study finds Babies In America Getting Fatter
A new study finds a sharp increase in the number of fat babies; the trend that the researchers feel could have a worrisome implication for the nation’s obesity epidemic//. Researchers from the Harvard Medical School, who had published their findings of the study in the July issue of Obesity, have shown a 73.5% increase in fat babies over a period of 22-year. Researchers have said that...Fatter Chances of Cancer With Bacon and Skinned Chicken
Recent studies point out that, consumption of bacon and other processed meat can substantially raise the risk of bladder cancer.// Dr Dominique S Michaud and other researchers from Boston’s Harvard School of Public Health have seen that people who consume more than 5 portions of bacon every week were more prone to cancer affecting the bladder. The risk is increased by 60% in those who e...