A new study from West Africa suggests that supplementing pregnant women’s diets with extra calories and protein doesn’t protect their kids against risk factors for heart disease once they’re teenagers. But researchers unconnected to the new work suggest that it might take more time for those extra prenatal calories to show up in the form of lower cholesterol and blood pressure among adult children. “There’s still such a big question... 

A one-year weight loss program based on lifestyle changes can help obese people shed almost as many pounds as surgery, German researchers say. In a study published in the International Journal of Obesity, they found women who stuck with the program lost 43 pounds, while men trimmed their weight by 57 pounds. But more than 40 percent quit before the year was up. And even among completers, three-quarters of the weight they’d lost had crept back after three... 

Being slim may not always lead to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists said Sunday after they identified a gene linked both to having a lean body and to a higher risk of metabolic diseases. Researchers from Britain’s Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit said that while a so-called “lean gene” was linked to having less body fat, it was also linked to an increased risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes... 

The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit consumer advocacy group, recently released their annual “Dirty Dozen” list of pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables.  This year, for the first time, apples ascend to the top of the list as the most chemically-contaminated produce. Everyone understands that a healthy diet is one that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. But some produce contains more pesticide residue than others... 

Surgery for obesity began with a simple premise: if you make the stomach smaller, people will eat less, so they will lose weight. But in recent years the results of obesity surgery have been so outstanding, researchers went back to the drawing boards to figure out what was going on. Their findings are beginning to present a far more complicated picture of weight — and of how much diet and exercise can really do to change it. Turns out, a... 

Since 1998, the U.S. has required that grain products be fortified with the B vitamin folic acid to help prevent certain birth defects. Now a new study questions the need for women to get even more folic acid from a pill. In a study of nearly 6,400 U.S. women who gave birth between 1998 and 2008, researchers found that as the women’s intake of folic acid from food rose, there was a steady decline in their risk of having a baby with spina... 

I know over the past century, people have been getting taller, not shorter, but a new study has me wondering if over the next 100 years that trend will be reversed. The study in question links pesticide exposure with birth size, and quite frankly, I find it worrying. According to the study, even moderate amounts of exposure to certain pesticides during pregnancy may influence an infant’s birth size. The researchers measured pesticide exposure... 

In today’s tech-heavy and deadline-obsessed world, it’s becoming harder and harder to escape the suffocating choke hold of stress. While there are a number of techniques and products that can help you cope with stress, it’s nearly impossible to know which ones are for real and which are just duds. So, to save you some time (and stress), we’ve put together AskMen’s top 10 list of stress killers, most of which are even scientifically... 

fast food, the disadvantage of fast food, is there dangerous to eat always fast food, calorie thehealthtime.com Fast food: On the whole, 80% of the Net surfers go occasionally, even never in the fast food. This is a good news and the proof of an awakening. Hamburgers, chips, ices…: since that remains occasional and that alimentaion is overall balanced the remainder of time, there isn’t any reasons for it depriving. Side teenager, even they are obviously...