Overweight & Obesity
Obese teens face higher risk for kidney disease: study
(HealthDay)—Obese and overweight teens may be at higher risk for developing advanced kidney disease as adults, Israeli researchers report.
Oct 29, 2012
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News tagged with childhood obesity epidemic
Overweight & Obesity
Childhood obesity epidemic is clearly tied to easy availability of junk food
Some risk factors for obesity are specific to infants, such as being breastfed less often. But other factors are present throughout children's lives.
Sep 27, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Higher levels of BPA in children and teens significantly associated with obesity
Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have revealed a significant association between obesity and children and adolescents with higher concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic chemical recently banned by the ...
Sep 18, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
AHA: New school fitness assessment will aid in the battle against childhood obesity
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments on a unified fitness assessment program announced today by The President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition; the American Alliance for Health, ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
In-utero exposure to magnetic fields associated with increased risk of obesity in childhood
In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared to lower in-utero magnetic field levels, according to a Kaiser ...
Jul 27, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
To understand childhood obesity, researchers look to inactive, fat rats
Childhood obesity has nearly tripled in the past three decades, and by 2009, 17 percent of those 2-19 years of age were classified as obese. If actions against childhood obesity do not take place it is likely that today's ...
Jul 24, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
A systems approach to preventing obesity in early life
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed ...
May 21, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Childhood obesity linked to increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in adulthood
Childhood obesity is a widespread global epidemic (1) and in parallel with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)(2) is now the leading cause of liver disease among children. New data presented today at the International ...
Apr 19, 2012
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Health
Troubled homes may fuel obesity in girls
(HealthDay) -- Little girls from troubled homes are more likely to be obese at age 5 than girls from happier ones, new research shows.
Apr 16, 2012
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Health
Understanding causes of obesity in Aboriginal children
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community. A review article published in Applied ...
Jan 24, 2012
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