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Deficits in Emotional Theory of Mind and Anorexia Nervosa

Being undernourished might cause the patient to make errors in reading others' emotions, and her own.

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Vitamin D Supplementation in Breast-Fed InfantsFree

Physician recommendation was significantly associated with parents' decision to supplement.

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Lancet Seminar on Eating Disorders

A review of new information on classification and diagnosis, pathogenesis, complications, and treatments for eating disorders

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Physical Activity, BMI, and Diabetes Risk in the Physicians' Health Study

Exercise lowered diabetes risk, but obese patients benefited significantly only by exercising at least 5 times weekly.

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Let Preemies Breast-Feed

Resting energy expenditure was similar after bottle-feeding and breast-feeding in premature infants born at 34 weeks' gestation.

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Overweight and Mortality in an Older Population

Above-normal BMI was somewhat protective in women.

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Weight Loss Positively Affects Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obese MenFree

In some men who followed a very-low-energy diet, disease disappeared after 9 weeks.

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Does Soy Consumption Lower Risk for Endometrial and Ovarian Cancers?

Meta-analysis showed that women with highest soy intake had lower risk for endometrial and ovarian cancers than did women with lowest soy consumption.

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Soy: Safe and Perhaps Even Beneficial for Breast Cancer Survivors

In a Chinese study, dietary soy intake was inversely related to breast cancer recurrence and mortality.

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Diagnosing Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Is ProblematicFree

Characteristics of metabolic syndrome are not stable in children.

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