If you've bulked up on the protein in your diet without cutting calories in other areas, you may find yourself gaining weight. In a 2012 study, researchers found that people assigned a high-protein diet gained the same amount of fat as people assigned to a low-protein, high-fat diet, when both groups overate.
Adoption: An Overview. Adoption refers to the act by which an adult formally becomes the guardian of a child and incurs the rights and responsibilities of a parent. At the conclusion of the formal process, a legal relationship between child and guardian will have formed.
Related Legal Terms and Definitions: 1  Foster-Adoption / Fost-Adopt / Fostering With A View To Adoption A foster placement intended to result in adoption. The child welfare agency places a child in a foster home, expecting that the foster parents will adopt the child if and...