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Half of Spaniards overweight

...Nonetheless, 68.8 percent of those surveyed judged their health to be good or very good.

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More than half of the adult population of Spain and one in four youngsters are overweight or obese, according to a ministry of health study released Monday.

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Obese pregnant women 'at risk from caesareans'

...This could disrupt cell membranes and signalling pathways, including calcium entry.

We will be investigating this further in future studies," she added.Current problems faced by overweight women giving birth include large scale loss of blood, of which a woman's chances of suffering double if they are overweight.

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Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors

...All of the rats had a predisposition toward high All the measures on which the two groups of animals differed are linked to metabolic syndrome, a collection of risk factors linked to high rates of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Tens of millions of Americans have metabolic syndrome; most don't know it.

The researchers say the correlation between cherry intake and significant changes in metabolic measurements suggest a positive effect from the high concentrations of antioxidant compounds called anthocyanins that are found in tart cherries.

The new results were given today in an oral presentation at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting in Washington, D.C.

It's not yet known if cherry-rich diets might have a similar impact in humans, but a U-M team will soon launch a small clinical trial to start to find out.

Meanwhile, additional research is being carried out in animals prone to both obesity and diabetes.

The study's lead author is E.

Mitchell Seymour, M.S., a U-M research associate and supervisor of the U-M Cardioprotection Research Laboratory, which studies the potential preventive benefits of antioxidant-rich foods.

Support for the new study comes from an unrestricted grant ...

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