Monday, 3 December 2012

Weekly News Find

This weeks medicine related stories:

Childhood obesity "can be predicted by check at birth"
US scientists challenge scares about food links to cancer

1 comment:

  1. I am not an expert but my initial response is that parents are responsible for their children. Obviously, some parents are not very effective and in those cases, I guess that 'society', social services etc kicks in and tries to retrieve the situation. With regards to predicting potential obesity in children - yes, I am sure there are markers/indicators that can be assessed with s but how much they have to do with genetics and or social circumstance is debateable. My personal feeling is that there will be some kids - very few - who are genetically predisposedbut I blame the parents.

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