NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly half of U.S. moms gain too much weight during pregnancy, according to a government study released Thursday.Putting on too many extra pounds during pregnancy can harm the mom, and may cause a range of problems for the child, experts say.The study found only about a third of women gain the recommended amount of weight, and…

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A study shows that one night’s missed sleep can cause impairment to insulin sensitivity equal to 6 months on a high-fat diet, emphasizing a need for healthy sleeping habits.

“Over the last several years and decades (low-fat) had been recommended as the way to lose and keep off weight, but obesity rates only increased,” said lead author Dr. Diedre K. Tobias of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Over one year or more, low-carb diets yield a couple more pounds of weight loss on average, but that’s not meaningful for most people, she said. Low-carb diets tended to lead to about 1.15 kilograms, or 2.5 pounds, more weight loss than low-fat diets in 18 comparisons.

By K. Aleisha Fetters for DETAILS.(photo: courtesy of Trunk Archive)The question: Do brown eggs pack more nutrients than their white counterparts?The expert: Nutritionist Alexandra Caspero, R.D., owner of the weight-management and sports-nutrition service Delicious KnowledgeThe verdict: As far as foods–pasta, flour, bread, you know the…

People who live alone are more likely to have unhealthy diets lacking key foods, QUT research has found.

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Men who drink two or more glasses of soda or other sweetened drinks a day may have a greater risk of heart failure, a Swedish study suggests. Previous research has linked high consumption of sugary beverages with several risk factors for heart failure, including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, weight gain, diabetes and obesity, said study leader Susanna Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. To confirm the relationship between heart failure and sweetened beverages, Larsson and colleagues followed a group of about 42,000 men for an average of almost 12 years.

A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes to vitamin E – they need more than normal levels of the vitamin because their weight and…

Keeping excess weight off your frame may be the best thing you can do to minimize your risk of certain cancers (aside from not smoking). That’s because obesity is increasingly linked to the disease: “It’s on track to overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of cancer,” says Therese Bevers, MD, medical director of the Cancer Prevention…