TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Big Baby? Expectant Mothers Should Monitor BMI Increase During Pregnancy Expectant mothers whose body mass index (BMI) increases 25 percent or more during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to big babies. Analyzing data from 186 deliveries at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, researchers found that 86.2 percent of those babies whose birth weight was above the 90th percentile (4000 grams or 8 pounds 13 ounces) had mothers whose BMI increased 25 percent or more during pregnancy, compared with 6.6 percent of the mothers with normal-weight infants. medicalnewstoday.com |
Blood Pressure Of People With Metabolic Syndrome Is More Sensitive To Salt Intake A study of some 1900 Chinese people has revealed that the blood pressure of people with metabolic syndrome is more sensitive to salt intake. Thus reduction of salt intake could be an especially important component in reducing blood pressure in patients with multiple risk factors for metabolic syndrome. medicalnewstoday.com |
Study Urges Weight Gain Be Curbed in Pregnancy Health officials have reduced the advisable weight gain for obese women during pregnancy to 11 to 20 pounds, down from 25 pounds. nytimes.com |
Predicting The Risk Of Death In COPD May Help Physicians To Individualize Treatment Researchers have developed an index scale to help physicians predict a patient's risk of dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ADO index can help physicians assess the severity of a patient's illness to determine the appropriate level of treatment. COPD, which comprises emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is a major public health problem and it is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. medicalnewstoday.com |
Overweight Adults Could Burn More Calories By Watching Less TV US researchers conducting a randomized controlled trial found that adults weighing above the healthy range could burn more calories by watching less television: trial participants who cut their television viewing time in half were more active and on average burned an extra 120 more calories a day... medicalnewstoday.com |