Most TV food ads for US kids are high in fat, sugar, salt: study
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Children in the United States are bombarded with television ads for foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt, a study published Tuesday showed.
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NEW YORK  - Children burn more body fat day-to-day than adults do, underscoring their need for a little extra fat in their diets, according to researchers.
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Less fat, less sugar, less salt: Even the mostly svelte French are cracking down. Beginning Thursday, the government ordered food ads to carry cautions telling the French to stop snacking, exercise and eat more fruits and vegetables.
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BABY FAT: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight &#151; a figure up from 7 percent in 1994, the American Heart Association reports.
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Watching too much television may not  only help make children fat, it may also raise their blood  pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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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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As the government says it wants to improve children's diet, teachers call for a ban on junk food advertising aimed at children.
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NEW YORK  - New research shows that the  more added sugar kids get from sodas, sweets and fruit drinks,  the less they get of the things they need in their diets to  stay healthy.
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Eating fast food more than twice a week has strong links with weight gain and insulin resistance, a US study shows.
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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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Watching television can harm children much more than previously thought as it raises the risk of bad eyesight, obesity, premature puberty and autism, a study has shown.
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New research shows that the more added sugar kids get from sodas, sweets and fruit drinks, the less they get of the things they need in their diets to stay healthy.
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A Chinese study has found that children from wealthy families are more likely to suffer bad nutrition than those from low-income homes, partly because they eat more fast food, state media said on Friday.
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Higher salt diets in children lead to raised blood pressure which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, according to a study based on data collected in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
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Diabetic children who spent the most time glued to the TV had a tougher time controlling their blood sugar, according to a Norwegian study that illustrates yet another downside of too much television.
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A siege of fast-food commercials on  Spanish-language television channels in the United States may  be helping drive an obesity epidemic among Latino youth,  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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26/11/2004 - Healthy foods targeted at children may be coming up against a critical barrier to sales - most parents fail to recognise obesity and overweight problems in their children, according to a study out tomorrow.