Obesity and diabetes: Actual epigenetics or just IVF?

This press release that appeared in my newsfeed titled " You are what your parents ate! " caught my eye because I'm a new mom ...

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Inactive Kids Are At Risk of Heart Disease As Teens!

Childhood obesity has been a major issue facing governments around the world. This is because obese kids can develop heart disease, diabetes...

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Visceral Fat

This week, I stumbled upon a very interesting series of articles from the lab of Dr. Nir Barzilai. The first article I came across showed t...

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