Study: Height gains taper off for Dutch
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The Dutch, thought to be the world's tallest people, seem to have stopped growing. Average heights have increased scarcely or not at all since 2001, the Central Bureau for Statistics said Monday in a new study.
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ZUTPHEN, Netherlands -- On the surface, the young Dutch Moroccan mother looked like an immigrant success story: She studied business in college, hung out at the pub with her friends and was known for her fashionable taste in clothes.
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There looks to be more room for healthy growth.
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Beer bellies may take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.
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In the first study, Dr. Boukje A. C. van Dijk, from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and colleagues analyzed data from the Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer, covering more than 120,000 older ...
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who were born at a  very low weight may have a higher-than-average rate of some  psychological problems, a new study suggests.
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Testosterone supplements don't do older men much good, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
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&quot;We found that the trait of optimism was an important long-term determinant of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in elderly subjects independent of sociodemographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors,&quot; the authors of a recent Dutch study
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Glen Davis, the 6-foot-9 center for L.S.U., is not the same 349-pound lovable load he was in the Final Four last season. He has trimmed the fat down to 294 pounds and he can press the pedal for 40 minutes.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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PHILADELPHIA: Beer bellies may take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it.Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.
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Dec.14, 2004 -- After 10 years in the US, immigrants start to gain weight, according to a new study. While immigrants are the fastest-growing segment of the US population, little is known about weight gain among them.
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WASHINGTON Oct 28, 2004 - Better nutrition has helped Americans grow a little taller. But it&#39;s been too much of a good thing: The nation is also a whole lot fatter.
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A report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control makes for some pretty heavy reading -literally. The report, &quot;Mean Body Weight, Height, and Body Mass Index, United States 1960-2002,&quot; found that
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NEW YORK  - Middle-aged adults who'd had the greatest growth spurts by age 2 generally had lower levels of total cholesterol and "bad" LDL cholesterol. The same was true of those who'd shot up in height after the age of 15, researchers report in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
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One child in five will be obese in the Netherlands by 2015, according to a study carried out by the Nicis research institute in the country&#39;s major cities, the Dutch news agency ANP reported Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - New research hints that the   lower the birthweight, the higher the blood pressure as an   adult -- and the link becomes stronger with age.