http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Metabolic disorders, such as excess abdominal fat, raised blood pressure, higher levels of insulin, glucose and triglycerides and lower levels of the beneficial HDL cholesterol can be found in children as young as 6 to 8 years of age, according to a study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland. These metabolic risk factors often accumulate in overweight children and, in the newly published study, this accumulation was linked with mild artery wall stiffness. Of single disorders, higher levels of insulin, triglyceride and blood pressure were associated with artery wall stiffness. In addition, boys with excess abdominal fat and higher blood pressure levels were related to a reduced arterial dilation after maximal exercise in a bicycle test. The results were published today in Circulation journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-metabolic-disorders-hardening-arterial-walls.html Cardiology Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:39:31 EST news286104973 It is known that family-based treatment that combines nutrition and exercise education, along with behavior modification, is a good approach to help children lose weight. But clinic-based weight-control programs for childhood obesity are not accessible to many families, due to issues such as cost or time commitment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-self-help-effective-childhood-obesity.html Pediatrics Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:10:01 EST news283955857 (HealthDay)—In overweight and obese children who suffer a severe allergic reaction, it may be more effective to inject epinephrine into the lower thigh rather than the upper thigh, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-allergy-shots-thigh-overweight-kids.html Immunology Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:27:54 EST news281032054 (Medical Xpress)—With New Year's resolutions upon us, new research from the University of Alberta offers encouragement for parents who want to achieve fitness for the whole family. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-parents-big-kids-physical.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:11:00 EST news277366243 While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters are at far greater risk than had been supposed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-childhood-obesity-linked-health-problems.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:27:12 EST news277360007 Social media may be an effective tool to help children overcome obesity, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-social-media-childhood-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:17 EST news273758244 (Medical Xpress)—Physical activity rather than food has the biggest impact on children's weight according to new data from the Lifestyle of our Kids (LOOK) longitudinal study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-kids-healthy-physical-important-diet.html Health Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:00:02 EST news272795684 (HealthDay)—Overweight and obese children have a significantly increased risk of incident asthma, with evidence of a dose-response effect of elevated body mass index (BMI), according to a meta-analysis published online Nov. 12 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-role-bmi-incident-asthma-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:30:01 EST news272652502 Young children who attend daycare on a regular basis are 50% more likely to be overweight compared to those who stayed at home with their parents, according to a study by researchers at the University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre. "We found that children whose primary care arrangement between 1.5 and 4 years was in daycare-center or with an extended family member were around 50% more likely to be overweight or obese between the ages of 4-10 years compared to those cared for at home by their parents," said Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy, who led the study. "This difference cannot be explained by known risk factors such as socioeconomic status of the parents, breastfeeding, body mass index of the mother, or employment status of the mother." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-daycare-benefits-children-mysterious-link.html Overweight and Obesity Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:09:28 EST news272459350 Cutting screen time and not rewarding children's good behaviour with sweets are among the steps parents could take to reduce overweight and obesity in children before they start school, according to research by the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-dont-sweets-reward-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:26:56 EST news268385194 Being obese as a child or adolescent may have a larger effect on future health than previously thought, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-future-health-obese-children-greater.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:30:07 EST news267807937 A new study by University of North Carolina School of Medicine pediatrics researchers finds a surprising difference in the eating habits of overweight children between ages 9 and 17 years compared to those younger than 9. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-older-overweight-children-consume-calories.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:35:51 EST news266466931 Scientists working with Professor Dr. Dr. Perikles Simon, head of the Sports Medicine division of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany, suggest in the light of recent analyses that German children gain weight soon after entering elementary school. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-german-children-gain-weight.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:02:27 EST news264175311 Childhood obesity is on the rise in China, and children and parents there tend to underestimate body weight, according to Penn State health policy researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mothers-children-underestimate-obesity-china.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:13:51 EST news263488419 If doctors want to develop a strong rapport with parents of overweight children, it would be best if physicians used terms like "large" or "gaining too much weight" as opposed to the term "obese." These were findings recently published by medical researchers at the University of Alberta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-parents-terms-large-gaining-weight.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:31:34 EST news262884687 That overweight during pregnancy can lead to overweight children and adolescents has been known for some time, but new research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in the US indicates that excess weight before and during pregnancy can have long-lasting health consequences for the offspring of such mothers even later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-excess-weight-pregnant-women-negative.html Health Mon, 14 May 2012 10:10:01 EST news256208260 Kids can be really mean – especially to other kids – and school-yard bullying can have serious immediate and long-term effects. One area of increasing concern in this regard is the possibility that overweight or obese children shoulder the brunt of bullying. With childhood obesity rates reaching unprecedented levels, this may translate into even more negative behavior being experienced by today's kids. It is also possible that children who are disliked by their peers may respond by becoming less active and more likely to overeat – compounding the issue even further. It's a vicious cycle, to say the least. Indeed, some research shows that obese children miss more school days than healthy-weight children. One reason might be because obese kids are unhappy due to being mistreated by other children; they might be avoiding school because of a negative emotional climate in the classroom. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-school-climate-affect-overweight-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:30:01 EST news254492721 A study of the families of 150 preschoolers suggests that parents of healthy-weight and overweight preschoolers are generally well aware of dietary risk factors that fuel childhood obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-parent-diet-choice-knowledge-doesnt.html Other Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:10:01 EST news254136112 Improving or maintaining physical fitness appears to help obese and overweight children reach a healthy weight, reports a new study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Researchers analyzed four years of data from in-school fitness tests and body mass index (BMI) measurements of students in grades 1-7 in the city of Cambridge, Mass. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-in-school-overweight-boys-girls-benefit.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:35:47 EST news252754267 (Medical Xpress) -- A new Ryerson University study has found that some preschoolers may perceive overweight children to be not as “nice”. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-preschoolers-tend-negative-perceptions-overweight.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:20:54 EST news252573497 (HealthDay) -- Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-heavy-kids-asthma-meds.html Inflammatory disorders Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:48:28 EST news250102087 The levels of the environmental pollutant perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that mothers had in their blood during pregnancy increased the risk of obesity in their daughters at 20 years of age. The findings come from a recent study of Danish women in which the Norwegian Institute of Public Health participated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-environmental-pollutant-linked-overweight.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:20:01 EST news249051363 Obese children are 74 percent more likely to sustain a fracture of the growth plate, the softer end of the bone where growth occurs. A new study presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), involved 224 children visiting a Maryland hospital with a fracture. Information was collected on each patient regarding their sex, age, height, weight, fracture location and pattern. Patients ages 2 to 16 were divided into two groups for comparison: a "normal weight" group and an "obese/overweight" group for children with a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 85 percentile. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-obese-children-growth-plate-fractures.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:23 EST news247926074 A new analysis of national survey data finds that less than one-quarter of parents of overweight children recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their children were overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-parents-recall-told-doctors-child.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:31:08 EST news242325062 In 2009, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended that Hemoglobin A1c be exclusively used for the diagnosis of diabetes in children. The simple test measures longer-term blood sugar levels -- without requiring patients to fast overnight. However, a new U-M study has shown that these tests are not very accurate in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-american-diabetes-association-method-kids.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:21:04 EST news241114839 Stroke has generally been considered a disease of the elderly, but the incidence of stroke in children and teens has increased in recent years. The American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2011 Data indicate that the unhealthy behaviors that are the risk factors for stroke begin with school-aged children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-teenage-trend.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:08:50 EST news233485715 One in five 11-year-old children is currently defined as obese, and the country faces a potentially huge burden of increased obesity-associated morbidity and early mortality. New research by the University of Bristol has found that despite the health implications of childhood obesity, many GPs remain reluctant to discuss the topic with parents or to refer overweight children to weight reduction services. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-gp-parental-reluctance-childhood-obesity.html Health Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:10:01 EST news231040791 Measuring the wrist bone may be a new way to identify which overweight children and adolescents face an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-wrist-bone-heart.html Medical research Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:25 EST news221758390