Kids Need Help Staying Slim, Congress Told
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Schools may need more money and  regulators may need more authority to help America's children  from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told  Congress on Tuesday.
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Reversing the rapid rise in obesity among American children and youth will require a multipronged approach by schools, families, communities, industry, and government that would be as comprehensive and ambitious as national anti-smoking efforts, according
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People who literally cannot sit  still may have inborn behavior that keeps them slim even if  they overeat a little, researchers in the United States said on  Thursday.
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Health insurance for children and college loan help are priorities in Congress this fall.
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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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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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Participating in physical  activities in and out of school more than two times a week  protects adolescents from becoming overweight young adults,  according to new research.
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Aside from living in the nation's capitol, Washington, D.C., kids have another dubious distinction: They are the fattest children in the country, according to a new report from the Trust for America's Health.
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NEW YORK  - Sitting down for regular family meals may protect teen girls from developing eating disorders, according to a new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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Children who weigh too much &#151; and the stagnant lifestyles that cause them to pack on the pounds &#151; are the subject of new initiatives from Gov. George Pataki and the state Legislature.
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Almost three-quarters of California&#39;s fifth-, seventh- and ninth-graders are out of shape, according to a new report by the state Department of Education.
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Fearing that young models strutting down the runways in New York City are too skinny, a state lawmaker proposes that weight standards be established for the fashion and entertainment industries.
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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President Bush yesterday added his voice to the growing debate over childhood obesity, as he met at the White House with representatives of some of the companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem and urged them to stress the importance of healthy eating and physical fitness in their marketing campaigns....
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New York  - Among teens in one Los Angles  public school, 60 percent reported dieting at some point in  their lives -- primarily before the age of 14 -- and many said  they skipped meals or vomited to control their weight.
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Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids' ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
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President Bush yesterday added his voice to the growing debate over childhood obesity, as he met at the White House with representatives of some of the companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem and urged them to stress the importance of healthy eating and physical fitness in their...