There is good news for obese people who are trying to slim down. Researchers in St. Louis found just a 5% weight loss could spark the biggest health benefits. Even a ten pound weight loss for a person who weighs 200 pounds cut diabetes and heart disease risk and improved metabolic function.
Doctors in California are investigating the link between sleep deprivation and depression. They said a gene they’ve been tracking in mice may explain how mood disorders can be triggered by biological clock changes.
Anxious and depressed parents are more likely to have children who are fussy eaters, according to researchers in the Netherlands. They tracked thousands of family members and found the more anxious parents were, even during pregnancy, the more likely their preschoolers would be picky eaters.
Sources
1- Cell Metabolism
2- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3- Archives of Disease in Childhood
