Macon Daily | Fast food near schools linked to obesity Calgary Herald, Canada - 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 ... Fast Foods Near Schools Prompt Poor Teen Eating Habits |
Tracking Fitness Mail Tribune, OR - In the past 20 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of kids between the ages of 12 and 19 who are considered obese ... |
Kids fighting the flab Coventry Telegraph, UK - Ten pupils are overweight and six of the 10 overweight pupils are obese. In an attempt to reverse this trend, Coventry City FC has joined forces with School ... |
Nibbles for kids: Not enough obesity diagnoses, gastric bypass and ... CalorieLab Calorie Counter News, NV - Of those, 19 percent were overweight, 23 percent obese and 8 percent severely obese. But only 10 percent of overweight kids were so labeled, along with 54 ... |
Kids' futures imperiled, report says Los Angeles Daily News, CA - And 16 percent of the state's adolescents are overweight or obese. Medical expenses attributed to obesity cost Californians $7.7 billion each year, ... |
![]() Health Newstrack | Overweight and obese kids: Are enough being diagnosed? Los Angeles Times, CA - Breaking it down, among the overweight children, only 10% received that diagnosis, while 54% of obese kids and 76% of severely obese kids were identified ... Many Overweight, Obese Kids Not Diagnosed |
![]() Christian Science Monitor | To boost recruits, US Army relaxes weight rules Christian Science Monitor, MA - The Army's weight waiver program rests largely on a distinction between individuals who are overweight or obese and those who are physically fit but whose ... |
![]() Heart and Stroke Foundation (press release) | Obesity not being properly diagnosed in kids Entertainment and Showbiz!, India - Researchers at The MetroHealth System and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland say that only one-third of overweight or obese ... Parents key to weight loss in children |
States remain focused on childhood obesity NewsOK.com, OK - Schools are eager to save kids from the health miseries associated with being overweight and obese. But scaling back on popular vending machine offerings ... |
![]() TheMedGuru | Overweight and Obesity Underdiagnosed in Kids MedPage Today, NJ - Diagnosis was most likely the more obvious the problem: 75.6% of severely obese children were diagnosed as such, compared with 53.8% of obese kids, ... Obesity not being properly diagnosed in kids Obesity in children not properly diagnosed |