Overweight & Obesity
Getting the best help for overweight young people
Researchers at SINTEF are looking into how best to help overweight children and teenagers.
Sep 21, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Overweight very young children consume larger meals, say data from UK survey
Data from a large UK survey on the eating habits of very young children (aged 4-18 months) show that overweight children consume larger meals, but do not eat more frequently, than healthy weight children. This study of the ...
Jun 3, 2016
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Calling your kid 'fat' could be counterproductive
(HealthDay)—Two studies highlight the complex relationship between parents' perceptions and their children's weights.
Jun 1, 2016
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As early as first grade, children with severe obesity are more likely to be ostracized
Childhood obesity has almost quadrupled among 6- to 11-year-olds since 1980. Today, approximately one in 20 children in the United States is severely obese and this public health threat costs the U.S. government billions ...
May 25, 2016
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Obesity on the rise in Indonesia
Obesity is on the rise in Indonesia, one of the largest studies of the double burden of malnutrition in children has revealed.
May 13, 2016
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Influential factors of the social divide in child obesity rates
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have identified important early life factors that contribute to childhood obesity rates being different for children from different socio-economic backgrounds.
May 9, 2016
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Child obesity rates drop in Canada
(HealthDay)—The percentage of Canadian children who are overweight or obese is declining, a new Canadian study shows.
May 9, 2016
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New study uncovers attitudes of African-American children toward overweight peers
The childhood obesity epidemic in the United States has been growing for decades. A new study focusing on African-American children shows how the issue can also impact social development. The University of Cincinnati study ...
Nov 2, 2015
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When it comes to children's ability to think, weight and activity level both matter, study finds
Weight and physical activity levels are both factors in a child's ability to acquire and use knowledge, a new study finds.
Oct 27, 2015
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Study from England shows no garden access for young children linked to childhood obesity later in childhood
A study of 6467 children from England—presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Stockholm—shows that no access to a garden at age 3-5 years is linked to an ...
Sep 15, 2015
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