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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...
A generation at risk: Is early puberty the new public health crisis?
OregonLive.com· 1 hour agoToday’s young people are hitting puberty earlier and starting menstruation younger. The number of...
Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55
Medical Xpress· 7 hours agoIn an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who had overweight or obesity at age 14...
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 ...
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...
Women overweight as teen or young adult more likely to have stroke: study
Clayton News Daily· 1 hour agoResearchers found that women carrying excess weight at age 14 or 31 may be at an increased risk of...
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· 1 day agoSemaglutide — a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 agonist) that’s the active...