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Childhood obesity
hideChildhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used in children as it is less stigmatizing.
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News tagged with childhood obesity
Disproportionate effects of global warming and pollution on disadvantaged communities
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Global warming, pollution, and the environmental consequences of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income, disadvantaged communities, and strategies to prevent these inequities are urgently needed. A provocative ...
Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood
Dec 06, 2009 |
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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 ...
Home-based child care meeting nutritional standards; widespread use of TV a concern
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A large study of family child care providers shows that while nutrition standards are often met, most children ages 2 to 5 are not getting enough physical activity and are exposed to the television for most of the day.
New study levels new criticisms at food industry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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A new study released Monday, Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C., criticizes the nation's food and beverage industry for failing to shift their marketing efforts aimed at children. The report said television advertising continues ...
Type 2 diabetes gene predisposes children to obesity
Dec 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Childhood obesity risk increased by newly-discovered genetic mutations
Jan 18, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Eat, drink and be merry? Study says junk food makes kids fatter, but happier
Apr 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Researchers: Ban on fast food TV advertising would reverse childhood obesity trends
Nov 19, 2008 |
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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 s ...
Researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthma
Dec 12, 2008 |
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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 ...
Trends in Childhood Obesity Bode Poorly for Country's Future Health (w/ Video)
Sep 10, 2009 |
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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.
Color-coded chart improves parents' understanding of body mass index
Sep 16, 2009 |
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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.
Report: Tips on creating fat-fighting communities
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity
Sep 11, 2009 |
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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 ...
Americans need lifestyle change to fight the fat: experts
Jul 28, 2009 |
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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.
