Expert panel says to call kids 'obese'
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Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.
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A new UK study indicates that many parents of obese children have no idea their offspring have a problem. Researchers based at Plymouthâs Derriford Hospital carried out a survey involving 277 children and
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Sept. 30, 2004 -- Sweeping changes are needed in America to prevent the growing childhood obesity epidemic from wreaking havoc on the nation&#39;s overall health and its medical system, concludes an Institute of Medicine panel.
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Todayâs warning by the World Health Organization and the World Heart Federation is more sad news for overweight kids. Worldwide, the WHO says, there are 18 million overweight children under the age of five
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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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Kids who carry excess pounds  may be doing permanent damage to their feet, a group of foot  and ankle surgeons warns.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - U.S. experts said on Wednesday  that companies developing fat-fighting drugs should include  severely obese children in their studies but were less  supportive of targeting moderately overweight adults without  health problems.
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An updated report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) confirms what many parents and pediatricians already know: Childhood obesity is only getting worse.
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Obesity has been a factor in at least 20 child protection cases, the BBC learns, as some doctors view it as neglect.
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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 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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NEW YORK  - Kids who carry excess pounds may be doing permanent damage to their feet, a group of foot and ankle surgeons warns.
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NEW YORK  - Obese children appear to be at  risk of both constipation and lack of bowel control, new  research reports.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- So-called &quot;baby fat&quot; in young children could be a predictor of weight problems much later on, researchers say.
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Obese children grow up to have  bigger left ventricles in their hearts, putting them at risk  for heart disease, researchers said on Monday.
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Is it OK for doctors and parents to tell children and teens they&#039;re fat?
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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.