Can metformin reduce obesity in children and adolescents?
A new study has shown metformin—a glucose-lowering drug commonly used to treat diabetes—to be effective at lowering some measures of […]
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Mothers-to-be who use makeup may worsen their child's risk of obesity
Obesity exacerbates many causes of death, but risks are different for men and women
Father’s obesity in puberty doubles the risk of asthma in his future offspring
Shorter people are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study shows
Better seizure control with ketogenic diet in infants with genetic epilepsy: Ketogenic diet could start earlier in infants as young as 3 weeks old
Obesity ‘raises cancer risk by TWICE as much as previously thought’
Genes, yes, but obesity pandemic mostly down to diet: study
What made humans ‘the fat primate’? Changes in DNA packaging curbed our body’s ability to turn ‘bad’ fat into ‘good’ fat
Evidence on ways to reduce consumption of sugary drinks