Search Results for 'Obesity'

Georgia's child obesity ads aim to create movement out of co...

It started with the denial of a growing health crisis. Nearly 40% of Georgia's children are overweight or obese -- the second-highest rate in the nation -- yet 50% of Georgians don't consider child obesity a problem. What's mo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Positive parenting prevents obesity in kids

Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them. Today, one out of five US children is obese. They are five times more likely than their peers to be obese by adolescence, facing higher risk [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Obesity in Teens Linked to Poor Relationships at Home With M...

Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study shows. Tracking nearly 1,000 kids into their teens, researchers found more than a quarter of those who scored l [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Drug Abuse, Obesity Top List of Kids' Health Concerns

Drug abuse and childhood obesity ranked highest on a new survey of health concerns for children. Both of those health issues were rated as a "big problem" by 33 percent of adults surveyed. The surv [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Obesity, Not Drugs, Biggest Threat to Kids' Health

Unhealthy eating is the single biggest health problem California’s kids now face, according to a survey of voters released today. And obesity is considered a serious problem for youth by an overwhelming majority. In a dramatic [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Kane finishes plan to cut obesity in kids

The Kane County Health Department has completed its Fit Kids 2020 Plan, a 51-page document outlining strategies to prevent and reverse childhood obesity in the county over the next decade. Fit Kids 2020 had input from parents, physi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids can't win obesity battle without help

One of my favorite fitness pictures was taken during the 2008 Trail Running series. The picture shows a young kid wearing a race number almost as big as she is, smiling from ear to ear as she labors up a steep rocky trail during the race [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Rutgers Children’s Health Summit On Dec. 3 Aims To Fight The...

Members of the media should contact Kathleen Morgan, chair of the Family and Community Health Sciences Department of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, at (732) 932-5000, ext. 604, or Peter Gillies, director of the New Jersey Institute [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Children face obesity problem

More than one third of school-age children in Shanghai are overweight or obese, and the proportion is continuing to grow, a health expert said. "Our research found that Shanghai has the highest percentage of obese and overweight chi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Child obesity plan takes the soft way

America’s first ladies tend to undertake major social service projects, serving as the figurehead of a campaign for some cause that’s worthwhile, but not politically controversial enough to endanger their husbands. For Michel [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Childhood Obesity - Robbing Our Kids Health and Years of Lif...

Its shocking to see how many loving and caring parents do not realize that by not taking prompt action to help their kids to get within their desirable weight they are only paving the way for early onset diseases that will result in a le [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Obesity parents' biggest health concern for kids

Not too surprisingly, when the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital conducted its annual survey on children’s health, childhood obesity ranked as the number one concern. What is interesting is the fact that more [...]