Editorial: No cure-all for obesity
It sounds like a particularly bad taste reality show – so perhaps it’s not surprising that the concept has come out of the United States.
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Editorial: No cure-all for obesity
July 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
East Lancashire child obesity shock
July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
East Lancashire child obesity shock
MORE than one in 10 youngsters are already clinically obese when they start primary schools in East Lancashire, according to latest NHS figures.
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Local child obesity getting worse
July 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Local child obesity getting worse
DAYTON — Miami Valley children are far more overweight or obese than they were just three years ago, though their parents often don’t think they’re fat, according to a report released today by the Children’s Medical Center of Dayton.The survey of 654 parents of children ages 14 and under showed 37 percent of children are overweight or obese, up from 24 percent in 2008 and 31 percent in 2005.
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Girl, 5, refused insurance over obesity risk
June 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Girl, 5, refused insurance over obesity risk
A HEALTHY girl, 5, who weighs 25kg has been refused insurance on the grounds that her weight puts her in a high-risk category.
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What can you do about the obesity crisis?
June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What can you do about the obesity crisis?
On Monday of this week, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information released a joint 62-page report on obesity in Canada (PDF). Dr. Arya Sharma is an internationally-renowned Canadian obesity researcher who referred to this report as “thoughtful, insightful, and thorough…” I’ve been reading Dr. Sharma’s blogs for a while, and this is a guy who doesn’t …
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Obesity rates for kids have doubled
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Obesity rates for kids have doubled
Does your young grandchild only want to watch television or drink soda? Are your young children on their way to becoming couch potatoes?
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Prolonged bottle-feeding tied to children’s obesity
June 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Prolonged bottle-feeding tied to children’s obesity
Two-year-olds who are still using bottles are more likely to be obese by kindergarten, a U.S. study said, raising the possibility that weaning babies from the bottle at an earlier age may help prevent excessive weight gain.
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Parents warned that lack of sleep could lead to child obesity
June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Parents warned that lack of sleep could lead to child obesity
CHILDREN who do not get enough sleep face an increased risk of becoming overweight, research suggests.
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Teaching kids healthy nutrition to combat obesity
May 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Teaching kids healthy nutrition to combat obesity
One of the best gifts to instill in children is the habit of making healthy nutritional choices. Too often children get the wrong message about nutrition. In part, this is due to heavy commercial promotion of sugary beverages and calorie-laden fast foods. The result is an epidemic of obesity that threatens the health of children and adults, according to Wayne County Public Health.
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