Obesity Rising Among U.S. Preschoolers
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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
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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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TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.
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NEW YORK  - 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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The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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 number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease -- similar to that seen in obese adults, U.S. researchers say.
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Obese children as young as 7 already have the beginnings of artery disease, Italian and U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Children who eat in large groups may consume nearly a third more than when they are in small groups, a finding that sheds light on the problem of child obesity, a study says.
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By any measure, Americans are increasingly interested in eating healthily, yet obesity rates are still rising.
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The children of overweight mothers  are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of  lean mothers, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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The more three-year-olds watch television, the more sugary drinks they consume, and the extra calories turn into extra weight, a US study published Wednesday showed.
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A report published by the American Heart Association says one tenth of all American children aged 2-5 were obese in 2002. Ten years ago the figure stood at one in fourteen.
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Nov. 8, 2004 -- Rapidly rising obesity rates and a startling increase in child mortality are holding back gains in Americans&#39; overall health, concludes an annual 50-state survey conducted by nonprofit public health groups Monday.
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America&#39;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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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen as more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association has reported.