One in five preschoolers are obese, according to researchers at Ohio State University. That adds up to half-a-million obese four year olds in America.
Baby fat is adorable, and even necessary for survival. Babies are designed to be fat, because fat is needed to help babies regulate their temperature. Those adorable little rolls around their tummies? [...]
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That’s what officials told a hopeful father in the UK. Damien and Charlotte Hall have been married for 11 years, and after trying unsuccessfully to have a baby of their own, decided to try to adopt a child.
But officials in the city of Leeds in northern England told Damien that he would have to lose [...]
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Young ladies and gentlemen, if you think that skipping breakfast is one way to lose weight, you?re wrong!
Recent studies showed that American teenagers who skip breakfast are more likely to be obese than those who eat a morning meal. This is based on the study of 2216 students in Minneapolis and St. Paul middle and [...]
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A recent survey of more than 2,000 American adults revealed that parents of obese children do not see them as such. The survey pointed out that for children aged 6-11 who were obese, 43% of parents thought them to be ‘about the right weight?. Obesity was defined as a body mass index greater than 95 [...]
Tags: eating too much, excerise, obese, overweight
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