Health Experts Recommend Ways to Reverse US Youth Obesity Epidemic
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A panel of US public health experts says the country&#39;s epidemic of childhood obesity threatens to set back the medical advances that have decreased child mortality and extended life spans in the past century.
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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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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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Radical international agricultural reform to cut down on the production of oils, fat and sugar -- not diet tricks -- is needed to halt the global obesity epidemic, scientists have warned.
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Childhood obesity is as much a threat to American health as smoking, a national panel of health experts said Thursday, and it will require a full-blown national commitment to mini-size the X-Box generation.
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(HealthDay News) -- The incidence of childhood obesity has more than doubled in the past two decades, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Life expectancy in the United States is set to drop within the next 50 years due to obesity, one of the world's top experts on the subject said on Wednesday.
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Obesity cannot be tackled by just encouraging healthier eating and more exercise, experts say.
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Developing countries, especially in Asia, must promote healthy lifestyles from childhood to halt rising obesity and heart disease rates, medical experts said on Thursday.
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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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Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America&#39;s youth.
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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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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- About one in four overweight American children have sleep trouble, new research shows. However, regular exercise can help those yawning youngsters.
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Unless public health takes urgent measures, one in five children in the United States will be obese by the year 2010, the Institute of Medicine warned in a report.
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Schools may need more money and  regulators may need more authority to help America's children  from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told  Congress on Tuesday.
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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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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.