 China's child obesity problem 'ballooning'
Date: 06/03/08 Source: AFP
Child obesity is ballooning into a big problem in China as 'little emperors' are increasingly getting an appetite for the Western couch-potato way of life, according to a study presented in Geneva.
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one in five children under seven is overweight and more than seven
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 Exercises to help even the high-risk pregnant person
Source: Greatreporter.com by Samantha Montpetit-Huynh Date: 05/28/08
Surprisingly enough, there is still a lot of controversy as to whether or not you should exercise if your pregnancy is considered high risk.
Some women are even put on bed rest because of certain difficulties during pregnancy and |
 Exercise less able to help fat loss than diet in children
Source: Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent for Telegraph U.K. Date: 5/27/08
Encouraging overweight children to exercise has no impact on weight loss and they should be encouraged instead to eat more healthily, according to new research.
The study claims that obese children are inactive because of their weight,
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 More Fertility Research Needed for Men
Source: Mercury News By Erin Digitale Date: 05/19/2008
When Barbora Bell wanted to have kids, she ditched the birth control pills, popped prenatal vitamins, and got more iron and calcium. Her husband's pre-conception regimen was much easier: "He had a glass of wine," Bell said, laughing.
The Los Gatos couple didn't hear a single dietary suggestion to help prospective fathers have healthy kids. If they had, Bell said, "we would have been doing it."
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 How to have a healthy pregnancy despite a toxic environment
Source: The Huffington Post by Laurie Tarkan Date: 5/16/08
When Canada declared bisphenol-A, a chemical widely used in baby bottles, water bottles and canned food, toxic to fetuses and children, it finally brought some credibility to what environmentalists, public health advocates and many
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 Mother's emotional and mental health predict child's development
Source: Reuters by Anne Harding Date: 05/14/08
Evaluating the emotional health and social connectedness of pregnant women may help determine if their children will need extra help to meet developmental
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 Breast-Feeding May Boost IQ
Source: www.medlineplus.com Date: 5/14/08
Children who were breast-fed exclusively for the first three months of life or longer scored nearly six points higher on IQ tests at the age of 6 than children who weren't breast-fed exclusively, a new study has found.
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 Smoking During Pregnancy Leads to Smaller Babies
Source: medicalnewstoday.com Date: 05/12/08
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found significant association between smoking during pregnancy,
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 Life After An Autism Diagnosis: Alternative Therapy
Source: www.wsaw.com by author: Margo Spann Date: 5/9/2008
(Wisconsin - USA) Researchers still aren't sure why - but the number of children with autism appears to be on the rise. One thing they have determined is that alternatives to traditional therapy are helping some of the families dealing with it.
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 Breastfeeding for longer may lessen weight troubles later in life
Source: Canada.com Date: 05/07/08
Nursing mothers who breastfeed for longer amounts of time may be helping their babies avoid weight troubles later in life, according to research.
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