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Eating At Home Prevents Childhood Obesity

University of Granada researchers have confirmed that there is a significant direct relationship between the nutritional status of children and the person who prepares their meal.

schools obesity U.S. Government and Schools not Doing Enough to Fight Obesity

New research has found that the US government and schools have made mixed progress to comprehensively address food and beverage marketing practices that put young people’s health at risk through obesity.

Program Helps Obese Teen Girls Eat Less Fast Food

Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food, and had more family meals after participating in a 6- month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary care providers and separate meetings for parents. Those results from a study published online today in the journal Pediatrics.

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fast-food ads ban junk food Quebec Ban of Fast-Food Ads Reduced Consumption of Junk Food

With mounting concerns over childhood obesity and its associated health risks in the U.S., would a ban on junk-food advertising aimed at children be more effective than the current voluntary, industry-led ban?

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phthalates and obesity Chemical in Personal Care Products May Contribute to Childhood Obesity

Researchers from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children – including increased body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.

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childhood obesity health risks Childhood Obesity: What are the Health Risks?

It is widely suspected that the current wave of obesity among children will result in greater rates of cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the next few decades. But a second systematic review of research into childhood obesity and metabolic disease in adult life has shown there is little evidence of a direct link and suggests that treating obesity during childhood will remove any risk of lasting harm.

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cartoon characters and junk food The “Nag Factor”: How do children convince their parents to buy unhealthy foods?

Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? T
Fast Food and Sweets Advertised When Children Watch TV

Children in Sweden are exposed to a huge number of TV advertisements. Food adverts – primarily for fast food and sweets – dominate the advertisements shown during children’s viewing times.

Infants Not Exempt from Obesity Epidemic

Most people understand that children are part of the obesity epidemic. However, a revealing new study finds that obesity might begin in babies as young as nine months old.

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Policies that promote healthy eating, activity and sleep are needed to curb obesity in infants, toddlers and preschoolers

Limiting television and other media use, encouraging infants and young children in preschool and child care to spend more time in physically active play, and requiring child care providers to promote healthy sleeping practices are some of the actions needed to curb high rates of obesity among America’s youngest children, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Explanation for Connection Between Low Birth Weight and Obesity Later in Life

Providing further understanding of the link between low birth weights and obesity later in life, researchers found nutritionally deprived newborns are “programmed” to eat more because they develop less neurons in the region of the brain that controls food intake, according to an article published today in the journal, Brain Research.

fastfood and children, obesity and children Children Eating More, and More Frequently Outside the Home

As childhood obesity rises and the American diet shifts towards increasing consumption of foods eaten or prepared outside of the home, concerns about the nutritional quality and the total consumption of such foods are also increasing.
Children of mothers who smoked and obesity Future Obesity May be Predicted at 3.5 Years of Age

Researchers can predict which children are most likely to become obese by examining their mothers’ behaviour around their birth, according to a recent University of Montreal study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
Tax on sugary drinks, childhood obesity Tax on Sugary Drinks in Fight Against Childhood Obesity

The global obesity epidemic has been escalating for decades, yet long-term prevention efforts have barely begun and are inadequate, according to a new paper from international public health experts published in the August 25, 2011 edition of the journal The Lancet.

California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but successes are uneven

A new study released today offers hope that California may finally be getting a handle on its 30-year battle with childhood obesity, but it also showcases a patchwork of progress that leaves the majority of the state’s counties still registering increases in obesity rates among school-age children.

Cooking in the Classroom to Fight Childhood Obesity

Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the importance of reaching our children early to form good food habits. However, with teachers having to incorporate more and more learning standards into their already packed curriculums, where does that leave room for nutrition education in elementary schools?

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