Aerobic fitness is generally tied to a longer life, but the same can't be said for obese people, according to new research. In a study of nearly 1.3 million young Swedish men, the least fit ...

Everyone knows that gaining excess weight during one pregnancy is bad, but clinicians rarely consider weight gains and losses from one pregnancy to the next -- especially in normal-weight women. But ...

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Although the increased prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has been documented, little is known about its incidence. We report here on the national incidence of obesity among ...