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European Journal of Pain
The Journal of Pain
European Journal of Pain
The Journal of Pain
European Journal of Pain
The Journal of Pain
If you keep up at all with matters of diet and health, you have no doubt noticed the thriving cottage industry in revisionist dietary history, from big fat lies, to big fat surprises, to sugar conspiracies. A consideration of cars, Keys, and Karelia will lend some much needed perspective.Imagine a world where, for whatever bizarre reason, cars…
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who gain excessive weight or develop diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to have obese children even when the babies start out at a normal size, a U.S. study suggests. Previous research has linked greater pregnancy weight gain and blood sugar spikes – a hallmark of diabetes – to higher odds of having an overweight newborn. Researchers followed more than 13,000 normal weight babies for a decade.
Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, according to a study Tuesday that points to the protective effects of a few extra pounds. The optimum ratio of weight and height — known as body mass index or BMI — is now on the upper side of the healthy range, according to the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). “Compared to the 1970s, today’s overweight individuals have lower mortality than so-called normal weight individuals,” said Borge Nordestgaard, clinical professor at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital.
Cutting out foods with iodine led to deficiency that harmed metabolism in 2 children, case reports show