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Children of obese mothers at greater risk of early heart death as adults (08/14/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Children of obese and overweight women have a higher risk of early cardiovascular death as adults, finds a study published on bmj.com. The findings highlight the urgent need for strategies to prevent obesity in women of childbearing age and the need to assess the offspring of obese mothers for their cardiovascular risk, say the authors...

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Cardiovascular researchers examine habits that can lead to obesity, future heart risk (08/14/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Among middle-school children, the behaviors most often linked with obesity are school lunch consumption and two hours or more of daily TV viewing, according to a new look at the dramatic increase in childhood obesity. The findings by the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center will be published in the September issue of Pediatrics...

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Diabetes status should be taken into account in population studies that link weight and mortality (08/14/13 07:00:00 UTC)

The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality appears to be stronger in adults without diabetes than those with existing diabetes. These findings¹ are published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine² in a study by Chandra Jackson of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues...

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