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Effective strategies urgently needed to stop progression of childhood obesity epidemic
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed in an article in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
A systems approach to preventing obesity in early life
Currently more than ten percent of preschoolers in the US are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic.
Could the Childhood Obesity 'Epidemic' Be Ebbing?
TUESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- After two decades of steadily increasing rates of childhood obesity, at least one state may finally be turning things around.
Richmond soda tax to fight obesity makes ballot
Richmond voters will decide this fall whether to impose what could be the nation's first municipal tax on soda and other sugary beverages - a penny-per-ounce surcharge intended to fight childhood obesity. The City...
Camden moves to fight obesity
In an effort to fight childhood obesity and promote healthy living, the Camden City School District will hold its first “Let’s Move Gala” Wednesday evening. The idea came from Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative to put children on a path to a healthy future, said Sharon Shields, district manager for youth services programs.
Weller Health Education Center pairs with Easton Area School District to prevent childhood obesity
Want a free, healthy dinner? Then take part in the Weller Health Education Center's new initiative, aimed at reducing and preventing childhood obesity.
Environment key to preventing childhood disabilities
The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country's most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socioenvironmental risk factors than in developing medicines. That's the key conclusion of a new article.
'Safe Routes,' founded in Marin, receives national recognition for fighting obesity
A MARIN BICYCLE program that has served as a model for programs across the United States has won national recognition for its impact on fighting childhood obesity.
Global health priorities should shift to preventing risky behaviors in adolescence: UW professor
As childhood and adolescent deaths from infectious diseases have declined worldwide, policymakers are shifting attention to preventing deaths from noncommunicable causes, such as drug and alcohol use, mental health problems, obesity, traffic crashes, violence and unsafe sex practices.
Is There A Better Way To Talk About Obesity?
A recent study projects that more than 40 percent of Americans will be obese by the year 2030. Host Michel Martin delves into the cultural factors that might be preventing African-Americans and Latinos from losing weight. Martin speaks with Jane Delgado of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, and Jenee Desmond-Harris of The Root .
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