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NEWS ABOUT: high calorie diet

high calorie diet stories: 3 news summaries

 Black Women 
 Getting Shorter: Study 

They're the only group to lose height over recent generations

Dec 26, 08 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - While most of the American population is slowly gaining in height after a recent plateau, one group actually seems to be shrinking over the decades. Black women have lost about a half-inch on average compared to the previous generation, the exact opposite of the national trend, the Chicago Tribune reports,... More »

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obesity • health • height • black women • high calorie diet

(Newser) - New research takes an accepted truth about obese people and flips it upside down: They may, in fact, get less pleasure out of eating than people of normal weight, the LA Times reports. Researchers found that people who have weaker reward circuitry in the brain tend to overeat. Thus, while... More »

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obesity • food • obesity epidemic • dopamine • overeating • high calorie diet

 Moms Go Bananas
 to Conceive Boys 

Gender influenced by diet, researchers find

Apr 23, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women who want to conceive boys should eat potassium-rich bananas as part of a high calorie, high protein diet, according to the latest British research into influencing gender at conception. Scientists found that 56% of mothers on a high calorie diet conceived boys, compared with 45% of those on a... More »

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gender • diet • mothers • conception • Oxford University • childbirth • high calorie diet • Exeter University • gestation • Stuart West • Fiona Mathews

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