Childhood obesity is linked to diet habits and food environment, but gaining information about these topics from children can often be difficult. Using the Photovoice method, however, researchers from the University of Minnesota ...
Sep 9, 2015
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(HealthDay)—About 17.5 percent of U.S. children aged 3 to 19 are obese, compared with 13 percent of Canadian children the same age, according to an August data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Aug 26, 2015
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Dosing obese teens with vitamin D shows no benefits for their heart health or diabetes risk, and could have the unintended consequences of increasing cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides. These are the latest findings ...
Aug 14, 2015
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Encouraging more social interaction for children rather than just limiting TV time and enforcing strong nutritional policies in schools are two of the ways to decrease child obesity rates, according to researchers from the ...
Jul 27, 2015
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New research published today has revealed that affection from grandparents towards their grandchildren may play a major role in contributing to the childhood obesity pandemic in China.
Jul 16, 2015
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(HealthDay)—As rates of childhood obesity continue to climb in the United States, parents should embrace healthy eating habits and behaviors to help kids maintain a normal weight, a new report says.
Jun 29, 2015
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Children whose parents smoked when they were toddlers are likely to have a wider waist and a higher BMI by time they reach ten years of age, reveal researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte Justine ...
Jun 22, 2015
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A multidisciplinary group of researchers from British Columbia has developed a participatory action research program to help address healthy body weight in children.
Jun 16, 2015
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Obesity continues to increase among children, despite previous national reports that the rate flattened, according to recent analysis.
Jun 12, 2015
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In February 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama launched 'Let's Move', the most high-profile anti-obesity initiative in the United States to date.
Jun 11, 2015
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