“Obese pregnant women have more complicated births” The Daily Telegraph reported. It said that a study has found that obese women are more likely to have a longer pregnancy, need to have labour induced artificially...
"Baby boys born through a common type of IVF treatment … may not be [able to] have children naturally," The Daily Telegraph reports. A new study has looked at a small sample of men born using the…
The Daily Mail says that “staying fat may be better for your health”. The newspaper reports that there is evidence that “overweight people live longer than normal” and that they “are also more likely to survive certain...
"It's official: Sitting around really does give you a fat behind," the Mail Online reports. While this may seem logical, it should be pointed out that the study behind the headlines involved mice, not humans…
“Scientists have scotched the notion that taking the contraceptive pill can make women fatter,” the Daily Express has reported. This news story relates to research that looked at weight changes...
Behind the headlines article on news coverage of a study on health and BMI
It has been claimed that being overweight could make you live longer. We examine the research behind this contraver
Mothers who eat an unhealthy diet in pregnancy may cause their children to over-eat in later life, the BBC's news website reports. But the study the story is based
"Strong legs 'help the brain resist the effects of ageing','' the Mail Online reports. A study that tracked 324 female twins (162 sets) over 10 years found an association between leg strength and cognitive ability, measured…