Children 'not exercising enough'
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Children living in inner-city areas are not getting enough exercise, the British Heart Foundation says.
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Getting children to switch off the  television does not guarantee they will exercise more, U.S.  researchers said on Monday.
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Researchers surveyed parents of 277 children and found only a quarter of them recognised when their offspring were overweight. Where children were obese, a third of mothers and 57% of fathers thought they
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Young children are supposed to play, run, jump and be active for at least two hours a day, but most aren&#39;t doing even half that much at preschool, says one of the first large studies to look at physical activity in children ages 3 to 5.
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A pilot screening programme carried out on 11-14-year-olds, involving detailed tests on their circulation system, has revealed that although the children appeared healthy, one in five already had defective ...
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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.
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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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Poor town planning which limits opportunities for children to take exercise has been blamed for fuelling an increase in obesity.
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Children who dance are more at risk of eating disorders when they grow up, research has found.
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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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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Even though one out of three American children live within a mile of their school, barely half of those students regularly bike or walk to class, researchers report.
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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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There&#39;s a call for schools to aggressively teach children about the dangers of heart disease -- and the risks of bad diet and not exercising enough.
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Children born underweight but not disabled are still more likely to have physical and mental problems as teen-agers, researchers said on Monday.
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A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
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Some preschools encourage more physical activity than others, and all have a strong influence on how active students are in their daily lives, new research reports.
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Working up a sweat playing video games on Nintendo's interactive Wii console is no replacement for real exercise but at least it gets overweight children off the couch, according to British researchers.