Health institute offers steps for fighting child obesity
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Schools should weigh and measure all children annually to determine whether they&#39;re overweight, and the government must set nutritional standards for brand-name foods and drinks
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In Bayside, Queens, a ward at St. Maryâs Hospital for Children does the careful work of breaking down childrenâs resistance to eating.
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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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The US National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it was launching a systematic campaign to fight obesity, which now affects close to two-thirds of the US population and threatens to overtake smoking as the leading cause of death
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it was launching a systematic campaign to fight obesity, which now affects close to two-thirds of the U.S. population and threatens to overtake smoking as the leading cause of death.
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WASHINGTON: A respected panel of US scientists has urged schools, food companies, government agencies and families to work together to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
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With child obesity rates rising,  the U.S.'s biggest health maintenance organization on Tuesday  launched an online video game to teach kids what to eat -- and  then shut down after 20 minutes.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While there's more recognition of the obesity epidemic plaguing American children and many new programs to fight it, the effectiveness of these efforts is not clear, a new federal report warns.
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THE United Statesâ obesity epidemic has reached the playpen, according to research, with more than 10 per cent of children aged two to five reported to be overweight.
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Schools, food makers, government agencies and families themselves must work together to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity, a panel of scientists said Thursday.
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Americans are beginning to realize   that childhood obesity is a real problem and are even starting   to do something about it, but there is no way to tell what   actually works, a panel of experts said on Wednesday.
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Stemming the obesity epidemic in children will require an all-out assault not dissimilar to the antismoking campaign of the last four decades, a US expert panel said Thursday.
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Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, the American Heart Association said Monday.    The call for bolder action in schools follows the Institute of Medicine's recommendations last month calling for a wide-ranging attack on childhood obesity by involving parents, schools, communities and the government...
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes, the kind that starts in pregnancy, is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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America&#39;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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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
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Americans are beginning to realize  that childhood obesity is a real problem and are even starting  to do something about it, but there is no way to tell what  actually works, a panel of experts said on Wednesday.