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Childhood Obesity Rates Have Nearly Tripled in The Previous 30 Years
Feb 14, 2014Childhood obesity rates have nearly tripled in the previous 30 years and researchers are asking the important question of how this epidemic will impact the future health of these obese children and public health in general. A University of ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Childhood obesity
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Obese Children Exposed to High Levels of Air Pollutants Were Nearly Three Times
Jan 23, 2014Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center ...
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Single Dietary Interventions Are Not Effective at Increasing Fruit, Vegetable Consumption
Jan 22, 2014Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...
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Public Health Researchers Have Found Single Dietary Interventions Are Not Effective
Jan 20, 2014Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...
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Children Who Were Bullied During P.E. Class Were Less Likely to Participate in Activity
Jan 16, 2014A new study found that children who were bullied during P.E. class or other physical activities were less likely to participate in physical activity one year later. Overweight or obese children who experienced teasing during physical ...
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It Isn't Much More Weight Than Kids Who Only Make The Lifestyle Changes
Dec 26, 2013Obese children who don't have type 2 diabetes but take the diabetes drug metformin while improving their diet and exercise habits seem to lose a bit of weight. But it isn't much more weight than kids who only make the lifestyle changes, ...
Tags: obese children, type 2 diabetes, diabetes drug, metformin, loss weight
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Obese Children Have Elevated Levels of a Key Stress Hormone
Dec 25, 2013Obese children have elevated levels of a key stress hormone, according to a new study. Researchers measured levels of cortisol -- considered an indicator of stress -- in hair samples from 20 obese and 20 normal-weight children, aged 8 to ...
Tags: obese children, stress hormone, kids health
