One in three children is now overweight or obese --but a new report says four things can help turn this growing trend around. What looks like a group effort at this community garden to get things growing is really part of a growing trend to help turn childhood obesity around.
Read more...Women overweight/obese before conceiving more likely to have overweight/obese kids: study.
Read more...If I call you fat, is it kind or cruel? A plain-speaking government health minister says describing the overweight as "obese" isn't direct enough to make them lose weight. According to Anne Milton, if a doctor uses the F-word, we're more likely to realise it's our responsibility to shed surplus poundage. She's expressing a personal view and not government policy, but this no-nonsense approach ...
Read more...You may need to be logged in to see stories listed here that are in our archives. ASHEBORO Nearly 50 rising Asheboro City Schools sixth-graders have focused their attention in the past three weeks of their summer vacation on making healthy choices in what they eat.
Read more...Adults who have been overweight since high school risk a lifetime of disease, discrimination and poverty. A new study of obese 40-year-olds found those who were overweight teens were three times more likely to suffer chronic health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. They were also much more likely to be unemployed or receiving welfare.
Read more...In some cases, obese children should be removed from their homes, according to a group of child health specialists from England and Ireland. If parents fail to provide medical treatment for a child with a chronic disease like asthma or epilepsy, government welfare officials can put the young patient in foster care. Should they do the same for children who are obese and therefore at risk of ...
Read more...John Gordon, a former actuary, is hoping for enough votes by Aug. 14 to bring national attention to a computer game he developed to help children make better food choices.
Read more...Fitness Catalyst O2 MAX Produces 3rd Annual Tour de Fitness raising awareness of youth fitness hosted by Daniella Monet, Star of Nickelodeons Victorious and presented by Accusplit
Read more...As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity.
Read more...When First Lady Michelle Obama issued the invitation, hundreds of chefs from around the country, including Litchfield Countys Anne Gallagher, took her up on it earlier this monthto join her in a special campaign that impacts American society at a most basic and vital level: ensuring childrens health through good nutrition.
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