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Environmental Health Perspectives
Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities
A team of researchers recently completed a study showing that children exposed to high concentrations of manganese in drinking water performed worse on tests of intellectual functioning than children with lower exposures.

Pediatrics
Childhood viral infection may be a cause of obesity
The emerging idea that obesity may have an infectious origin gets new support in a cross-sectional study by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers who found that children exposed to a particular strain of adenovirus were significantly more likely to be obese.

Canadian Medical Association Journal

In pregnancy, a large waistline and high triglycerides: Early screen for gestational diabetes
A large waistline and high triglyceride levels in pregnant women could be an early screening tool for gestational diabetes, according to a study published in CMAJ.ECOGENE-21, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Fonds de la recherche en sante Quebec, Diabète Québec