Study looks at why poor kids are heavy
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New research discounts a common theory on why poor children are more likely to be overweight than children from wealthier families.
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ST. LOUIS -- Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.
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Studies of children indicate that people may be inherently prejudiced against those less fortunate. Bah, humbug, indeed.
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Overweight U.S. children run an alarmingly high risk of iron deficiency, a condition which can lead to learning and behavior problems, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Oct. 27, 2004 -- If you could go back in time to 1960, you might notice that men, women, and children were a bit shorter then and had a lower average weight than today.
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In a new report, Harvard researchers sound the alarm about the poor health of American kids. How asthma, obesity and other problems could plague them for the rest of their lives.
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NEW YORK  - Preschool children who are regularly given sugary drinks between meals are more likely to be overweight than their peers, new study findings suggest.
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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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The children of wealthier parents, particularly those with working mothers, are more likely to be obese or overweight, a study says.
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NEW YORK  - Upwardly mobile white women who grew up in poverty have a lower risk of having an underweight infant, but the same is not true of black women, a study published Tuesday suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who were born at a  very low weight may have a higher-than-average rate of some  psychological problems, a new study suggests.
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Children who have a poor diet are more likely to become aggressive and anti-social, US researchers believe.
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If some children seem like they  were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true.
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NEW YORK  - Many parents of children classified as overweight or even extremely overweight do not perceive their child as being excessively heavy, with some wrongly believing that their child is "about the right weight," new research suggests.
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A good night's sleep may reduce a child's risk of becoming obese, according to research from the US.
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NEW YORK  - Obese children appear to be at  risk of both constipation and lack of bowel control, new  research reports.