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...begin worrying that their children were growing abnormally. “I’d recommend that mothers not necessarily worry,” she said. “These are questions for the pediatrician to determine.” The main implication of this study is that rapid weight gains early in life are significant and are associated with later obesity, according to Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, a research associate at Harvard Medical School and one of the article’s authors. “[Early life] might be a critical period that health professionals and researchers should...
...Both Breaux and Priour said the awareness of playing a gay character soon faded into the larger challenges of their roles. Priour had to wrestle with the emotional weight of playing a man with AIDS who’s been deserted by his lover. Breaux had to negotiate a deeply flawed relationship with the wife his character deserts...
...they use ATP, another chemical produced by mitochondria.) Adults with appreciable amounts of brown fat are usually those who have certain types of cancer or hyperthyroidism, conditions that stimulate the growth of brown fat. (Read an article about how kids who lack self-control are more likely to gain weight...
...before we all turn our thermostats down or consider joining the Polar Bear Club, can brown fat actually cause weight loss? Brown fat may indeed shift the balance of calorie intake and expenditure - allowing a person to burn more calories with the same amount of consumption - without the chore of going to the gym or sweating through a workout. "We have very few interventions aimed at increasing energy expenditure," says Dr. Franceso Celi, a clinician at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. "And here we have a tissue that works...
...solely by race,” he said. “I haven’t heard any members say that they’re voting because of someone’s race.” But some residents said they felt the school committee did not give sufficient weight to Turk’s Cambridge roots. “Lifelong service to this city doesn’t mean a damn thing because they’ll screw you,” said Charles L. Stead, Sr., a former principal in the district. “Understand that...