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Getting bullied in school may increase the risk of obesity in adults

Getting bullied in school may increase the risk of obesity in adults

WASHINGTON D.C: Getting bullied in school days may increase the risk of obesity in adults.A recent research found that children who are bullied in school are likely to be overweight in their adult age than the non-bullied ones.The study further suggested that children who were chronically bullied in school are 1.7 times overweight as young adults than non-bullied children.Previous research by the team at King's has shown that children who experienced bullying while growing up in the 1960s were more likely to be obese at the age of 45, yet it was unclear whether these long-term effects were present earlier in life.In this new study, the researchers set out to examine whether bullying in a modern context would have similar effects on weight, given that it may take different forms today (e.g.cyberbullying) than it did in the 1960s.The environment children grow up in today has also changed, with unhealthy food more readily available and sedentary lifestyles more common.The researchers analysed data from the Environment Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, which has followed more than 2,000 children in England and Wales in 1994-1995 from birth to age 18.


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Kids born by C-section may have higher obesity risk

Kids born by C-section may have higher obesity risk

Washington, November 14Children delivered by cesarean section have 40 per cent greater odds of becoming overweight or obese in childhood compared to those born vaginally, according to a new research.This association was even greater if their mother was overweight or obese, suggesting that among obese mothers vaginal delivery may help reduce the intergenerational association of obesity, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US.This finding held even after accounting for the mother's age at the time of delivery, race, education, pre-pregnancy body mass index, pregnancy weight gain, air pollution exposure and the child's birth weight.


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Sleep deficiency, skipping breakfast may increase obesity risk

Sleep deficiency, skipping breakfast may increase obesity risk

Life, HealthThe research highlights the possibility that prompt intervention could curb the growth in childhood obesity.Washington: According to a new research, child obesity is linked to multiple factors such as mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep.All three issues appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweight or obese.