The children of obese mothers, but not obese fathers, were less able to self-regulate food consumption.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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Obesity is a nutritional diseases, one of the most significant of the 21st century, that has grown to epidemic proportions. Overweight and obesity, once considered a problem in high-income countries, ...

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Young boys who ate a greater proportion of ultraprocessed foods were more likely to develop overweight or obesity by age 5 years, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.“Ultraprocessed ...