Topic: Childhood Obesity
F or all of its studies, commissions, focus groups and countless efforts to combat childhood obesity, the province has miles to go in delivering a ...
With the start of the Jefferson Parish school year comes an initiative to strengthen students' bodies as well as their minds -- and a possibility...
theodp writes "The winners of the childhood obesity infographic design contest sponsored by GOOD and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move...
Diabetes, depression, infertility and sleep apnea are just a few of the conditions facing the 190 million obese Americans.. . Kids as young as 12 ...
The Horrible Histories series has been a great success in teaching children about the lives of the Romans, Aztecs and Egyptians, among others.....
New York City schoolchildren are as heavy, or perhaps even heavier, than the national average, despite the Bloomberg administration's dogged...
Rainbow's "Healthy YOU at the Zoo" Kicks Off National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Representative Fudge will unveil Fit for L.I.F.E. bill to...
In a first person paper published in the Aug. 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's known that obese children tend to have "flatter" feet than their normal-weight peers, but it has been unclear whether that reflects a potential problem in the foot's bone structure or simply extra fat padding. A ...
Michelle Obama to discuss childhood obesity at NAACP annual convention July 12 in Kansas CityThe NAACP says first lady Michelle Obama will talk about her campaign against childhood obesity when she addresses the organization's annual convention in Kansas
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Childhood Obesity
ABC news report highlighting childhood obesity & rising rates of type ...2008-03-17 -
Childhood Obesity Epidemic
One in five children in the United States is diagnosed ...2007-06-26 -
Stress and Childhood Obesity
Dr. Robert Lustig explains the possible connection between stress and ...2009-10-12
