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Society 6 months ago
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Child obesity surges as junk food, sugary drinks take over
A surge in childhood obesity across Indonesia is raising the alarm, with experts warning that the country’s children face a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses as junk food replaces healthier diets.
Parents 5 years ago
Overweight parents more likely to have overweight children but gender and age matter too
A British study investigating potential associations between overweight and obese parents and the risk of inter-generational transmission to their children concluded that the impact of parents' overweight differs depending on the age and gender of the children, and also varies with regard to maternal or paternal influences.
Health 5 years ago
Virus appears to strike men, overweight people harder
In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why.
