Public must learn to value pedestrian safety and slow down Edmonton Journal According to a 2008 Safe Kids Canada Harris/Decima survey, 74 per cent of drivers would support a law making 30 km/h the mandatory law in residential areas ... |
Fixing the fitness crisis Calgary Herald A 2005 study by Statistics Canada found the overweight/obesity rate of adolescents 12 to 17 more than doubled in the past three decades, from 14 per cent to ... |
![]() WCBD | 2 Your Health :Childhood Obesity:Is your child at risk? WCBD If your child comes from a family of overweight people, he or she may be genetically predisposed to put on excess weight, especially in an environment where ... |
New weapons called for in war on waistline Vancouver Sun Today in Canada, 61 per cent of the adult population -- 13.2 million Canadians -- and 26 per cent of children aged six to 19 (1.4 million) are overweight or ... |
Starting them young Manila Times These findings parallel other studies in Australian, Canada and other countries that also find record levels of obese and overweight children. ... |
Countdown to Carnaval... Madonna Does the Supersize Samba Huffington Post (blog) "The overweight problem presents a real challenge for government and business because Brazil is a growing industrial economy," says Dr. Martha Rochelle, ... |
Awareness, not surgery, is the sensible way to conquer obesity Herald Sun Isn't it odd that all these clever surgeons were so eager to cut open overweight girls - but no one thought to provide the poor lasses with those simple and ... |
Seattle boy heads to Washington DC to fight for health reform Northwest Cable News There is pictures of this kids mom, Overweight! Smoking a cigarette, and drinking at a party! Way to go dems, You really know how to pick em' Read the Story ... |
Marathoner shares lesson of healthy living Calgary Herald Iffla came to my attention after I wrote about a recent Statistics Canada report that found 28 per cent of teens today are overweight or obese. ... |
3 Ways Electronic Media Harm Kids' Health and 3 Ways They Can Help U.S. News & World Report (blog) Two thirds of children have a TV in their bedroom, which doubles his or her risk of smoking and increases the risk of becoming overweight by one third. Kids ... |