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Low chance of obese people recovering normal body weight

Low chance of obese people recovering normal body weight

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The chance of an obese person attaining normal body weight is 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women, increasing to...
Human activities are jeopardizing Earths natural systems

Human activities are jeopardizing Earth’s natural systems, health of future generations

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A new report released by The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, calls for immediate, global action to protect the health of human civilization...
growing up in poverty has detrimental effects on the brain

Poverty’s most insidious damage is to a child’s brain

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A new study, published July 20 in JAMA Pediatrics, provides even more compelling evidence that growing up in poverty has detrimental effects on the...