Sentences with phrase «affect obesity risk»

«Our results help us further understand how sleep timing in addition to duration may affect obesity risk,» said principal investigator Kelly Glazer Baron, PhD, associate professor of neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

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The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining less rapidly than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18

(For more on how breast and bottle affect risk of overfeeding and obesity, see THIS 2012 study.)

Because consistently elevated cortisol affects the way the baby's brain develops, the way he responds to stress in the future, his immune system, his risk of obesity and other areas of development.

Not only does it strengthen the body of evidence that shows a mother's health during pregnancy can affect the future health of her child, but it could also allow us to more accurately predict the future risk of obesity.

A common and potentially serious sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea affects at least one quarter of U.S. adults and is linked to increased risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

They would also like to study whether policies regarding lunch and recess affect risk for obesity, success in academics and other markers of cognitive development in children.

Other studies show that visceral obesity raises a person's risk of developing colon cancer, perhaps because it increases circulating levels of hormones that affect cell growth.

The results showed that normal physical fitness, even up to 20 % below the population average, is sufficient to have a preventive effect on five of the eight risk factors affecting people with cardiovascular disease — abdominal circumference, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and excess weight.

Viewed this way, humans can be considered to have lost two genes — one affecting uricase and the other affecting the ability to produce vitamin C — whose absence helped our ancestors during famine but, in today's world, may be increasing our risk for obesity and diabetes.

These include a history of depression, alcohol, education, diet, and a cluster called vascular risk factors because they affect the blood supply in the brain, such as stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.

We then tested whether known risk factors for T2D, including obesity and hyperglycemia, affect DNA methylation of the 15,627 CpG sites differentially methylated in case - control cohort 2, already in nondiabetic subjects.

Sequential adjustment for parental and child characteristics did not materially affect estimates (fully adjusted relative risk for obesity in both parents: 2.39, 95 % confidence interval: 1.82, 3.10, P < 0.001; P for trend < 0.001).

«When they're disrupted, levels of hormones that impact your risk for heart disease, obesity, even your immune system are all affected.»

«Children and adolescents who don't get enough sleep are at increased risk for obesity, diabetes, injuries, poor mental health, and attention and behavior problems, which can affect them academically,» said report author Anne Wheaton, a CDC epidemiologist.

The purpose of the study was to see if exposure to communities with higher rates of obesity affected the BMI of the participants and increased the individual risk of weight gain.

Far from an isolated problem, obesity leads to a wide range of health risks that can severely affect quality of life.

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An additional Harvard study concluded that regularly consuming drinks high in sugar interacts with the genes that affect weight, dramatically increasing a person's risk for obesity.

Clearly, children in poverty, racial and ethnic minorities, and girls in general, have an increased risk of obesity, which might negatively affect their academic achievement.

Obesity negatively affects both males and females, as well as all racial and age groups, but low - income children and food - insecure children may be at even greater risk (Eisenmann, Gundersen, Lohman, Garasky, & Stewart, 2011; Singh, Saipush, & Kogan, 2010; Townsend & Melgar - Quinonez, 2003).

Obesity affects one quarter to one third of dogs presented to veterinary practices (106 — 108) and is associated with an increased risk of pancreatitis (104).

Be sure to remind your customers that inactive birds run the risk for various health problems including obesity, heart disease, and other cardiac disorders that may negatively affect their length and quality of life.

Obesity is an ever - present risk for large - breed dogs, adversely affecting skeletal growth and mobility.

The purpose of our study was to determine if specific host factors, such as age at diagnosis, obesity, and hormone status, influence the prognosis of canine mammary gland carcinomas and to confirm if previously reported risk factors (ie, histologic subtype, tumor size, and World Health Organization [WHO] stage) were important in a large series of affected dogs.

The obesity epidemic affecting millions of Americans bears much of the blame for the increased risk.

Childhood obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disease later in life, and affects about 15 % of preschool - aged children in the United States [1, 2].

The COAG Reform Council notes that the current indicators give a good overview of health behavioural risk factors (smoking, obesity and alcohol consumption) contributing to the burden of chronic disease affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.