Adolescents who go to school within a half-mile of a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be overweight or obese than kids whose schools are further away, new research suggests. The young people in the study also ate fewer servings of fruits and ...
Read more...OAKLAND--The issues weakening California children’s well-being are also undermining the economic prosperity of the state as a whole. This is one of the key findings in a new study released Tuesday by Children Now, a leading nonpartisan, nonprofit ...
Read more...Washington - The waistlines of America's youth are expanding, shrinking the pool of those eligible to join the US military. But an Army program is giving overweight enlistees a second chance – and helping the military with its own expansion. The ...
Read more...Stressed mothers from low-income households with sufficient food are likely to raise overweight kids, says a new study. During the study, the researchers analysed the data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National ...
Read more...Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Kids should get screened for cholesterol — and some as young as 8 should get cholesterol-lowering drugs. Those are the recommendations from ...
Read more...Although researches done over the years have found no correlation between fast food restaurants near schools and the number of overweight or obese children, a new study, conducted by Christopher Carpenter, at the University of California at Irvine ...
Read more...GENERATION Next is watching so much television during the school holidays that their health is at serious risk, a new report has found. A national study of the habits of 4500 Australian school children aged nine to 16 shows television, computer or ...
Read more...DES MOINES, Iowa — State education officials want to ban junk food from the state's schools, and give students a nudge when it comes to nutrition. The Iowa Board of Education is considering new rules that target the vending machine and snack bars ...
Read more...OAKLAND, Calif. , Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The issues weakening California children's well-being are also undermining the economic prosperity of the state as a whole. This is one of the key findings in a new study released today by Children Now, a ...
Read more...I've heard from several people that they want to start practicing yoga but don't know where to begin. It's no secret the benefits of yoga include but are not limited to a healthy body, calm mind, reduced stress, feeling of connectivity with self and ...
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