Obesity
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Motivational interviewing nets weight loss in heavy kids
Key clinical finding: Motivational interviewing may result in weight loss in obese and overweight children.Major Finding: Compared with usual care...
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VIDEO: Motivational interviewing by primary care providers promotes weight loss
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Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk
Major finding: Even modest increases in maternal BMI were associated with increases in the risk of every category of infant mortality; the...
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Choice vs. regulation: the role of public policy in obesity management
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ADHD link to obesity may involve stimulant use
Major finding: Those with ADHD taking stimulant medications, especially with longer use and earlier start, had slower BMI growth in childhood but...
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Obesity prevalence steady between 2003 and 2012
Major Finding: Obesity prevalence was high at 16.9% among children and 34.9% among adults in 2011-2012, which is not significantly different from...
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Obesity at age 20 associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis
Major finding: Participants who carried the high-risk HLA-DRB1*15 gene, did not carry the protective HLA-A*02 gene, and had a BMI of 27 kg/ m2 or...