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Parents Unaware of Children' Weight, Study Says

Childhood obesity is definitely a problem that should be addressed as early as possible, in order to stop it from growing out of control. Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' weight, mental-health issues still priorities

Obesity and mental-health issues among schoolchildren continue to be the focus of initiatives to promote an all-rounded education system here. And efforts by the Ministry of Education (MOE), such as increasing physical-education (PE) curr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

`Formula doesn`t keep kids from gaining weight`

Kids who were fed on formula for the first few months of life gained just as much weight up to age ten as those who were exclusively breastfed, according to new research from Germany. It has been unclear just what effect breastfeeding, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Family Eating Together Better For Children's Health And Body...

Children who regularly sit down with their families to eat tend to enjoy better health, have a considerably lower risk of becoming obese, and develop healthy eating habits, researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign rev [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Exercise benefits overweight kids' mental health

Regular exercise is not just good for an overweight child's physical health, it also improves their ability to think, plan and do maths, the results of a new study indicate. US researchers looked at 171 overweight children who were a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Forget BMI, New Test Better at Finding Oveweight Kids

Even experts who love the Body Mass Index calculation agree that it has its limitations. It can figure out whether at kid is heavier than average for her size, but it doesn’t distinguish where the heaviness is coming from. It sort [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Overweight kids sleep less - study

Professor Tim Olds, who studied the sleep patterns of more than 4000 children from across the country, said poor sleep was known to lead to memory recall problems and impair cognition. Many children in his study were "sleep deprived [...]