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Growing up fat is no fun - India Today


India Today

Growing up fat is no fun
India Today
Apart from all the social and emotional problems of being a fat kid, health risks also abound. Childhood and teenage obesity is dangerously on the rise throughout the country. "While obesity is linked to slow metabolism and genetics, lifestyle factors ...

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Feeling left out could lead kids to opt out of physical activity - Akron Beacon Journal


Akron Beacon Journal

Feeling left out could lead kids to opt out of physical activity
Akron Beacon Journal
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of children and adolescents are overweight. Barkley got the idea for the study while watching his three sons, ages 3 to 7, playing in their backyard.

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Experts disagree on screening children for a disorder tied to high cholesterol - Washington Post


Experts disagree on screening children for a disorder tied to high cholesterol
Washington Post
... a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, but also to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment, including those with high LDL related to being overweight or obese. Working with these kids to eat more healthfully and to exercise more ...

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Excluded Kids Get Less Exercise, and Other Non-Shocking Revelations - Jezebel


Excluded Kids Get Less Exercise, and Other Non-Shocking Revelations
Jezebel
Additional research examining potential differences in these effects between normal weight and overweight/obese children is warranted, because over- weight youth are at greater risk of difficulties with the larger peer group.

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Anti-obesity ads could cause extreme results - Red and Black


Red and Black

Anti-obesity ads could cause extreme results
Red and Black
In fact, many of the captions on the print ads closely resemble insults an overweight kid would hear from bullies at school. β€œIt has to be harsh. If it's not, nobody's going to listen,” Linda Matzigkeit, vice president of Children's Healthcare of ...

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Family Involvement May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits - WebMD


Los Angeles Times

Family Involvement May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits
WebMD
23, 2012 -- Parents and grandparents can play a unique role in reversing obesity by encouraging healthy lifestyle changes in overweight children, suggests the American Heart Association. A new statement issued by the organization calls for more family ...
AHA: Childhood obesity needs to focus on the family unitFox News
Getting the family involved may help obese kids lose weightLos Angeles Times
Fighting Childhood Obesity in a Complex EnvironmentSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
LEX18 Lexington KY News
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New nutrition standards for school meals - Seacoastonline.com


New nutrition standards for school meals
Seacoastonline.com
Nearly one out of every three children in this country is at potential risk for these preventable diseases owing to being overweight or obese. Unless corrective steps are taken, it is believed that today's children could have shorter lifespans than ...
Who really needs schooling?High Plains Journal
Vegetarian school lunches would be healthy choicesnwitimes.com

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Obesity: Is It Indirectly Responsible for Plunging Crime Rates? - International Business Times


International Business Times

Obesity: Is It Indirectly Responsible for Plunging Crime Rates?
International Business Times
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 36 percent of all American adults and 17 percent of children under 19 were obese in 2010. When one includes people who are simply overweight, the numbers are even more stunning – almost ...

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Obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking in the United States - Southeast Missourian


Obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking in the United States
Southeast Missourian
The latest reports -- one on children and the other on adults -- focused on obesity, meaning a body mass index of at least 30. But the numbers of adults and children who were overweight, with a BMI of between 25 and 29, also remained high.

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The Failure to Prioritize Our Children - Huffington Post (blog)


The Failure to Prioritize Our Children
Huffington Post (blog)
These same public policy choices are responsible for the increasing wealth gap and the consequent futures of our impoverished and overweight children growing dimmer. The faith community is, has and will continue to stand on behalf of children.

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