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Children, Obesity, And Sleep - National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Foundation — Children, Obesity, And Sleep Some 13 percent of children aged 6 to 11 and 14 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 19 are overweight. The ever-increasing waistlines put children at risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. But ...More…
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Why is childhood obesity considered a health problem?
Centers for Disease Control — You've probably read about it in newspapers and seen it on the news: in the United States, the number of obese children and teens has continued to rise over the past two decades.1 You may wonder: Why are doctors and scientists troubled by this ...More…
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Pediatric Obesity and Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Ear, Nose & Throat Care — Fact Sheet; Pediatric Obesity and Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders Today in the United States, studies estimate that 34 percent of U.S. adults are overweight and an additional 31 percent (approximately 60 million) are obese. Combined, ...More…
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Children living near green spaces are more active
American Heart — PALM HARBOR, Fla., March 12, 2009 - Children at high risk of obesity who live near parks and recreation areas are apt to participate in walking activities more often, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Conference on ...More…
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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
National Institutes of Health — A new study indicates there may be yet another reason to reduce childhood obesity - it may help prevent allergies. The study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology showed that obese children and adolescents ...More…
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Overweight and Obesity
Kids Health — BMI is not a perfect measure of body fat and there are situations where BMI may be misleading. For example, a muscular person may have a high BMI without being overweight (because extra muscle adds to a person's body weight - but not fatness). In ...More…
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Obese kids' artery plaque similar to middle-aged adults
American Heart — Researchers used ultrasound to measure the thickness of the inner walls of the neck (carotid) arteries that supply blood to the brain. Increasing carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) indicates the fatty buildup of plaque within arteries ...More…
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Cuando el sobre peso es un problema de salud
Kids Health — Lo más importante de tener un peso normal no es lucir de determinada manera, sino sentirse bien y mantenerse saludable. Tener demasiada grasa corporal es dañino para el cuerpo de muchas maneras. En nuestra sociedad obsesionada con el aspecto ...More…
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Preschoolers benefit from daycare program to prevent obesity
American Heart — Preschoolers benefit from daycare program to prevent obesity COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 12 - A preschool-based intervention program helped prevent early trends toward obesity and instilled healthy eating habits in multi-ethnic 2- to ...More…
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News - The Emotional Toll of Obesity
Kids Health — Being overweight or obese can significantly affect kids' daily way of life, potentially causing serious physical and psychological problems now and in the future, says a recent study. Three times as many 6- to 17-year-olds are overweight now than ...More…
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Search of: obesity [CONDITION] AND child [AGE-GROUP]
Clinical Trials — Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling versus traditional counseling Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) Adolescent Bariatrics: Assessing Health Benefits and Risk Metabolic Differences of Overweight Children and Children of ...More…
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News - Food Companies to Restrict Marketing Aimed at Kids
Kids Health — Major food and drink makers have voluntarily agreed to limit how they market to children under 12. That's good news, since most kids see 40,000 TV ads each year, many for sugary cereals and high-calorie snacks. Whether emblazoned on billboards, ...More…