Childhood obesity: time for action, not complacency
Tags: OBESITY in children -- Prevention; NUTRITION disorders
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- Childhood Obesity. // Pediatrics for Parents;2001, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p7
Details the report, 'Promoting Better Health for Young People Through Physical Activity and Sports,' by Howell Wechsler, a health scientist at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on strategies in preventing childhood obesity.
- Wellness Club teaches kids to eat healthy. Lankford, Aldethia // Hudson Valley Business Journal;1/14/2008, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p7
The article reports that the Hudson Valley Hospital Center's Wellness Club in Hudson Valley, New York and New Jersey, focuses on teaching children to eat healthy foods. To reduce risk of disease as well as experience the benefits of a more active and conscious lifestyle, the members concentrate...
- The neighbourhood matters: studying exposures relevant to childhood obesity and the policy implications in Leeds, UK. Edwards, K. L.; Clarke, G. P.; Ransley, J. K.; Cade, J. // Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health;Mar2010, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p5
Background Reducing childhood obesity is a key UK government target. Obesogenic environments are one of the major explanations for the rising prevalence and thus a constructive focus for preventive strategies. Spatial analysis techniques are used to provide more information about obesity at the...
- KNACK Online: An Evidence-based Web Site Developed to Address Adolescent Obesity. Kidd, Tandatayo; Johannes, Elaine; Simonson, Larry; Medeiros, Denis // Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior;May/Jun2008, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p189
The article reviews the website www.knackonline.org, which was developed by Knowledge of Nutrition and Activity for Communities in Kansas (KNACK) in order to address issues relating to obesity in teenagers.
- 10 WAYS TO RAISE A LEANER CHILD. Sears, William // Baby Talk;May2004, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p56
Presents tips on the proper way of feeding infants to prevent obesity.
- United States shifts focus to food marketing in battle to reduce childhood obesity. Benac, Nancy // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;7/13/2010, Vol. 182 Issue 10, pE459
The article reports that U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama's fight against national childhood obesity shifts its focus on food marketing. It says that after Obama's launch of the crusade, the U.S. government released on May 10, 2010 the report "White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to...
- Institute of Medicine plan takes on childhood obesity. Krisberg, Kim // Nation's Health;Nov2004, Vol. 34 Issue 9, p1
This article highlights the report Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance, which was released at a news conference in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2004. Preventing childhood obesity should be considered a national public health priority, according to the new Institute of...
- Efforts to Combat Childhood Obesity Seen as Inadequate. Samuels, Christina A. // Education Week;9/20/2006, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p6
The article reports that one-third of American children are either obese or at risk of becoming obese. The U.S. childhood obesity problem is coupled with a lack of coordination among states, and an inadequate number of obesity prevention programs, according to a report from the Institute of...
- Fast food faces future in planning slow lane. DRUCE, CHRIS // Caterer & Hotelkeeper;3/4/2011, Vol. 201 Issue 4667, p14
The article reports that Domino's Pizza Inc. has been refused permission to open an outlet near Parsloes Primary School, London, England, as it will harm the local councils' battle against obesity. They say that it is against their policy of a 400 meter hot food take-away exclusion zone next to...
