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Obesity and Diabetes
Researchers from Louisiana State University, Biomedical Research Center provide details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity and diabetes
December 10th, 2007
Fresh data on obesity and diabetes are presented in the report 'Obesity in women: a life cycle of medical risk.' "Obesity can have an adverse impact on health at each stage of a woman's life cycle. In young women, obesity has an impact on psychosocial health and, as they grow older and become parents, on their reproductive health," scientists in the United States report. "Obesity also imposes a number of serious risks during pregnancy. In older women, obesity is associated with the emergence of a number of related chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and increased risk for almost all types of cancer. Of concern in the elderly is the...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)
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