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Fat puts kids' feet under pressure - The Age


Fat puts kids' feet under pressure
The Age, Australia - Nov 18, 2008
Statistics show that 19 per cent of Australian children are overweight and a further six per cent are obese, with figures for both still increasing. ...

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Being overweight and unhealthy is no way to go through life - Danbury News Times


Being overweight and unhealthy is no way to go through life
Danbury News Times, CT - Nov 17, 2008
That matches national statistics that show 16 to 20 percent of young people as obese or overweight. "I disbelieve that,'' Katz said. "I have five kids of my ...

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Obese kids face academic setbacks - Fiji Times


Obese kids face academic setbacks
Fiji Times, Fiji - Nov 18, 2008
A MAJOR health catastrophe could be developing after new research uncovered that one in every five kids in Fiji were either overweight or obese. ...

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McDonald's Expands Quality Correspondent Program Which Taps ... - AHN


McDonald's Expands Quality Correspondent Program Which Taps ...
AHN - 11 hours ago
"They sell junk food and they market it to kids at a time when public obesity is a major public concern," Nestle wrote. The new McDonald's defenders are ...

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Text messaging may help kids fight obesity: study - CTV.ca


CTV.ca

Text messaging may help kids fight obesity: study
CTV.ca, Canada - Nov 12, 2008
About 26 per cent of Canadian kids between the ages of two and 17 are considered obese or overweight, according to Statistics Canada. ...

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Pediatric Obesity Guidelines Released - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)


Pediatric Obesity Guidelines Released
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Nov 18, 2008
The document offers specific criteria for defining overweight and obesity in children and outlines strategies for averting and treating these conditions. ...

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Balance Risk Of Childhood Obesity Medications - Tampa Tribune


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Balance Risk Of Childhood Obesity Medications
Tampa Tribune, FL - Nov 12, 2008
National trends indicate an increase in 8- to 17-year-olds who are overweight or obese and suffering from hypertension. By MARY SHEDDEN | The Tampa Tribune ...
PD Editorial: The bad... and the good Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds That Happened!
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Bigger, Taller, Heavier Paranoia, childhood obesity and the future ... - OUPblog


Bigger, Taller, Heavier Paranoia, childhood obesity and the future ...
OUPblog, New York - Nov 17, 2008
These are grim statistics, but they’re a drop in the ocean compared to the risks our kids are running by not going out. The number of obese of overweight ...

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The fall of the french fry in Greece - MPNnow.com


The fall of the french fry in Greece
MPNnow.com, NY - Nov 6, 2008
They’ve been faced with daunting statistics: A statewide survey of nearly 2000 third-graders in 2004 showed that 21 percent of upstate kids were obese, ...

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Kids: Get outside and get healthy - The News Journal


Kids: Get outside and get healthy
The News Journal, DE - Oct 28, 2008
Seventeen percent of kids ages 2 to 19 are overweight, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Forty years ago, less than 5 percent were ...

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