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Health panel urges interventions for children and teens with high BMI - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 8 hours agoWith obesity continuing to loom as a major public health threat, a leading panel of independent US...
Hampshire County Council says child obesity is 'urgent priority'
BBC News· 3 days agoChildhood obesity will be the focus for a council health boss as the number of children who are...
Children in UK getting shorter due to malnutrition in ‘national embarrassment’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe height of children aged 5 has been declining since 2013 while Jamie Oliver, Gordon Brown and...
To reduce childhood obesity, U.S. task force advises intensive counseling
PhillyVoice.com· 11 hours agoNearly 20% of children and adolescents in the United States are obese, and now a panel of national health experts has recommended an intensive, comprehensive set of behavioral interventions ...
Prevention task force recommends intensive counseling for kids with obesity
NPR· 12 hours agoHowever, Nicholson acknowledges the recommendations will pose challenges for many children and parents. Twenty-six hours of counseling is "a commitment both by the child or ...
Study shows any kind of breastfeeding helps lower BMI to prevent obesity
Medical Xpress· 1 day ago"Mounting evidence supports that breastfeeding plays a beneficial role in lowering obesity risk, but...
Backlash over plans to build McDonald’s metres from top state boys’ school
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“[The school] doesn’t have anything like it where we are currently. There will be multiple issues. ...
Zero laptops per child
Politico· 10 hours agoWhen evidence of the childhood obesity epidemic became apparent in the 1990s and early 2000s, a slew of initiatives rose to combat it, like former New...
It's a myth, says Dr. Jeff Hersh. There's no link between sugar and hyperactivity
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoResearch staff also did not know which kids got candy with sugar and which received...
5 effective ways to help obese children lose weight
Rolling Out· 7 days agoHere are five effective ways to help obese children lose weight and lead healthier lives.
