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There is a growing body of evidence that the current problem of obesity can be traced back to childhood, even back to the womb. A recent post reported that 1 in every 5 4-year olds is overweight or obese. In this post I present the latest research updates on childhood obesity.
The growth charts and obesity
Researchers [...]
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? [...]
A panel of experts which included doctors and psychologists came up with a new model to fight childhood and adolescent obesity. The model consists of 7 steps, each step with increasing intensity.
The so-called Seven Steps to Success are
Medical Management. This step should be a joint effort between parents and pediatricians. The parents should have their child [...]
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 [...]
Chatting with some mom friends the other day, someone brought up the topic of information you would never, ever divulge to anyone else. And the top of the list of “questions I will never answer” was weight.
I had to reveal my weight to rent a snowboard the other day, so I can’t count myself amongst [...]
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