Overweight & Obesity
Obesity may be affecting heart health in kids as young as 6
As early as age 6, children who carry extra weight could be headed down a path toward future diabetes or heart disease, a new study suggests.
May 4, 2022
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News tagged with obese children
Pediatrics
Children without diapers sleep poorly, says study
Children whose parents cannot afford diapers do not get quality sleep, according to a study by the Rutgers School of Nursing.
May 3, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
School segregation: Contributor to racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparities
Obesity gaps are larger between segregated schools and smaller in racially-integrated schools among child populations, according to a new study in Obesity journal. This is the first study to examine childhood obesity disparities ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Health
Positive parenting can reduce the risk that children develop obesity
New research from Penn State found that children with positive, early interactions with their care givers—characterized by warmth, responsiveness, and a sitmulating home environment—were at reduced risk of childhood obesity.
Feb 18, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
New approach can help identify young children most at risk for obesity
Newly developed risk scores synthesize genetic information into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify young children most at risk of developing obesity.
Jan 10, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Parenting intervention associated with BMI of first and second-born siblings
A new study suggests that a parenting educational intervention for first-born children is robust enough to influence the weight of second-born children, according to a paper published online in Obesity, The Obesity Society's ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Cardiology
Overweight children are developing heart complications
If you put on some weight over the last two years, you're not alone. But adults weren't the only ones who packed on the so-called COVID 15.
Dec 14, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mother's weight before pregnancy, not weight gained during pregnancy, has impact on development of allergic diseases
A University of Ottawa-led study of nearly 250,000 children in Ontario over seven years—the largest of its kind—found a mother's weight before pregnancy may impact their newborn's risk of developing allergic diseases ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Kids with obesity need acceptance from family and friends, not just better diet tips
Hundreds of programs over the past four decades—from the removal of junk food from school vending machines to Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign—have tried to get kids in the U.S. to eat healthier food and exercise ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
One in six youth in the United States is obese
(HealthDay)—The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with rising childhood obesity rates, according to a report released Oct. 13 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Oct 21, 2021
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