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How Sleep Duration Effects Obesity Risk in Children
Obesity is a major public health epidemic worldwide in children and adults (1–6). The prevalence and severity of childhood obesity...
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Basic Vitamins Lacking in Obese
Background: Morbid obesity is associated with low circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Few data on the concentrations of other vitamins...
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Hostility Combined with Depression Pose Cardio Risk
Objective: Recent evidence suggests that depressive symptoms and hostility may act together, as interacting factors, to have an effect on...
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Calcium Supplements Important for Teenage Girls
Background: A recent meta-analysis raised doubt as to whether calcium supplementation in children benefits spine and hip bone mineral density...
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Fatty Liver Links Insulin Resistance and Abdominal Fat
Background: Enlargement of adipocytes from subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT), increased intrahepatic lipid content (IHL), intramyocellular lipid content (IMCL), and...
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Reduction of leptin gene expression by dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids
Supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for 6 weeks did not alter plasma leptin concentrations in male smokers. Changes...
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