Topic: Sweden

Obese mothers put children at higher risk of asthma

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pregnant women who are obese put their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared to mothers of normal weight, a large study in Sweden has found.The study, which covered over 129,000 mothers in Stockholm and their 189,000 ...

Overweight men have poorer sperm count

Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.In what they described as the largest study of its kind, doctors looked ...

Study suggests economic insecurity boosts obesity

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The stress of being exposed to economic insecurity may mean people living in countries with so-called "free market" economies are more likely to become obese, British researchers said on Friday.In a study in the journal Economics and Human ...

10 Surprising Weight Loss Benefits

So you're ready to take off the pounds. They discovered that those whose temporal lobe was small (indicating shrinkage) had been overweight (BMI 25 and over) throughout adulthood; women whose brains had a healthy cell count in this area had maintained a ...

Childhood Obesity Creates Global Opps, Challenges

More than 30 percent of children in Europe and the Americas are obese or overweight, and the availability and diversity of kids' food and drinks has never been higher thanks to a continuous supply of new products launched in many regions worldwide, ...
A Danish study suggests that men who are obese by age 20 die eight years earlier on average than their non-obese peers, scientists said Tuesday.The research, presented at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, also indicated that obesity usually develops before ...

Eight Reasons to Start Working Out

Overeatingand drinkingis an inevitable part of the last few months.A Temple University study found that obese sleep apnea patients who lost just 10 percent of their weight showed good improvements of their condition.You'll Spend More Time in the Hospital A study by ...

New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity

Cardiovascular disease linked to obesity may be worse than thought while health problems associated with being underweight may have been overstated, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday.The paper, written by doctors in Britain and Sweden, ...

Who Will Climb the Piano Stairs?

It feels as if the whole world is suddenly enthralled with the potential of nudge-y incentives: in Stockholm's Odenplan subway station, the staircase has been retrofitted to resemble giant piano keys, which produce real sound, to encourage commuters to climb the stairs ...
A lack of physical control and coordination in childhood may be tied to an increased risk of obesity in later life, a new study says.. com Wednesday, adds to previous studies that found poorer cognitive function in childhood may be linked to ...
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