Latest Trends In Childhood Obesity In The New Decade

 

Childhood Obesity Tied to Missing DNA? |Weight Loss Surgery

Childhood obesity could be attributed to genetics, according to a new study. Although researchers found that overeating and a lack of exercise were definite factors, they also believe in some cases, the tendency to overeat may be a result of a missing chromosome.

Battling childhood obesity in the US: An interview with Robert …

These grants support programs designed to raise levels of physical activity and improve nutrition for kids; to identify other levers for reversing the childhood obesity epidemic; and to determine, advocate, and implement the requisite …

7 Part Plan To Beating Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity in a developed country like Australia and the United States is essentially a lifestyle issue. Children are overweight because they eat inappropriate amounts and types of food and they don’t exercise enough. …

Too Much Misinformation Abounds

The sheer amount of misinformation on obesity in America is staggering. However, far more troubling is the amount of misinformation on childhood obesity and how to combat it. For all the troubling news stories of how people are dying left and right, the latest vital statistics data from the CDC says that we’ve hit a new high in life expectancy, as we have every year since 1977.

Childhood Obesity – The Fat Kids Epidemic

Childhood obesity is growing problem with overweight babies, toddlers and obese teens increasing. Lifestyle, diet and exercise is important in kids …

Fat and Kids: How to keep your kid from getting fat 

Bad eating habits are learned young – rarely do fat kids come from thin parents. If you really want to protect your kids, implement the following changes:

Cruel Kindness: Lost Knowledge Replaced by Modern Ignorance

When I was in elemenatry school there were a couple fat kids in the entire school… now there are 3-4 (at least) in each class. Schools are partly to blame… I worked at my kids’ school last year during lunch and also attended many class …

Parents guilty of overfeeding?

I’m not a conspiracy theorist (no offense to those of you who are). But I have to say that I get a tiny bit spooked when I read stories like, “Children’s obesity epidemic spurs actions against parents”…

Stress and Childhood Obesity