Ark. may drop schoolchildren weigh-ins
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Arkansas &#151; the first state to send home obesity report cards to warn parents of overweight kids' health risks &#151; may ditch the plan or weaken it with the help of the new governor.
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One in five children is predicted to be obese by the end of the decade. But efforts to turn that tide are scattershot and underfunded, and the government killed one of the few programs proven to work, specialists said Wednesday.
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A U.S. governor who has promoted  good health since losing weight claimed a victory in the battle  of the bulge statewide with the release on Wednesday of obesity  test results for Arkansas schools.
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Obese children are costing U.S.  schools millions of dollars every year in lost funding and may  be lowering test scores as well, a report released by a former  U.S. surgeon general said on Thursday.
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Officials at Texas' largest school district, which once miscounted nearly 3,000 dropouts, hope that by taking a personal interest in at-risk students and dividing them into smaller classes, they will stay in school.
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America's children are fat and  getting fatter, and parents, schools, the government,  advertisers and the food industry all need to make changes to  battle the problem, a panel of experts said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Giving parents the skills to cope effectively with their young children's weight problems can make it easier for these kids to slim down, a study from Australia shows.
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The governor of Arkansas has lost more than 100 pounds and is encouraging other Arkansans to follow his example.
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NEW YORK  - Parents of overweight and obese  kids often don't realize that their children are carrying  excess pounds, new research shows.
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With an increasing number of Nebraska children overweight or at risk of becoming so, a state lawmaker wants to take aim at junk food sold in schools.
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Rhonda Sanders received an eye-opening letter from her daughter's school three years ago: At age 10, her 5-foot, 137-pound child was heavier than 98 percent of her peers.
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Thousands of children across Australia are to be weighed, measured and interviewed about their diet under a national plan to tackle obesity, the government said.
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NEW YORK  - Although adults who lose weight may also lose some bone mass, obese adolescents seem to keep gaining bone density as they shed pounds, a study suggests.
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Schools on Anglesey with fewer than 50 pupils may face closure as plans are considered to deal with falling numbers.
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Parents of overweight and obese kids often don't realize that their children are carrying excess pounds, new research shows.
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Texas school districts would be required to include the body mass index of students as part of their regular report cards under a bill introduced Tuesday by a lawmaker seeking to link healthy minds with healthy bodies.
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New weighty rules due for wrestlers Changes are in store for high school wrestlers this season following the passage of a rule change by the National Federation of High Schools, which governs school sports throughout the country. The new rule changes the way wrestlers are evaluated for minimum weight, and each state will be responsible for implementing its own program. ...