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Get Gastric Bypass Surgery Now, Have Deformed, Brain-Damaged Babies Later

by Tom Henderson, Posted Oct 4th 2010 12:06PM

The long-term risks of gastric bypass surgery are largely unknown. Credit: Angelo Cavalli/Getty Images
Gastric bypass surgery may help teenage girls squeeze into their prom dresses -- if they don't mind having deformed and brain-damaged children ...Exercise more and eat less? What teen wants to do that? But a new report shows girls who go under the knife risk losing the ability to absorb enough of a vitamin needed to have healthy babies.
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McDonald's burgers built to last

by Sandy Maple, Posted Sep 26th 2008 2:00PM

Karen Hanrahan is a wellness educator who teaches a workshop titled Healthy Choices for Children. Her class is for parents and is intended to teach them about healthy alternatives to the processed food products so widely available today. To ...
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Lack of sleep linked to obesity in children

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 5th 2007 11:30AM

There's even more evidence that getting enough sleep is vital to the health of young children. A new study found that third graders who got less than 9 hours, 45 minutes of sleep a night had a greater risk of becoming obese by the 6th grade, no ...
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Blame mom for fat kids?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Oct 2nd 2006 12:32PM

One of my biggest fears in life is that Nolan will end up in the therapist's chair because of something weird that I've done - involuntarily, of course. I do realize I'm highly neurotic, but I have guilt about working, guilt about weariness, and ...
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