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We need to ask ourselves why the United States has over 60% more obese children than other countries in the world. The childhood obesity issue is increasing at an alarming rate with over one-third of children from the ages of 5-17 being either obese or overweight. We’re already seeing d...
Pick a Sport– Some kids take to this effortlessly and others find it to be a tremendous challenge. Withchildhood obesity at an all-time high, it's no secret that our bodies need to move more than they currently do. Sports and physical activity help kids learn how to keep their bodie...
Recently,childhood obesity has become the greatest cause for concern.For children in year six obesity rates have increased at a significant pace—around 5% a year for the past decade—so that now one in three children are obese by the time they leave primary school.The rate of childhood menta...
Social Media May Help Fight Childhood Obesity The article discusses the possible positive effects of social media to help children deal with obesity, based on the American Heart Association scientific statement published online in "Circulation." It is cited that 95% of 12- to 17-yea... AH Asso...
This study indicates that the children of obese mothers inherit a brain whose self-regulation circuits may not react appropriately to rewarding food cues. The impaired responses of these two critical regions may increase the risk of childhood obesity and explain the intergenerational incidence of ...
Diet culture makes it hard to raise a kid with a positive body image, but here’s some great advice to help young children avoid body image issues, from a registered dietitian.
And while childhoodobesityis an incredibly complex issue that can have a multitude of different causes, there are some steps that parents can take to help their children maintain a healthy weight. Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently outlined some of...
and this means supporting schools to help children eat well and be active. The paltry costs necessary to ensure children learn effectively would be swamped by the long-term savings the NHS would make if it wasn't picking up the obesity problems created through the first two decades of someone...
over forty million children in the world are obese or overweight. TheWorld Health Organizationregularly publishes studies and analyses of these issues. During the past decade or so, we’ve seen an incredible rise in childhood obesity, and in most cases, it is due to unhealthy lifestyles....