Five regular meals a day reduce obesity risk among adolescents

October 15, 2013

A regular eating pattern may protect adolescents from obesity, according to a Finnish population based study with more than 4,000 participants. When eating five meals — breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks — a day, even those with a genetic...

Maternal obesity increases risk of newborn death in sub-Saharan Africa

November 29, 2012

New research published online in The Lancet indicates that babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese in sub-Saharan Africa, where rates of obesity are projected to increase at an alarming rate during the next two decades, are significantly...