Springhill Group: Treat Childhood Obesity
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You may find fat kids cutie ones but they may be starting to suffer from obesity. Obesity is a serious medical condition that often leads to serious diseases. C ...
A Positive Solution to Childhood Obesity
In among all the alarmist reporting on rising obesity rates -- there is occasionally some constructive reporting.
Two techniques have assisted with childhood weight problems.
1. The MEND programm ...
TV Ads Might Increase Childhood Obesity
It might seem evident that sitting in front of the boob tube can turn you into a couch potato, but with all the commercials centered on junk food, the results are even more staggering. According to a ...
Childhood obesity triggers girls' early puberty
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age, for reasons that are not clear, a study said Monday.
The report f ...
Dads' Parenting Style Influences Childhood Obesity
Fathers' parenting styles have a major influence on children's weight, says an Australian study that looked at almost 5,000 children, ages 4-5, and their parents.
The researchers found that fathers w ...
Let's End Childhood Obesity
Let's work together to end the epidemic of childhood obesity. It is scary and sad how ignorant so many kids are about nutrition, which is reinforced by societal modeling. I think restaurants have a ...
Stop Childhood Obesity
Clearly one of our most important wars we need to fight today is the war on childhood obesity. What could possibly be more important than that?
Here are some simple things that we as a nation co ...
Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign
I'm a a supporter of First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity and I appreciate her commitment to urging US largest food companies to make healthier foods for children. In my op ...
Motherhood and Obesity
Age of onset of puberty appears to be linked to a child's risk of obesity. Children born to mothers who experienced an early puberty are far more likely to be obese (via BBC).
If a woman had her firs ...
Regional health foundation has schools tackling obesity
Millis seventh-grader Kaitlin Babin-Devine is spooning sugar into a clear plastic container, waiting for the scales to balance. Finally, after about a third of a cup sits on the scale, it starts to ...
