U.S. Panel: Childhood Obesity a National Crisis
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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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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID    WASHINGTON  -- A wide-ranging effort involving parents, schools, communities and government is needed to turn the tide of childhood obesity, the Institute of Medicine said Thursday...
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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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A wide-ranging effort involving parents, schools, communities and government is needed to turn the tide of childhood obesity, the Institute of Medicine said Thursday.
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A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way
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Childhood obesity in the United States  appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age,  for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday.
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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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Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 22 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, and more than 17 million of them are in developing countries.
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Reversing the rapid rise in obesity among American children and youth will require a multipronged approach by schools, families, communities, industry, and government that would be as comprehensive and ambitious as national anti-smoking efforts, according
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Nov. 8 - A new report card on the nation&#39;s health shows the prevalence of obesity is up 97% since 1990. It shows nearly one in 4 Americans is 30 pounds or more overweight.
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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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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: More than 10 percent of US children 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported yesterday.
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The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported today, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Reuters Life!) - Los Angeles pediatrician Francine Kaufman is on the front lines of the childhood obesity epidemic, which has flooded her office with diabetes patients and put kids at risk of adult health problems.
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WASHINGTON -- Childhood obesity has reached such epidemic proportions that it can be reversed only by a coordinated effort touching everything from new zoning laws that promote parks and sidewalks to tougher regulation of ads aimed at kids to more
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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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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