Vital Signs: Patterns: Weight May Influence School Attendance
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The more overweight a child, the more likely he or she is to be absent from school, a new report suggests.
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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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A study in Australia has shown that  changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese  children from as young as six, warning signs that might be  linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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Some seasonal patterns in when a diagnosis of type I insulin- dependent diabetes is made in school-age children may reflect the parents' response during holidays and weekends, as well as the availability of healthcare services, according to Scottish researchers.
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Many parents with obese or overweight children fail to recognise their child has a weight problem, a new study shows. The findings published in today&#39;s British Medical Journal found some
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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Parents of overweight and obese kids often don't realize that their children are carrying excess pounds, new research shows.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Rates of overweight among young children in low-income U.S. families increased between 1989 and 2000, says a study in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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Science & environment: US study finds that a child's risk of becoming overweight is mostly down to nature, not nurture
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Teen girls who frequently weighed themselves were more likely than others to resort to unhealthy dieting measures, and some ended up gaining close to twice as much weight, a study of Minnesota students found.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease -- similar to that seen in obese adults, U.S. researchers say.
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TUESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Poor, older teenagers are more likely to be overweight than their well-off counterparts.
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NEW YORK  - A long-term study has found that skinfold thickness during adolescence is a better predictor of being overweight as an adult than adolescent body mass index (BMI) -- the ratio of weight to height commonly used to classify an individual as over-, under- or normal-weight.
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New research discounts a common theory on why poor children are more likely to be overweight than children from wealthier families. Iowa State University researchers say their analysis shows that a lack of food isn't necessarily to blame, although they're not sure why so many children from low-income families are overweight.
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NEW YORK  - Some seasonal patterns in when  a diagnosis of type I insulin- dependent diabetes is made in  school-age children may reflect the parents' response during  holidays and weekends, as well as the availability of  healthcare services, according to Scottish researchers.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Early growth patterns in a girl's life, going back as far as her birth weight, influence her later risk of developing breast cancer.
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NEW YORK  - The amount of time people spend sleeping may affect their weight, study results suggest.