A mother's consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to be linked to an increased risk of overweight or obesity in her offspring, irrespective of other lifestyle risk factors, suggests a U.S. study published by The BMJ ...
Oct 5, 2022
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An electronic health record (EHR) program to help primary care doctors address child obesity is an effective tool to promote positive body mass index (BMI) trends, especially among young children with obesity, according to ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Parents of children struggling with their weight might feel like they're walking a tightrope: how can they help their kid manage their weight and health without negatively impacting their child's body image?
Sep 9, 2022
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Approximately one third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. A study publishing August 4th in PLOS Digital Health by Elizabeth Campbell at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Over a quarter (26.5%) of children reported trying to lose weight between 2015 and 2016, a 5% increase over 1997 and 1998, finds new research from the University of Oxford. The largest increases in weight loss attempts were ...
Jul 18, 2022
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The incidence of childhood obesity is higher than 12 years previously, according to a study published online July 5 in Pediatrics.
Jul 5, 2022
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New research suggests that more careful control of body weight in childhood and adolescence could help prevent male infertility later in life. The researchers will present their findings on Saturday, June 11 at ENDO 2022, ...
Jun 11, 2022
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Preventing childhood obesity could soon take a major "hop" forward with an app that teaches kids to do just that, and to skip, run and throw a ball.
Jun 7, 2022
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Regulations that strengthened the nutritional requirements for school lunches were associated with a decline in signs of obesity among free or reduced-price lunch participating school children in kindergarten through 5th ...
May 5, 2022
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A review of more than a decade of data from a groundbreaking Danish study into childhood obesity is being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May).
May 5, 2022
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