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Can Young Children’s Oral Bacteria Predict Obesity?

A study describing the results of weight gain trajectories in early childhood related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children recently appeared in the journal Scientific Reports. The study suggests that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota – the collection of microorganisms including beneficial bacteria residing in the mouth – could serve as… Read More »

What Are Step Aerobics?

Aerobics, developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper in the early seventies,had become one of today’s most performed exercises.Aerobics (literally “with oxygen”) is basically a form of exercise to improve one’s overall fitnessin muscular strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health. Aerobics, developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper in the early seventies,had become one of today’s most performed exercises.Aerobics (literally… Read More »