Sentences with phrase «weight are at a higher risk»

Children that eat a lot of fat and are struggling with their weight are at a higher risk for diseases like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, or diabetes.

So far, the scientific literature shows that babies who lose greater than 7 % of their birth weight are at highest risk of developing excessive jaundice and hypernatremia to levels that can cause long - term developmental disability.

«Our findings provide evidence that the results of earlier studies — that patients who had normal weights were at higher risk of death — may have been related to unintended weight loss as opposed to a protective effect of being overweight or obese.

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At the latter date, the average risk - weighted capital ratio was close to 11 per cent, its highest recorded level and well above the 8 per cent minimum.

Food # 5 to avoid when pregnant: Excess caffeine Excess caffeine is a food to avoid when pregnant because high caffeine intake during pregnancy can restrict fetal growth and increase the risk of low birth weight at delivery.

If you gain too much weight, your child is at a higher risk of being overweight and having high blood pressure, according to recent studies.

Kids who graze are often snacking on higher calorie food and drinks, putting them at risk for excessive weight gain.

A baby is at higher risk of suffocating in a baby sling if he or she was born prematurely or with a low birth weight or has breathing problems, such as a cold.

«Women who retain weight after pregnancy are at risk for starting a subsequent pregnancy at a higher weight which can lead pregnancy - related complications and health issues for the baby,» Dr. Guess says.

For women who end up pregnant after experiencing a sexual assault, they're at a greater risk for experiencing longer labors, longer pregnancies, higher birth weights, more terminations, earlier age at first pregnancy, more medical problems, greater stress during pregnancy and more use of ultrasound.

Preterm and low birth weight infants are also at higher risk.

In general, the most premature and lowest birth weight babies are at highest risk for ongoing problems.

By the way, while failure to gain weight can happen to any baby, premature babies are at a higher risk than full - term babies.

Are at a 62 % increased risk of developing diabetes, independent of factors such as weight, hypertension, and high cholesterol.

And some studies suggest that women with severe gum disease are at higher risk for preterm delivery (and a low - birth - weight baby).

Cobedding of twins and other infants of multiple gestation is a frequent practice, both in the hospital setting and at home.174 However, the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples have not been established.175, — , 177 Twins and higher - order multiples are often born prematurely and with low birth weight, so they are at increased risk of SIDS.101, 102 Furthermore, there is increased potential for overheating and rebreathing while cobedding, and size discordance might increase the risk of accidental suffocation.176 Most cobedded twins are placed on their sides rather than supine.174 Finally, cobedding of twins and higher - order multiples in the hospital setting might encourage parents to continue this practice at home.176 Because the evidence for the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples is not compelling and because of the increased risk of SIDS and suffocation, the AAP believes that it is prudent to provide separate sleep areas for these infants to decrease the risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation.

Premature babies and low birth weight babies are also at higher risk of developing strabismus, as well as children with farsighted vision.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

Women who are not able to gain the appropriate weight are putting their babies at high risk of many problems, including being born prematurely or suffering growth restriction in the uterus.

For the people of Hoosick Falls who are trying to make sense of what the high levels of PFOA in the bloodstream means, the fact sheet doesn't convey the weight of the health risks detailed in published studies, said Laurel Schaider, an environmental chemist and public health researcher at the Silent Springs Institute, which studies the links between environmental contamination and human health.

«We know that high - fat diets are tied to increased risk for metabolic syndrome and obesity, which in turn are associated with decreased brain function,» said TOS spokesperson Kelly Allison, PhD, Director of Education, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Pregnant women with mid to high levels of antibodies common in patients with celiac disease are at risk for having babies with reduced fetal weight and birth weight, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

Additionally, further research is needed to focus on how folic acid supplementation produces its effect on birth weight and how the dose of supplementation can be optimised in women considered to be at higher risk of SGA, state the authors.

«The daughters who were being encouraged to lose weight but whose moms were not also discussing their own weight concerns were more at risk for development of disordered eating, based on the higher scores on measures of dieting behavior and drive for thinness they reported in eighth grade.»

The most common risk factors are low and high birth weights as well as premature birth — although half of all children who develop CP are born at term and most cases occur in children with an apparently uncomplicated pregnancy.

But as a group they're at a higher risk for low birth weight, which is associated with obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes later in life.

In some instances, at age 18, the effect of long - term exposure to higher air pollution was larger than the effect of gaining 5 percent body weight, meaning air pollution is definitely a risk factor for diabetes, said Tanya Alderete, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research scholar at the Keck School of Medicine.

Unhealthy weight gain in pregnancy has been linked with postpartum weight retention but until now its long - term effects had been understudied in low - income and minority populations who are at high risk for obesity.

Obesity is associated in general with cancer, but the link with breast cancer is especially striking: In one recent large study, the most overweight women were at a 58 % higher risk than women of normal weight.

They have studied how «secondhand sugars» found in breast milk might negatively affect a baby's future body weight, how a concussion might interrupt a child's normal brain development and how teens in military families are at higher risk of depression and suicidal thoughts.

Obesity is a global epidemic and the evidence is clear: if a mother is obese or gains too much weight during pregnancy chances are the child will be at higher risk of being obese throughout its life.

«Our findings suggest that we need to be concerned about weight fluctuation in this group that is already at high risk due to coronary disease,» says lead study author Sripal Bangalore, MD, director of the cardiovascular outcomes group in the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at NYU Langone.

We know that babies of low birth - weight are at a greater risk of developing diabetes and high blood pressure in later life, and have a greater chance of dying early from a heart attack or stroke as a consequence.

«Kids conceived through ICSI or in vitro fertilization [IVF] can have low birth weight and higher chance of heart and respiratory issues, and may be at a higher risk for autism or attention deficit hyperactivity,» Samadi added.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

Obese people with central obesity were also at higher risk of death compared to normal - weight and normal - waist individuals.

There's «high» and «moderate» evidence, respectively, that exercise during pregnancy reduces the risk of excess weight in babies at birth, and doesn't boost the risk of labor complications such as the need for induced labor or episiotomy (a surgical cut of vaginal tissue to aid delivery).

Women who were normal weight at the start of the study and lost and regained at least 10 pounds had about 3.5 times higher risk of sudden cardiac death than women whose weight remained stable.

[pagebreak] Three years later — and more than 50 pounds lighter... Just as apnea contributes to weight gain On top of this, people who don't sleep well are at a higher risk of becoming obese.

Needless to say, weak muscles are at a higher risk of tearing when faced with a heavy load, so strengthening them will ultimately improve your balance, allow you to work with more weight and reduce your risk of injury.

Dairy marketing is specifically targeted at kids, those wanting to lose weight, and those at risk for osteoporosis (p.s. calcium needs saturated fat to be absorbed, so a low - fat diet will put you at a higher risk for osteoporosis than not drinking milk).

«I was surprised that even people who would be considered normal weight in terms of their [body mass index] have a higher risk of death if their waist circumference is increased,» says Tobias Pischon, MD, the study's lead author and a member of the department of epidemiology at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE).

People who quit smoking are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes after they kick the habit, most likely due to post-quitting weight gain, a new study has found.

The researchers found that those with a higher body mass index (BMI) were at a greater risk of dying during the 10 - year study than normal - weight people.

But when they looked at waist circumference and waist - to - hip ratio alone — not just overall weight — they found that those factors were strongly associated with a higher mortality risk too.

A European study suggests that people with belly fat — even if they're at a healthy weight — have a higher risk of dying during a 10 - year period than their same - weight peers without a spare tire.

Women older than 35 are at a higher risk for developing diabetes and / or high blood pressure, having a multiple gestation, delivering prematurely, having a large or a low birth - weight baby, requiring a cesarean section, having placenta previa, and experiencing pregnancy loss.

Actually, about 80 % of strokes are preventable by addressing major risk factors, namely weight, hypertension and high cholesterol, says Bradley White, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

The researchers adjusted for other factors that would contribute to weight gain, including waist - to - hip ratio and hip circumference, which means that women who were already at a high risk were pushed even farther into the danger zone when they consumed sugary drinks.

People who don't exercise are generally at a much higher risk of becoming overweight, have a harder time losing weight, and struggle more with maintaining their weight loss.38 - 43