Get children more active. That's the aim of the World Health Organisation's new guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under five years of age. The guidelines make specific recommendations ...
May 3, 2019
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A nationally representative UK survey of children (aged 4-10 years old) has found no strong/direct link between drinking sugar sweetened beverages and greater energy consumption or higher BMI.
Apr 30, 2019
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New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, Scotland (28 April-1 May) reveals that the risk of a child becoming overweight or obese is more than trebled by maternal obesity prior to ...
Apr 30, 2019
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New research suggests the composition of breast milk in normal weight mothers differs from that of overweight mothers, and that variations in small molecule metabolites found in breast milk are possible risk factors for childhood ...
Apr 10, 2019
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A new study at Columbia University suggests that giving mothers plain facts about the health risks of consuming sugary drinks during pregnancy and early childhood may offer a new strategy to reduce childhood obesity.
Apr 9, 2019
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Girls are not the only ones who go through puberty early if they have obesity. Boys with obesity enter puberty at an earlier age than average, according to a study that will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine ...
Mar 24, 2019
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Children born to mothers with gestational diabetes and who were easier to soothe as infants were at a higher risk to become obese children, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics by University at Buffalo ...
Mar 19, 2019
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New research from Western Sydney University suggests that infants in South Western Sydney introduced to formula and solid foods within the first four months, could be twice as likely to suffer from childhood obesity.
Mar 8, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Kids can be as strongly influenced by TV commercials as by the shows themselves, and many studies have found that tempting food ads have a particularly harmful effect, contributing to childhood obesity.
Feb 25, 2019
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Food regulations targeted at reducing obesity make a positive impact on those most likely to purchase the family's food—mothers.
Feb 15, 2019
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