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State initiatives to address the child obesity crisis by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity The Univerity of Baltimore has been publishing an assessment of state’s efforts to address the “obesity crisis” for the last three years. Their assessment evaluates the q ... Read on »

President Bush and childhood obesity by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity The President and Mrs. Bush met with corporate leaders about the “childhood obesity epidemic” on February 1, 2007. David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner, applauded the ... Read on »

Ellyn Satter’s - The Vision Times by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity I just received by mail a copy of “The Vision Times” — the newsletter written by Ellyn Satter which is published four times per year. The subtitle of this newsletter is “ ... Read on »

Childhood obesity survey in shambles by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Almost every country in the world is trying to get their arms around the increased incidence of overweight and obesity. The United Kingdom hoped to do this via the develo ... Read on »

Kids like healthy food by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity A common assumption is that kids don’t like healthy food. Well, the Guildford County schools in North Carolina are proving that assumption wrong. Last year these schoo ... Read on »

Traffic light system for childhood obesity by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity The chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce says that the world needs a “Traffic Light” food-labeling system in order to address the increased incidence of overweigh ... Read on »

Weight-loss boarding school opens by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Well, it’s finally happened. A sparsely populated area outside of Fresno California now is the home of the nation’s first weight-loss boarding school — Academy of the Sie ... Read on »

Fitness vs. weight loss in kids by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity I was so excited when I started reading about a new fitness magazine for kids. The article I found described how a Miami mother of four went looking for a magazine that w ... Read on »

The feared note from school - your child is too heavy by Allen O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity The “childhood obesity epidemic” is prompting some strange practices. One of these practices was highlighted in a recent article in the Amherst Times (Pennsylvania newspa ... Read on »

Exercise has NO impact on weight gain by Allen O. Patient Expert

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Isn’t is an established fact that increased physical activity prevents weight gain and is a critical component of any weight-loss program? I read a lot about overweight a ... Read on »

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