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Men with low birth weight who go on to be overweight in young adulthood have a nearly 10-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, reveals Swedish research that indicates the risks can ...

Risks of major birth defects increased in step with the severity of a mother's obesity or overweight, a study published Wednesday in the BMJ medical journal found. Based on these results, women should ...

Gestational weight gain above or below the Institute of Medicine recommendations was associated with a greater risk for adverse outcomes.

A mother’s level of education can be an important predictor of early childhood overweight and obesity, according to a new international study. The paper, published in Nature’s International Journal of ...

New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May), and published in Diabetologia (the journal of th European Association for The Study of ...

Background The aim was to study the effect of country of birth, educational level and county of residence on overweight and obesity among pregnant women in Norway. Methods Observational study based on ...

Adults 65 and older shouldn’t worry about carrying around a few extra pounds, according to British medical experts. A guidance report from the British Dietetic Association, published in November and ...

As if the list of only-child stereotypes wasn’t long enough, a new one has been brewing: Children without siblings are at a higher risk for being overweight and obese, as are daughters and youngest ...