Preschoolers Become Focus of Obesity Fight
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When Jane Kostelc first started visiting families at home and asking about their eating habits, she wondered if she wasn't overstepping: "I felt like it was really none of my business what they ate for breakfast," she said.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Stemming the obesity epidemic in children will require an all-out assault not dissimilar to the antismoking campaign of the last four decades, a U.S. expert panel said Thursday.
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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to address childhood obesity.
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Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.
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Parents are often unaware that their children are overweight or obese, according to a study.
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To fight obesity, the government should boost health education and help shield kids from junk food. And corporate support is needed, too.
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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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NEW YORK  - Preschoolers who eat the  recommended four servings of fruits and vegetables -- along  with two servings of dairy products -- each day may have lower  blood pressures in early adolescence, new study findings  suggest.
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Los Angeles  pediatrician Francine Kaufman is on the front lines of the  childhood obesity epidemic, which has flooded her office with  diabetes patients and put kids at risk of adult health  problems.
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To fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, the nation must launch a campaign focused on junk food children eat and get them exercising more, the National Academy of Sciences said today.
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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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NEW YORK  - Parents of overweight and obese  kids often don't realize that their children are carrying  excess pounds, new research shows.
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More than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are plagued with obesity,. The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight.
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Preschoolers who drink at least one serving of soda, fruit juice or other sweet beverage every day are likely to become overweight, new study findings show.
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Exercise alone is unlikely to prevent obesity in preschoolers but it does improve their motor skills, may boost their confidence and can establish a healthy life-long habit, researchers said on Friday.
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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.