Pediatrics
Tall, heavy one-year-olds may be at risk for obesity later, study finds
(HealthDay)—Infants who quickly add weight and length may be showing a genetic propensity for obesity as toddlers, a new study suggests.
Oct 21, 2014
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Childhood Obesity
Overweight & Obesity
Cautious optimism as childhood obesity rates in Ireland plateau
Childhood overweight and obesity rates have plateaued in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland, reveals research published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The study found that although ...
Oct 13, 2014
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Pediatrics
Food craving is stronger, but controllable, for kids
Children show stronger food craving than adolescents and adults, but they are also able to use a cognitive strategy that reduces craving, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
Sep 8, 2014
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Pediatrics
Thyroid, kidney cancers up in kids but still rare
Children's kidney and thyroid cancers have increased in recent years, and though the diseases are rare, U.S. experts wonder if the rising rates could be related to obesity.
Sep 8, 2014
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Immunology
For kids with both asthma and obesity, which came first?
For years, doctors have known that there is a link between childhood obesity and asthma, but have found it difficult to determine which condition tends to come first, or whether one causes the other.
Sep 3, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Soda tax for adolescents and exercise for children best strategies for reducing obesity
Childhood obesity in the United States remains high. A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks would reduce obesity in adolescents more than other policies, such as exercise ...
Aug 27, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Today's parents less able to spot obesity in their kids, study shows
(HealthDay)—Parents have become less able to realize when their child is overweight or obese, a new study finds.
Aug 25, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
More intensive interventions needed to combat severe obesity in teens
Nearly 6% of all children and teens in the U.S. are severely obese, and the prevalence of severe obesity is increasing faster than that of moderate obesity or overweight. This is an alarming trend as about 90% of these youths ...
Aug 11, 2014
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Health
School violence, gun-related injury among top 10 child health concerns nationally
Childhood obesity remains the top health concern for children in 2014, but when asked about national concerns, adults put school violence and gun-related injuries in the top 10, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. ...
Aug 11, 2014
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Health
Healthy diet set early in life
Promoting a healthy diet from infancy is important to prevent childhood obesity and the onset of chronic disease.
Aug 6, 2014
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