http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A growing generational disconnect between adults and children is putting thousands of years of cultural tradition and culinary knowledge in southern Arizona in jeopardy, according to a recent study by a researcher in the University of Georgia College of Public Health. The impact of this "knowledge gap" could help to explain the rise of childhood obesity, Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Native American and Mexican-American populations in Arizona. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-obesity-knowledge-gap.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:23:37 EST news279267792