A new study asserts that pregnant mothers who consume diet sodas during pregnancy have a higher risk of their offspring becoming obese, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The study of more than 3,000 Canadian children and their mothers found a significant link between the number of artificially sweetened beverages they drank while pregnant to the body mass index of their offspring. The results were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.
Maternal exposure to a high fat diet (HFD) alters milk lipids in lactating women, enhancing adiposity and myeloid inflammation in offspring, even in early life, according to an animal study recently published in Endocrinology. Researchers led by Kanakadurga Singer, MD, and Brigid Gregg, MD, both of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, point out…
When two very different pediatric patients with obesity presented with unusually high leptin levels, endocrine researchers took notice and discovered that leptin was not adequately binding with receptors. When the young patients’ familial history was considered, solutions were finally forthcoming. About three years ago, a 19-month-old girl presented to Sidra Medicine – a women’s and…
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