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Kids With Lesser Aerobic Fitness As Smart As Their Leaner Peers; 3 Foods To Cut Belly Fat
In a recent study, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, it was found that obese kids, or those who engage in lesser aerobic exercises, are as smart as their leaner peers.
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TV in Your Kids' Room May Make Them Prone to Obesity: Research
The causes of obesity are complex and multiple. Screen time is a part of the bigger picture.
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Parent's Obesity May Delay Development in Kids
Are your toddler's fingers and hands movement slow? Is his/her ability to relate to and interact with others as well as problem-solving skills delayed? Blame it on your obesity, researchers say.
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Britain Seeks to Fight Obesity With Soft Drinks Sugar Levy
Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.
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Childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Linked to Obesity: Experts
There is a need for greater awareness regarding the association between ADHD and obesity in females among patients, care givers and health care providers.
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Kids From Low-Income Families More Susceptible to Obesity
Using a model created from data on 111,799 Massachusetts students, the researchers showed that as poverty rises, so does the rate of obesity among children.
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How to Protect Your Child From Obesity
The first few years in a child's life play a huge role in determining how healthy, unhealthy or obese he/she will be in the future. This makes it crucial that infants be fed with the right kind of food. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics,...
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One in 10 School Children Overweight in Delhi-NCR
A recent survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), has stated that one in every 10 school going children in the National Capital Region (NCR) is overweight. The survey covered 25 private and public schools,...
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Tackling Childhood Obesity on WHO's Agenda
The rapid global increase in childhood obesity has got The World Health Organization worrying. WHO's Director-General Margaret Chan, Xinhua expressed her deep concern over the same at the 67th World Health Assembly held in Geneva. In her opening...
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Kids' Genetic Risk For Obesity Rises With Age, Study Finds
As children get older, genes appear to play an increasing role in whether some kids become heavier than their peers, a new study indicates.Researchers looked at 2,556 pairs of twins in England and Wales when they were aged 4 and 10. The investigators...
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Address Your Kid's Emotions to Ward Off Childhood Obesity
Does you mom often punish you or dismiss your emotions instead of being sensitive to your distress and teach you how to handle those feelings? You may run a higher chance of obesity. "A child who doesn't learn to regulate his emotions may, in turn, develop...
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Obese Children Run the Risk of Heart Disease: Study
Researchers have sounded warning bells on obese children as young as five-year-old who could be potential candidates for stroke or heart attack later in life.Obese or overweight young children have already been found to have raised blood pressure, cholesterol...
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Provocative debate: Should parents lose custody of super obese kids?
Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.It has happened a few times in ...
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Kids with coordination disorder likely to be overweight
Children with a condition known as developmental coordination disorder are at a higher risk of being overweight or obese than other youngsters.
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Obese mothers have obese kids
The children of overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of lean mothers.
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Kids With Lesser Aerobic Fitness As Smart As Their Leaner Peers; 3 Foods To Cut Belly Fat
In a recent study, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, it was found that obese kids, or those who engage in lesser aerobic exercises, are as smart as their leaner peers.
-
TV in Your Kids' Room May Make Them Prone to Obesity: Research
The causes of obesity are complex and multiple. Screen time is a part of the bigger picture.
-
Parent's Obesity May Delay Development in Kids
Are your toddler's fingers and hands movement slow? Is his/her ability to relate to and interact with others as well as problem-solving skills delayed? Blame it on your obesity, researchers say.
-
Britain Seeks to Fight Obesity With Soft Drinks Sugar Levy
Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.
-
Childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Linked to Obesity: Experts
There is a need for greater awareness regarding the association between ADHD and obesity in females among patients, care givers and health care providers.
-
Kids From Low-Income Families More Susceptible to Obesity
Using a model created from data on 111,799 Massachusetts students, the researchers showed that as poverty rises, so does the rate of obesity among children.
-
How to Protect Your Child From Obesity
The first few years in a child's life play a huge role in determining how healthy, unhealthy or obese he/she will be in the future. This makes it crucial that infants be fed with the right kind of food. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics,...
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One in 10 School Children Overweight in Delhi-NCR
A recent survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), has stated that one in every 10 school going children in the National Capital Region (NCR) is overweight. The survey covered 25 private and public schools,...
-
Tackling Childhood Obesity on WHO's Agenda
The rapid global increase in childhood obesity has got The World Health Organization worrying. WHO's Director-General Margaret Chan, Xinhua expressed her deep concern over the same at the 67th World Health Assembly held in Geneva. In her opening...
-
Kids' Genetic Risk For Obesity Rises With Age, Study Finds
As children get older, genes appear to play an increasing role in whether some kids become heavier than their peers, a new study indicates.Researchers looked at 2,556 pairs of twins in England and Wales when they were aged 4 and 10. The investigators...
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Address Your Kid's Emotions to Ward Off Childhood Obesity
Does you mom often punish you or dismiss your emotions instead of being sensitive to your distress and teach you how to handle those feelings? You may run a higher chance of obesity. "A child who doesn't learn to regulate his emotions may, in turn, develop...
-
Obese Children Run the Risk of Heart Disease: Study
Researchers have sounded warning bells on obese children as young as five-year-old who could be potential candidates for stroke or heart attack later in life.Obese or overweight young children have already been found to have raised blood pressure, cholesterol...
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Provocative debate: Should parents lose custody of super obese kids?
Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.It has happened a few times in ...
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Kids with coordination disorder likely to be overweight
Children with a condition known as developmental coordination disorder are at a higher risk of being overweight or obese than other youngsters.
-
Obese mothers have obese kids
The children of overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of lean mothers.
