News tagged with childhood obesity epidemic
The nag factor: How do children convince their parents to buy unhealthy foods?
The Nag Factor: How do very young children get their parents to buy foods and beverages of low nutritional value?
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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Schools may ban chocolate milk over added sugar
(AP) -- Chocolate milk has long been seen as the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, but the nation's childhood obesity epidemic has a growing number of people wondering whether that's wise.
May 09, 2011 |
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Pediatric weight expert provides obesity trinity answers
In a first person paper published in the August 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides three ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Study finds federal school lunches linked to childhood obesity
With children going back to school, parents are concerned that their youngsters are staying fit and eating right, especially those who dine in a school cafeteria.
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Simple tools help parents understand a child's risk of obesity, make positive changes
Some simple interventions used by pediatricians were enough to change a parent's perspective about a child's being overweight or obese, and change the parent's behaviors at home to reduce those risks.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Extremely obese children have 40 percent higher risk of reflux disease of esophagus
Extremely obese children have a 40 percent higher risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and children who are moderately obese have a 30 percent higher risk of GERD compared to normal weight children, according to ...
Jul 09, 2010 |
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Inactivity 'no contributor' to childhood obesity epidemic
A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity epidemic among children. Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Lifestyle intervention reduces preschoolers' body fat, improves fitness
Migrant children are at increased risk of obesity, but a new study shows that a program teaching multiple lifestyle changes to predominantly migrant preschoolers and their parents helps the children reduce body fat and improve ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Obesity epidemic may be flattening out - but no time for complacency say experts
(PhysOrg.com) -- The prevalence of childhood obesity might be stabilising in developed countries, but there is still much to be done to combat this major threat to health, according to a Seminar co-authored ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Childhood obesity interventions must begin early, experts say
To be a truly comprehensive and successful anti-obesity program, First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign must include interventions that target pregnant women, infants, and pre-school-age children, UCSF experts ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
(AP) -- Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves.
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity
Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese- but not which influences which. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, sheds ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Americans need lifestyle change to fight the fat: experts
Americans need to change the way they live if they want to beat the obesity epidemic that is robbing the United States of millions of dollars every year and threatening a generation with shorter lives, experts said Monday.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Does mom know when enough is enough?
As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers ...
May 11, 2009 |
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