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Obese kids’ feet found to be flatter and fatter
It’s known that obese children tend to have “flatter” feet than their normal-weight peers, but it has been unclear whether that reflects a potential problem in the foot’s bone structure or simply extra fat padding. A new study suggests that it’s both. In general, people with “flat feet” have a lowered arch at the inside [...]
Continue reading...Childhood Obesity Boosts Risk of GERD
10. July 2010
Obese older children are at increased risk for developing the painful digestive disease known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), researchers from Kaiser Permanente in California report. In fact, extremely obese children have up to a 40 percent higher risk of GERD, while those who are moderately obese have up to a 30 percent higher risk [...]
Continue reading...School-Based Efforts May Help Curb Obesity in High-Risk Kids
28. June 2010
School-based efforts at better nutrition, more exercise and improved education about healthy living can help kids who are most at risk for obesity keep the weight off, compared to children in schools without such programs, a new study suggests. But the program failed to reduce the overall numbers of overweight and obese schoolchildren — those [...]
Continue reading...Moms’ full-time work tied to childhood obesity
14. June 2010
The growing number of full-time working moms in the past few decades could be one of the factors contributing to the concurrent rise in childhood obesity, new research hints. In a study of more than 8,500 UK adults followed since their birth in 1958, researchers found that the study participants’ young children were 50 percent [...]
Continue reading...Oregon has lowest rate of childhood obesity
5. May 2010
What’s the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It’s a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing — by a mile — to meet federal goals for childhood obesity. Oregon has the nation’s lowest rate of hefty kids, according to a new government study, which found big [...]
Continue reading...Is There an Obesity Tipping Point in Infancy?
28. March 2010
If there is any reason for hope among the data on national obesity rates in the U.S. (the numbers should be familiar by now: two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children are overweight or obese in the country), it is that they finally seem to be leveling off. According to the most recently published [...]
Continue reading...More Kids Now Extremely Obese
18. March 2010
The obesity epidemic is hitting children harder than ever, with 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls classified as extremely obese in a California study, researchers from Kaiser Permanente report. The news is even worse for black and Hispanic kids: Among black teenage girls, 11.9 percent were classified as extremely obese, as were [...]
Continue reading...Chronic conditions including obesity up in US kids: study
20. February 2010
Chronic conditions including asthma, obesity and behavior disorders have become more common among US children in recent years, with environmental changes and more diagnoses partly to blame, a study published Tuesday shows. Researchers led by Jeanne Van Cleave, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children in Boston, looked at the prevalence of conditions that [...]
Continue reading...3 Simple Steps Can Cut Childhood Obesity
8. February 2010
A new study finds three household routines lower the risk of obesity in children: having family dinners, getting enough sleep and limiting weekday TV time. Four-year-olds in homes that followed these practices had a nearly 40 percent lower prevalence of obesity than children who did none of these things. Of course childhood obesity – a [...]
Continue reading...Federal Panel Urges Obesity Screening for Kids Ages 6 and Up
19. January 2010
A federal panel of health experts has issued new recommendations encouraging U.S. doctors to screen children aged 6 and older for obesity, and to offer them a referral to intensive weight management programs when necessary. The recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) update those issued in 2005. At that time, the group [...]
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