I remember my grandmother talking about always being hungry during her four pregnancies. This makes sense: the advice at the time was to restrict gestational weight gain (GWG) to no more than 15 pounds. Flash forward to my own mother’s pregnancy when she was encouraged to “eat for two” and gain around 30 pounds regardless of starting weight. Now, during my first pregnancy, it’s my turn to grapple with the question of how much weight to gain.
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Predicting who will develop diabetes mellitus, specifically type 2 diabetes (T2D), would greatly enhance the ability to care for people and help reduce risk. How far are we from being able to accurately predict the onset of diabetes?
Family socioeconomic status and the environments where children live, learn and play (i.e., their homes, neighborhoods, and schools) are known to contribute to children’s and adolescents’ health trajectory and may specifically impact metabolic risk. . Research shows that children living in deprived neighborhoods (i.e., high poverty and unemployment rates, lack of healthy food choices) are less likely to stay on a healthy developmental trajectory than their peers. Commonly used research indices on neighborhood environments only represent selected aspects of socioeconomic disadvantage, such as poverty, low income level and unemployment and don’t adequately describe other conditions in the same neighborhood that may counteract the risks associated with living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, such as access to healthy food choices.
We all have some memory of this time. Fourth down, it’s the last play to win the daily recess Nerf football championship. You run to the corner of the parking lot end zone and catch the winning touchdown right before the teacher calls you in. The instant rush of becoming a classroom hero consumes you—even if only until the bell rings. Physical education class and recess are among the most physically and socially formative times in a young life. Those moments will have to take new shape this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and schools moving to online learning. Furthermore, we must prioritize supporting daily physical activity for students amid the uncertainty of this time.
We all want a “magic bullet” that will remove or mitigate the threat of COVID-19, particularly one that is inexpensive, widely available, and well-tolerated. While we wait hopefully for a vaccine, various alternatives have been proposed, some with scientific basis and some without. One of the more scientifically sound ideas suggests that vitamin D may help protect people from COVID-19 infection and/or severe illness following infection. It is certainly refreshing to see something positive among today’s seemingly endless stream of depressing news headlines, which may explain why various media outlets have seized on this theory. Bold headlines have made proclamations such as “Vitamin D Can Help Reduce COVID-19 Risks” and “Study Finds Vitamin D Reduces COVID-19 Risk”. But is the enthusiasm supported by science?
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