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Childhood obesity management guidelines: sixth Guideline Development Group meeting
World Health Organization· 1 day agoObesity, in children, adolescents and adults is a public health concern in almost all regions of the...
BMI Affirmed as Good Screening Tool for Kids, Teens With Elevated Adiposity
MedPage Today· 3 days agoDespite the limitations of body mass index (BMI), the measure effectively screened children and adolescents for elevated adiposity, both as expressed by fat mass index (FMI ...
Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55
Medical Xpress· 5 hours agoIn an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who had overweight or obesity at age 14...
Early Age of First Period Linked to Obesity, Poor Diet, and Other Factors
Healthline via AOL· 1 day agoA new study finds that females born in the early 2000s started menstruating around 6 months earlier...
High blood pressure in adulthood might begin in childhood
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 5 days agoResearchers have discovered childhood obesity might lead to high blood pressure in adulthood. The more weight a person gains during puberty, the more likely ...
Age of first period declines - could be obesity or pollution
Cosmos· 7 days agoA big study has shown that the average age for US girls to experience their first period is now...
Girls’ periods starting earlier and becoming more irregular: Study
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoBut, according to the study, “whether obesity is the primary factor underlying the trends in...
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may improve taste sensitivity in women, preliminary research suggests
Salon.com· 22 hours agoSemaglutide — a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 agonist) that’s the active...
Study looks at links between cognition, psychopathology, weight in preteens
Medical Xpress· 21 hours agoLower cognition and greater psychopathology at baseline are associated with increased weight gain...
Kids are starting menstruation earlier, study shows. Here is what that means for their health -...
7 News Boston· 7 days ago“Among individuals born between 1950 and 2005, we found that younger generations were starting their...