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Poor infant feeding practices are one of the leading contributors to early onset of childhood obesity.  There is mounting evidence supporting the conclusion that breastfeeding is protective against childhood obesity. At the Obesity 2011 national meeting, new research was presented assessing the effectiveness of a home-based early intervention on infant feeding practices for infants in […]

At the Obesity 2011 national meeting of The Obesity Society there was a scientific session underlining the importance of mothers maintaining a healthy weight prior to pregnancy, as well as during pregnancy and postpartum. Several interesting studies were presented with new findings on the implications of obesity on child-bearing. Dr. Alana Chock, expert bariatric surgeon […]

Yesterday at Obesity 2011, new research about racial variation in weight loss was presented. A behavioral weight loss intervention study looked at whether physical activity and other weight loss behaviors differ between black and white women. In a previous behavioral modification weight loss program, it was found that black women lost about half the weight […]

Numerous studies have demonstrated that being obese is a significant risk to one’s health. Earlier this year, we wrote about a study that linked obesity withearly death in women; now new research has found that obesity and large waist size are particularly harmful to African American women. The study, conducted by researchers at the Slone […]

A recent study from Scotland found that obesity is a major cause of early death in women. The study followed over 15,000 people for 28 years, but focused specifically on 3,600 women aged 45 – 64, who did not have a history of smoking. During the course of the study, half of these women died, […]

A new study, published in the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that some obese women may be able to safely lose some weight during pregnancy. The study was conducted by Dr. Marie Blomberg from the University of Linkoping in Sweden. She looked at the medical records for more than 46,000 obese pregnant women who […]