Junk Food, TV Driving Kids to Obesity
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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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Being overweight is bad for kids' health, but a new study finds it's also bad for their education
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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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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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A siege of fast-food commercials on Spanish-language television channels in the United States may be helping drive an obesity epidemic among Latino youth, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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The stigma that society  attaches to obesity can cause children immediate, and possibly  lasting, harm, according to a research review.
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A national survey shows that most children between the ages of 2 and 5 don't eat even close to the recommended amount of fiber, likely the result of their preferences for fiber-poor foods.
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Parents are often unaware that their children are overweight or obese, according to a study.
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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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Watching television can harm children much more than previously thought as it raises the risk of bad eyesight, obesity, premature puberty and autism, a study has shown.
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A siege of fast-food commercials on  Spanish-language television channels in the United States may  be helping drive an obesity epidemic among Latino youth,  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Self-regulation in food and beverage   marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood   obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on   Tuesday has found.
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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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As the government says it wants to improve children's diet, teachers call for a ban on junk food advertising aimed at children.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are taking it too far.
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Watching television disrupts  children's' normal response to food -- they will eat more while  they're sitting in front of the tube, whether or not they're  really hungry.
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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.