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Taking paracetamol in pregnancy risks child’s behaviour

Food & Health

odishasuntimes

London: Women who take paracetamol during pregnancy are at risk of having children with behaviour problems, warn researchers.

Taking paracetamol in pregnancy risks child’s behaviour

The study, published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, examined whether there were any effects of taking paracetamol in mid-pregnancy and the behaviour of the offspring between the ages of six month and 11 years, with memory and IQ tested up until the age of 17.

“Our findings add to a series of results concerning evidence of the possible adverse effects of taking paracetamol during pregnancy such as issues with asthma or behaviour in the offspring,” said study lead author Jean Golding, Professor at the University of Bristol in the UK.

“It reinforces the advice that women should be cautious when taking medication during pregnancy and to seek medical advice where necessary,” Golding said.

Using questionnaire and school information from Bristol’s Children of the 90s study, researchers examined 14,000 children.

When they were seven months pregnant, 43 per cent of their mothers said they had taken paracetamol “sometimes” or more often during the previous three months.

The researchers examined results of the children’s memory, IQ and pre-school development tests, temperament and behaviour measures.

The study found an association between paracetamol intake and behavioural issues in children including hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder.

However, this was no longer the case by the time the children reached the end of primary school.

According to the researchers, boys appeared to be more susceptible than girls to the possible behavioural effects of the drug.

“It is important that our findings are tested in other studies – we were not in a position to show a causal link, rather an association between two outcomes,” Golding added.

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Researchers find the reason why people gain weight as they grow older

Food & Health

thehansindia

London: Researchers have found that lipid turnover in fat tissue decreases during ageing and makes it easier to gain weight, even if we don't eat more or exercise less than before.

"The results indicate for the first time that processes in our fat tissue regulate changes in body weight during ageing in a way that is independent of other factors," said study author Peter Arner, Professor at Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

For the study published in the journal Nature Medicine, the research team examined the fat cells in 54 men and women over an average period of 13 years.

In that time, all subjects, regardless of whether they gained or lost weight, showed a decrease in lipid turnover in the fat tissue, that is the rate at which lipid in the fat cells is removed and stored.

Those who didn't compensate for the decrease by eating less calories gained weight by an average of 20 per cent, according to the study.

The researchers also examined lipid turnover in 41 women who underwent bariatric surgery and how the lipid turnover rate affected their ability to keep the weight off four to seven years after surgery.

The result showed that only those who had a low rate before the surgery managed to increase their lipid turnover and maintain their weight loss.

The researchers believe these people may have had more room to increase their lipid turnover than those who already had a high-level pre-surgery.

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