A recent study identified a biomarker in saliva to identify childhood obesity risk. Globally, the prevalence of childhood obesity is growing at an alarming rate. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, obesity in children has risen from 13.9 percent in 2000 to 18.5 percent in 2016. Childhood […]
Spending time in greenspace may contribute to early childhood development due to reduced pollution and noise exposure. This finding has emerged from a Vancouver-based study that followed 27,000+ children born between 2000 and 2005.1 The study, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and conducted by the University of British Columbia (UBC), set out […]
A new study investigates how the timing of meals and exercise can affect obesity, blood sugar levels, and hormones. There is a lot of debate about what time of the day is best to exercise. Some people enjoy exercise mid-day, some enjoy exercising at night, and some people enjoy exercising first thing in the morning […]
