We didn’t have iPhones and iPad and what comes to mind is how culture interacts with the propensity for obesity. The reason that I bring that up is because my wife is from Eastern Europe, a former Soviet State, where often times what you ate then was based on what your family could ...
Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically during the last three decades. Obesity increases the risk of developing early puberty in children, menstrual ir...
Kolata G 1998 Obesity's link to early death found less than suspected. The New York Times (January 1, 1998) 6. World Health Organization 2000 WHO Technical Report Series 894: Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic. A report of a WHO consultation, Geneva Available at: http:/...
After demographic differences were controlled for, health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol or drug abuse and health conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and chronic lung disease did not differ between respondents and nonrespondents. Thus, there was no evidence that the ...
Even if Ronald McDonald may be fun, childhood obesity is not. Nearly one third of America's children are overweight. That's nearly 25 million children. A disturbing 12 percent of children are obese. And Ronald McDonald doesn't feed America's children. Parents do. They pack the lunches,...
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Management of obesity requires a multi-pronged approach that involves not only the child, but the family. Diet, physical activity, behavioral therapies and problem solving strategies all appear to have a role in the management of childhood obesity. 展开 ...
children in Canada says an “alarming” rise in obesity has led to a greater need for surgery as an intervention for teens whose mental and physical suffering typically worsens into adulthood. A close-up of a beam scale in New York, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP...
Childhood obesity in rural communities is a serious but understudied problem. The current experiment aims to assess a wide range of obesity risk factors among rural youth and to offer an 8-month intervention program for parents to reduce obesity risk in their preteen child. Methods/Design A two...
Recent systematic reviews of early childhood obesity prevention interventions have not adequately reported on the way interventions are delivered and the experiences/perceptions of stakeholders. We aimed to summarise the literature in early childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered via telephone or ...