Preventing Childhood Obesity: A Systems Approach
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed in an article in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free online ahead of print on the Childhood Obesity website.* Evidence increasingly suggests that the risk for childhood obesity begins before and during pregnancy via maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

I'm an 'older' mum whose son was conceived by IVF - so why am I uneasy about the NHS offering more women like me the same chance of motherhood?
My concerns have less to do with morality and more to do with the reality of conception rates, says Alexandra Grant. (Source: Telegraph Health)