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...risk factor during pregnancy. While there are no conclusive explanations yet, researchers have three theories about why maternal obesity may lead to congenital abnormalities. First, many obese women may also have undiagnosed diabetes, which can lead to abnormal development of a fetus. Second, these moms may be eating a diet that is not as nutritionally sound as that of normal-weight women; obese women are more likely to be missing key nutrients, like folic acid, that are needed to prevent birth defects such as neural-tube abnormalities. "Levels of these nutrients might be lower in these moms, or if they...
...hand-eye coordination. You can’t just will the flags off a person’s waist; you must grab them with the precision of a karate master snatching a fly from the air, to achieve the greatness of Jared’s pants before the Subway diet...
...Leukemia is the most important childhood cancer,” said Liu. “I’m concerned about the children, and what factors are associated with the disease.” According to Christiani, the study’s original focus was not related to diet, but rather attempted to determine whether living in areas with strong pollution from petrochemical industries increases the risk of leukemia. The subjects’ diets were gathered as preliminary information that would later be used to adjust for environmental factors. “We didn’t expect...
...vegan who voted in favor of a coconut lentil soup. Wiggin said that the current vegan offerings in the dining hall are “decent.” According to Steinman, the competition was intended to “highlight to people that a diet with relatively less meat is a diet that’s easier on the planet.” —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu...
...Lehrer answers some seemingly simple--and highly entertaining--questions. Does expensive wine really taste better than the cheap stuff, or are we biased by the price? Why do we spend more with a credit card than we do when paying with cash? How can we simultaneously desire a healthy diet and quickly devour the slice of chocolate cake in front of us? And what does it really mean when we experience a sudden, inexplicable gut feeling about something? While we can't always control (or understand, for that matter) what our brain tells us, Lehrer writes, we can learn when...