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Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSince nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students with...
Agencies work to reduce obesity rates among children
Deming Headlight via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSANTA FE – Multiple state agencies are stepping up efforts to curb increasing obesity rates among New Mexico children and help them gain healthy habits...
How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor’s note: Part 6 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Each of the children in Betty McNear's home day care has a...
Could giving kids more access to water at school prevent weight gain?
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoA volunteer carries bottles of water. Could the key to preventing childhood weight gain be as simple...
University of Missouri research examines ways rural schools can help defeat childhood obesity
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"I've done work in rural communities in the past," Lim said. "We were really interested in obesity...
As obesity rates rise, many kids in US not eating enough fruits and vegetables, study finds
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly half of kids ages 1 to 5 are not eating a daily vegetable and nearly one-third are not eating...
Editorial: School meals are laden with sugar and sodium. Students need healthier food
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA cheeseburger with sides of oranges and fries with chocolate milk are offered for lunch at Garfield...
Children obesity a public health crisis says UW Medicine
KIRO via Yahoo News· 1 year agoObesity in children has become a public health crisis and is not getting better, said Dr. Brian...
More US children becoming obese at younger ages
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Compared with levels seen in the early 2000s, recent data show more American children are becoming obese and being diagnosed earlier....
Local pediatrician: Jacksonville must revive the enthusiasm for healthy kids programs
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe word "pandemic” became just another layman’s term when the COVID-19 virus dawned upon the world...