http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes and may present an avenue for developing drugs to counteract the disease, which has been on the upswing in childhood and adolescence. http://www.physorg.com/news179413746.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:11:00 EST news179413746 Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published today in Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news179329112.html Medicine & Health Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:39:23 EST news179329112 (AP) -- Fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students, the federal government said in a report released Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news173966616.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:20:07 EST news173966616 A new study shows that parents are more likely to understand a body mass index (BMI) chart if it's color-coded, like a traffic light, than the standard charts currently in use. http://www.physorg.com/news172299590.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:00:23 EST news172299590 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 light on this issue showing that children with emotional difficulties are at higher risk for obesity in adult life. http://www.physorg.com/news171863023.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:44:27 EST news171863023 Two recent University of Rochester Medical Center studies point out alarming trends in childhood obesity ? not only is the group of severely obese children getting larger, but parents don?t even see it. http://www.physorg.com/news171818324.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:22:49 EST news171818324 New research, led by Dr Katrina Turner from the University of Bristol Department of Community Based Medicine, has assessed primary care practitioners' views and experiences of treating childhood obesity. http://www.physorg.com/news171548226.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:18:23 EST news171548226 (AP) -- Where you live matters when it comes to children's waistlines, says a report that finds lots of options localities could and should use to fight child obesity - from easy bike paths, to luring healthier stores, to taxes on junk food. http://www.physorg.com/news171002161.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:36:43 EST news171002161 Many clinicians and public health officials view parental involvement as an essential part of solving the current childhood obesity epidemic. However, it's important for parents to use the right approach when trying to combat childhood obesity. Restrictive feeding practices, or forbidding certain foods, may not always be the best solution. A child's inhibitory control, a behavior similar to self-control, may be more important than parental restrictions. An article and related editorial soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics, explore the relationship between a child's low inhibitory control, parental restrictive feeding practices, and childhood weight gain. http://www.physorg.com/news169138440.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:03 EST news169138440 With the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened for chronic medical conditions, including high cholesterol levels. http://www.physorg.com/news168538390.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:20:05 EST news168538390 Physical education (PE) in schools is one of the main tools used to increase physical activity and to prevent childhood obesity, and PE-related injuries are on the rise. Although increasing physical activity may reduce obesity, it may also increase the risk of injury. While recognizing that PE classes and physical activity are important components in combating obesity, parents and school administrators should remain vigilant for injuries. http://www.physorg.com/news168495925.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:01 EST news168495925 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. http://www.physorg.com/news167997180.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:04 EST news167997180 Despite constant warnings about childhood obesity, too many Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their children are overweight, according to the findings of the national MBF Healthwatch survey. http://www.physorg.com/news166876046.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:40:01 EST news166876046 (PhysOrg.com) -- As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. http://www.physorg.com/news165753936.html Other Sciences Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:01 EST news165753936 (AP) -- The gym at Eberhart Elementary School is bright and spacious - with high ceilings, several basketball hoops, even a large, colorful climbing wall. http://www.physorg.com/news164339754.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:57:46 EST news164339754 The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. In a study of 1,030 Hispanic children between the ages of 4 and 19, published in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine found less than optimal diets in both overweight and non-overweight participants. http://www.physorg.com/news163072301.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:52:39 EST news163072301 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and find out how sports also teach social skills. http://www.physorg.com/news161358345.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 May 2009 14:46:27 EST news161358345 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 University, published in the May/June 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior reports that mothers who miss signs of satiety in their infants tend to overfeed them, leading to excess weight gains during the 6 month to 1 year period. http://www.physorg.com/news161229069.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 02:52:11 EST news161229069 Fast food and soft drinks may be making children fatter but they also make them happy. Programs aimed at tackling childhood obesity, by reducing children's consumption of unhealthy food and drink, are likely to be more effective if they also actively seek to keep children happy in other ways, according to Professor Hung-Hao Chang from National Taiwan University and Professor Rodolfo Nayga from the University of Arkansas in the US. Their findings are published in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news158927962.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:39:42 EST news158927962 Obesity is twice as common in young American Indian/Native Alaskan children as it is in white and Asian children, according to new research offering the first nationally representative analysis of obesity prevalence among preschool-aged kids in five major racial/ethnic groups. http://www.physorg.com/news158253475.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:18:31 EST news158253475 (PhysOrg.com) -- As childhood obesity continues its thirty-year advance from occasional curiosity to cultural epidemic, health care providers are struggling to find out why--and the reasons are many. Increasingly sedentary environments for both adults and children, as well as cheap and ubiquitous processed foods no doubt play a role, but researchers are finding more evidence that the first clues for childhood obesity may begin as far back as early infancy. http://www.physorg.com/news157616570.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:23:23 EST news157616570 With 17 percent of US children between ages 2 and 19 classified as obese, new research shows that parents may not be recognizing their own children's risk factors. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners shows that parents are likely to misperceive their child's weight - especially those parents who are overweight themselves. http://www.physorg.com/news156615079.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:12:19 EST news156615079 Several bursts of exercise that last five minutes or more might be better for preventing childhood obesity than are intermittent physical activity sessions lasting four minutes or less throughout the day. http://www.physorg.com/news156525958.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:26:25 EST news156525958 The rate of childhood obesity has risen significantly in the United States, with many children becoming overweight at younger ages. At the same time, the number of preschoolers in center-based programs is also on the rise. Now a new study finds that, contrary to conventional wisdom, preschoolers don't move around a lot, even when they're playing outside. http://www.physorg.com/news153145363.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:24:12 EST news153145363 (PhysOrg.com) -- Three new genetic variations that increase the risk of obesity are revealed in a new study, published today in the journal Nature Genetics. The authors suggest that if each acted independently, these variants could be responsible for up to 50% of cases of severe obesity. http://www.physorg.com/news151508699.html Medicine & Health Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:44:59 EST news151508699 A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise. http://www.physorg.com/news148316700.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:05:00 EST news148316700 A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers. http://www.physorg.com/news146315666.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:14:26 EST news146315666 An online game might be the secret weapon for winning the war against childhood obesity. Researchers at George Mason University have designed and tested a nutrition education program called "Color My Pyramid" to teach students how to evaluate their dietary intake and activity level. The program incorporates the Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid.gov for Kids Blast-Off Game, an interactive computer game that allows kids to win by fueling their rocket with nutritious foods and a healthy level of physical activity. http://www.physorg.com/news142605674.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:41:14 EST news142605674 School officials and parents concerned about childhood obesity should look to national guidelines that recommend 60 minutes of exercise per day, according to public health officials. A new report issued this week showed that adult obesity rates rose in 37 states, and all states except Colorado now report obesity rates higher than 20 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news138633803.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:23:23 EST news138633803