Child malnutrition up since invasion, study says
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STOCKHOLM -- Malnutrition among Iraq's youngest children has nearly doubled since the US-led invasion of Iraq, despite UN efforts to deliver food to the war-ravaged country, a Norwegian research group said yesterday.
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Hunger and malnutrition kill more than 5 million children each year and cost developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) annual hunger report.
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A recent survey has found that one out of every five children in the north China municipality of Tianjin is overweight. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk increases an average of
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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in
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NEW YORK  - Investigators have found that children, whose mothers had a larger body mass index (BMI) prior to pregnancy or a large mid-upper arm circumference in late pregnancy, also had higher levels of body fat at the age of 9 years than other children of the same age.
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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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A new study finds that children who were breast-fed fared better in difficult situations than those were bottle-fed
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Babies who are born heavy and grow  fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by  the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000  children in Hong Kong has shown.
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that the number of young Iraqi children suffering from acute malnutrition has nearly doubled since the March 2003 invasion, as health and living conditions have deteriorated.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are overweight  appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life,  according to an analysis of British records.
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India has higher levels of  malnourished children than Sub-Saharan Africa, despite the  Asian giant having more funds and better infrastructure to  tackle the problem, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on  Wednesday.
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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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A new study indicates that preschoolers eat more when they are in larger groups.
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NEW YORK OCT 18, 2004  - Children who are overweight appear to have an increased risk of cancer in later life, according to the results of a study published in the November 1st issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
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Children who are overweight appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life, according to an analysis of British records.
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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.