Overweight & Obesity
New guide to open up conversations between parents and kids about weight
When is the right time and what is the best way to go about talking to children about their weight?
May 4, 2023
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News tagged with childhood obesity
Pediatrics
Study: Good physical fitness does not protect children from obesity-related low-grade inflammation
The increased prevalence of childhood obesity has resulted in an increased incidence of sustained low-grade inflammation since childhood. Obesity is the key factor in increasing low-grade inflammation. However, high levels ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Diet and exercise programs alone won't tackle childhood obesity, says study
Focusing on immediate fixes such as diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity, according to a new study that for the first time maps the complex pathways that lead to obesity in childhood.
Mar 21, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity risk may pass from mothers to daughters
Women with obesity may share risk for the disease with their daughters, but not their sons, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Mar 21, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Research shows that built environment is the strongest predictor of adolescent obesity, related health behaviors
New research shows that the built environment, not social and economic environments, is a strong predictor of adolescents' body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity status, and eating behaviors, according to a new study ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Food program breaks the link between food insecurity and obesity in children
Food FARMacias could be one part of the solution to the nation's growing food insecurity problem, according to a new study by pediatricians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Mar 20, 2023
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Diabetes
Childhood obesity linked to increased risk of 4 of 5 newly proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia is the first study to show that childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes. The study is by Yuxia Wei, ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Real‐world effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity
A third of U.S. children have been found to be either overweight or obese. Though clinical trials have shown some interventions for childhood obesity to be effective, how these interventions might fare in the real world, ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Population-scaled, school-based physical activity intervention can help prevent childhood obesity
A new Slovenian population-scaled, school-based study shows that by providing additional physical education lessons to young children is effective in preventing childhood obesity, according to findings published in Obesity, ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Adults over 50 with obesity experience greater stress during the first year of COVID
Adults over 50 living with obesity were more likely to experience stressors during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic despite being less likely to perceive the pandemic's consequences as negative, says a McMaster University-led ...
Feb 14, 2023
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