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Children Can Inherit Predisposition To Obesity And Metabolic Disorders From Their Obese Dads (07/15/13 08:00:00 UTC)

If you are obese and hope to be a father, here's another reason to lose weight: your children and grandchildren may inherit your waistline or metabolic disorders. That's because scientists have discovered in mice that obese fathers, even those who did not show any signs of diabetes, passed this negative trait on most frequently to their daughters...

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Higher BMI Increases Risk Of Gallstones, Especially In Women (07/15/13 09:00:00 UTC)

New research reveals a causal association between elevated body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of gallstone disease. Results published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show women are at greater risk of developing gallstones...

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Signs Of Metabolic Syndrome Evident In Mexican American Youth: Early Screening Critical (07/15/13 08:00:00 UTC)

Mexican American children are experiencing substantial burdens of obesity, pre-diabetes, and other health problems which historically would have been expected to develop much later in life. The findings of a new study by Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio argue for early screening and intervention to delay or avoid chronic health problems as these children age...

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