"About 17 percent of U.S. kids are obese," says Tiffani Hays, director of pediatric nutrition, education and practice for the Johns Hopkins Health System, "and it's increasing every time we do a survey." But the rate of under-nutrition among kids is unknown. Fortunately, child malnutritio...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says over 40 percent of American adults are overweight and that affects about 93 million of the US adults. The government agency says more than 13 million children are overweight, too. The yearly medical cost of this disease in the US is ...
aA third of American children are obese or overweight, according to the government, and roughly 40 percent of the calories they eat are consumed in the school lunch period. Nutrition experts say if the nation wants to make progress on the obesity crisis among children, what they eat at ...
When reporting the prevalence of childhood obesity in the USA a few years ago,the magazine U.S.News & World Report stated: "...some 17 percent of kids are now obese,which means they're at or above the 95th percentile for weight in relation to height for their age;an additional 17 per...
The article examines what behavioral interventions are safe and effective for treating obesity. A study shows that 30 percent of US adults and 16 percent of children are obese. A systematic review of 99 weight loss studies reveals that long-term behavior techniques, dietary changes with specific ...
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. — Richard Simmons 12 For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is hig...
The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate,...
So, if you’re obese, your kid might turn out to be obese as well. There’s a 25–40 percent chance that children inherit their parents’ BMI. However, less than 5 percent of childhood obesity is due to hereditary factors. If combined with other risk factors like unhealthy eating habits...
In addition, the percent of children with a BMI reduction of at least 5% was 77% in the Wegovy group vs. 20% in those receiving a placebo. Body weight was reduced by close to 15% in the Wegovy group (about 16 lbs).SaxendaResults...
aIs it McDonald's fault that more than 63 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, making us the fattest nation in the history of the world? I don't think so, because each of us is responsible for what we put in our mouths and in the mouths of our children. Plus many other ...