Recent News & Comments About children and obesity
The biggest problem today's youth faces is obesity
Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing problem in this nation. Overweight children are more likely to have severe health issues in their adolescence and as an adult. The most recent data indicates that in the United States about 16% of children ages 6 -19 years old, are overweight.
Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid. Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid.
Sleeping in Parents' Bed May Reduce Kids' Obesity Risk
Parents who let their young children climb into bed with them during the night may decrease their child's risk of obesity, a new study from Denmark suggests.
"Pre-diabetes," diabetes rising among U.S. teens
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of U.S. teenagers with "pre-diabetes" or full-blown type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in recent years -- though obesity and other heart risk factors have held steady, government researchers reported Monday. The good news, the researchers say, is that teen obesity rates leveled off between 1999 and 2008 -- hovering between 18 percent ...
Program urges parents to help stop childhood obesity
A new study released on Monday by the CDC estimated that obese or overweight children were at double the risk of having a heart attack or heart disease. The study was done on children between the ages of 12 and 19.
Heart disease risk factor, diabetes, climbing among US teens, tweens
Overweight American adolescents are experiencing an increase in their risk for heart disease, and the number of adolescents...
Driving our children to obesity
AS a leader in illness prevention, I often wonder what kind of world our children will inherit. In a lot of ways, life will be easier for them.
U.S. Obesity Plateau Shows What Works in Weight Battle
Obesity has become a danger far greater than hunger. Yet amid the alarming stories about its harm to America’s health and economy, one bit of information has been drowned out: The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese appears to have plateaued.
Report: Schools key to fighting America's obesity
Fighting obesity will require changes everywhere Americans live, work, play and learn, says a major new report that outlines dozens of options — from building more walkable neighborhoods to zoning limits on fast-food restaurants to selling healthier snacks in sports arenas.
BMA Scotland calls for more action to get children moving
Commenting ahead of the debate in the Scottish Parliament, on physical activity and its contribution to tackling obesity , Dr Sue Robertson, a member of the BMA's Scottish Council, said:
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