Children's comments inspire Goody to lose weight
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Reality show Big Brother contestant Jade Goody has vowed to quit drinking and to eat healthy after her own children criticised her by calling her fat.
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Even young children can paint a picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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Babies who are born heavy and grow  fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by  the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000  children in Hong Kong has shown.
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Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to address childhood obesity.
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Yoga and dance workshops for kids and parents at a museum. Free bike locks to encourage students to cycle to school. A food bank that offers fitness workouts along with hot meals for children. These are among the projects encouraged by a 2-year-old Chicago consortium tackling childhood obesity.
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Children as young as three are being treated for obesity, according to one leading UK expert.
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Simply increasing physical  activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in  young children, and therefore will probably not prevent  obesity, although it may set the stage for a healthier  lifestyle, the results of a study conducted in Scotland  suggest.
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A recent survey has found that one out of every five children in the north China municipality of Tianjin is overweight. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk increases an average of
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There&#39;s a call for schools to aggressively teach children about the dangers of heart disease -- and the risks of bad diet and not exercising enough.
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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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Children's tendency to become  overweight might have something to do with how their mothers  urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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(HealthDay News) -- Families that regularly eat healthy dinners together often encourage children to make healthier food choices.
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Finding the right words for tricky conversations with children.
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Doctors and health advocates have warned for years that American children are getting fatter. Now even some kids&#039; teddy bears are packing on the pounds.
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Among the parents of obese children ages 6 to 11, only 13 percent described their child as very overweight, according to a new study.
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Parents are often unaware when their children are overweight or obese, a study says.
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available