Group Fights Child Obesity With Visits
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When Jane Kostelc first started visiting families at home and asking about their eating habits, she wondered if she wasn't overstepping: "I felt like it was really none of my business what they ate for breakfast," she said.
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The nation's largest food company is moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits.
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Sept. 30, 2004 -- Sweeping changes are needed in America to prevent the growing childhood obesity epidemic from wreaking havoc on the nation&#39;s overall health and its medical system, concludes an Institute of Medicine panel.
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TUEDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Lifestyles with too little movement, too much TV exposure and way too much junk food are pushing U.S. children toward a life of overweight and obesity, a collection of new studies finds.
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A group of leading international obesity experts has called for a global ban on advertising junk food to children as part of a worldwide fight against fat.
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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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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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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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America&#39;s children are getting fatter and need help from parents, schools, the government, advertisers and the food industry to get back in shape, a panel of experts said Thursday.
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President Bush yesterday added his voice to the growing debate over childhood obesity, as he met at the White House with representatives of some of the companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem and urged them to stress the importance of healthy eating and physical fitness in their...
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An international charity says overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters.
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A study sponsored by the federal government released Sept. 30 says government, business, and families must address the alarming rate of obesity in children.
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America's children are getting  fatter and need help from parents, schools, the government,  advertisers and the food industry to get back in shape, a panel  of experts said Thursday.
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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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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
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In the wake of two reports, the government is proposing a host of measures, including sending letters to parents of obese schoolchildren.
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Government warnings could be sent to parents of obese children as young as five.