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September Is Childhood Obesity Month -- Get The Facts
The obesity epidemic continues to dominate headlines--and for good reason. Obesity is a leading cause of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke. Many of these conditions occur in adults but often begin in childhood. This September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. By knowing the facts and taking steps to help your children live a healthier lifestyle, childhood obesity and its resulting complications may be prevented. The Facts According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), one in three children in the U.S. is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity doubled in children and ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Polycystic ovary syndrome: a reproductive and metabolic web of risk, comorbidities, and disease
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been described as the most common endocrine disorder affecting reproductive age women. PCOS is often associated with metabolic dysfunction, obesity, glucose intolerance with hyperinsulinemia, lipid abnormalities. and hypertension. Women with PCOS also suffer higher rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, diabetes, sleep apnea, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and breast and uterine cancer. However, rather than a strict cause and effect relationship, many have argued that these conditions are independent or related to a specific feature such as obesit...
Source: Fertility and Sterility - March 1, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: G. Wright Bates Tags: Reflections Source Type: research