Overweight & Obesity
Parental support may protect young women against obesity
Support from mom can tip the scales on who will become obese a dozen years later, a new study shows.
Jun 4, 2015
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Childhood Obesity
Overweight & Obesity
School lunchbox inspections 'perverse'
A University of Queensland health expert has labelled the practice of inspecting children's lunchboxes at school as both "perverse" and unlikely to improve children's health.
May 29, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Obese 4-5 year olds likely to remain overweight throughout their primary school life
A new study, published in The Journal of Public Health which examined changes in BMI in children aged 4-11 years, found that that the number of obese children approximately doubles between the first and last years of primary ...
May 20, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
UK population is becoming overweight and obese at younger ages
Children born since the 1980s are two to three times more likely than older generations to be overweight or obese by the age of 10, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The study, conducted by researchers ...
May 19, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
New program hopes to minimize obesity risks among elementary school students
Teachers are the secret weapon in a new program designed to fight childhood obesity.
May 19, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Could a new computer program help your baby stay healthy?
A new computer programme will help health visitors to calculate the likelihood of babies becoming overweight in later life.
May 18, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Researcher exploring why obesity strikes so hard among Mexican-American boys
Fifteen percent of non-Hispanic white children in the United States are obese, but among Mexican-American boys the figure is a much more troubling 23 percent. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Angelina ...
May 15, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Prenatal exercise lowers risks of C-sections, higher birth weights
Pregnant women who exercise can significantly lower the risk of undergoing Caesarean sections and giving birth to large babies, a University of Alberta study has found.
May 12, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Certain treatments for childhood cancer may increase obesity risk later in life
Childhood cancer survivors - especially those whose treatment included brain irradiation or chemotherapy with glucocorticoids - are 14 percent more likely to be obese than their healthy peers. The St. Jude Children's Research ...
May 11, 2015
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Pediatrics
Food industry achieved only baby steps to improve nutritional quality of foods advertised to kids
Children are exposed to a considerable amount of televised food advertising: more than six ads accounting for about 2:21 minutes per hour during typical programming. Concerns about the role of televised food advertising as ...
May 8, 2015
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