Childhood obesity in general practice

A recent study has looked at childhood overweight and obesity in general practice. The results showed that among child-parent pairs, 15% of the children and 52% of parents were overweight/obese. 12% of the children were underweight.

25/01/2012   by Barbara Whelan   0 Comments

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BMI, children, general, Ireland, obesity, overweight, practice

Development of type 2 diabetes in men at lower body mass indices than women

New research has looked at the associations between age, sex and BMI at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. The study involved analysing data from 51,920 men and 43,137 women included in a diabetes register in Scotland.

09/11/2011   by Barbara Whelan   0 Comments

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2, BMI, body, diabetes, index, mass, research, type

Overweight and obesity in fathers-to-be

A new study which measured the BMI and body composition of fathers-to-be in a maternity hospital in Ireland found that of the 167 fathers-to-be in the survey two out of three were overweight or obese....

22/08/2011   by Christine Connolly   0 Comments

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BMI, body, composition, fathers-to-be, hospital, Ireland, maternity, obese, overweight

Maternal Obesity in the UK

A recent report “Maternal Obesity in the UK: Findings from a National Project” has revealed the prevalence of severe maternal obesity (BMI ≥35) in the UK. The prevalence of women with a BMI ≥35 at any...

25/03/2011   by Christine Connolly   0 Comments

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BMI and waist circumference still important to heart disease risk

A recent study in The Lancet, about using BMI, waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio to predict risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), has received a lot of media attention. The study found that BM...

15/03/2011   by Christine Connolly   0 Comments

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and, anthropometric, BMI, body, cardiovascular, circumference, disease, heart, index, Lancet, mass, measurements, risk, The, waist
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