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Fixing the global childhood obesity epidemic begins with making healthy choices the easier choices –...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoClean and safe city parks can be important factors in supporting kids' health and well-being....
Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults
NewMediaWire via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoResearch Highlights: Consistently high scores of perceived stress during adolescence through...
Bernie Sanders: We can't allow the food and beverage industry to destroy our kids' health
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn America today we have a Type 2 diabetes epidemic. In America today we have an obesity epidemic....
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...
Diabetes in kids and young people is projected to dramatically surge. Can it be prevented?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDiabetes is expected to surge dramatically in young people over the next several decades in what...
Americans need more exercise—and should be able to tap FSA and HSA funds to pay for gyms, studios,...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoExercise matters. In the battle against America’s rising tide of overweight and obese youth,...
Even Canada Thinks the Nanny State Has Gone Too Far on Outlawing Fun
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKid playing | Tatyana Tomsickova | Dreamstime.com Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and...
Annual report ranks Polk County 51st out of 67 in Florida for childhood well-being
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPolk County ranks 51st out of Florida’s 67 counties for childhood well-being, according to a report released by the Florida Policy Institute. That is an improvement from last year, when the ...
A new clinic in Needham focuses on breaking the stigma around weight shaming at the hands of doctors
WFXT via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe paint is still drying, the floors aren’t in -- but in a couple of weeks, a new type of primary care medical clinic will open in Needham: one which stresses ‘weight-inclusion.’ “And what ...
Messmer: NH's highest-in-the-nation cancer rates should spark action, not doubt
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Hampshire citizens experience some of the highest cancer rates in the country. But when...