News tagged with overweight children
Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools
Dec 03, 2009 |
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A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians ...
Behavioral nutrition is one weapon in obesity fight
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Want your children to eat less? Let them serve themselves. They probably won't dole out a supersize portion on their own.
Parents can help stop the obesity epidemic, says psychologist
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last 40 years, which may mean today's children become the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, a leading obesity expert told the American Psychological Association ...
Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.
Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
Jun 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Regular exercise reduces depressive symptoms, improves self-esteem in overweight children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Less than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self esteem in overweight children, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Parents failing to recognize their children's risk for obesity may be contributing to epidemic
Mar 18, 2009 |
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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 ...
Can't chalk it up to 'baby fat'
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive ...
Exercise helps overweight children reduce anger expression
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Regular exercise seems to reduce anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children, researchers said.
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 ...
4 in 10 parents wrong on whether their child is under or overweight
Oct 19, 2008 |
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[B]More than 4 in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University of Melbourne research[/B] More than four in 10 parents wit ...
