Delivery by caesarean section does not increase the chance of a baby ending up overweight or obese as a young adult, researchers have found, contrary to previous research.Read More
Obesity, undernutrition and climate change are the biggest threats to the world population, linked by profit motives and policy inertia, a top commission said on Sunday, calling for a binding plan and trillions of dollars to thwart the dangers. A $1-billion fund and action strategies targeting food policy and production are needed urgently to support...Read More
Obesity and overweight have grown 5.5 folds over the past four decades in Iran, chancellor of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences has said. Based on the studies salt intake for Iranians amount to 10.6 germs a day which almost doubles global standards, Mohammad Aqajani said, regretting that that daily sugar intake in Iran...Read More
In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI), a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The five-year trial, conducted in conjunction with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly...Read More
TEHRAN – The prevalence of overweight in girl students under the age of 20 is increasing form 6.4 percent in 1980 to 10.3 percent in 2015, Mohammad Hashemi, secretary of the society for the prevention of obesity in Iran said here on Sunday. The prevalence of obesity in girls under the age of 20 also...Read More
Changing the way that parents interact with their infants could help combat child obesity, a US study suggested. New mothers were offered ways of responding to babies’ needs, including avoiding comforting with food, BBC wrote. By the age of three, children exposed to so-called ‘responsive parenting’ had lower body mass index (BMI). A UK child...Read More
