Children With Obese Mothers Have 4% More Body Fat Than Children With Normal Weight Mothers (Medical News Today)
There are several factors which contribute towards a child's risk of becoming obese, but a major one is if the mother herself is obese, according to an article published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (BMJ). Other factors, such as putting weight on rapidly during early childhood, and spending too long watching TV also play a role. [click link for full article]
Body Fat Rate Measurement: a Cheap and Accurate Means of Determining Health (Kansas City InfoZine)
Researchers have determined that one's Body Fat Rate is a highly accurate means of measuring body composition.
Body fat news 13/09/2007
desired weight) of lean muscle and 10% body fat (if that’s your desired body fat percentage level)’. Those are examples - try them on for size. Better yet, come up with ones of your own. Notice how you feel when you rephrase your weight ...
Judge blocks restrictions on fat-melting treatment (The Wichita Eagle)
A judge blocked a state regulation Thursday that would have prevented most doctors from injecting chemicals into their patients to melt body fat. The State Board of Healing Arts, which regulates doctors, approved the regulation last month, and it was supposed to take effect Friday. Kansas is the first state to attempt to regulate such treatments. But the board's action prompted a lawsuit in ...
Body fat news 13/09/2007
Using a fat scale or using various body fat analyzers can’t be anyone’s favorite activity especially people on weight loss retreats and fitness workout programs, but it can be a beneficial thing to do if you are worried about your own . ...
