Recent News & Comments About adolescent obesity
Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight [Clinical Crossroads]
With prevalence approaching 20% in the United States, adolescent obesity has become a common problem for patients, parents, and clinicians. Obese adolescents may experience physical and psychosocial complications, as illustrated by the case of Ms K, a 14-year-old girl with a body mass index of 40. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of pediatric obesity treatment is modest in younger children and ...
Positive parenting helps prevent obesity in kids
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them.
Behavior programs may cut child obesity risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Programs that teach parenting skills early on may help prevent obesity in poor U.S. kids, a study published Monday suggests. Researchers found that two programs aimed at preventing behavior problems in low-income, urban preschoolers also seemed to slash their risk of becoming obese later in childhood. In one program, called ParentCorps, 24 percent of children were ...
Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity
Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study.
Positive parenting during early childhood may cut obesity risk
Washington, Feb 6 : Programs that support parents during their child's early years may contribute to obesity prevention, a new study has revealed.
Survey of elementary school student access to food in vending machines, snack bars, other venues
About half of all public and private elementary school students could buy food in one or more competitive venues on campus (vending machines, school stores, snack bars or a la carte lines) by the 2009-2010 school year and sugary foods were available to almost all students with access to these options, according to a report published in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...
Ten innovative public health demonstration projects to receive SAHM grants
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) will award grants to fund ten innovative public health demonstration projects addressing barriers to vaccination among adolescents. The funding for the projects is supported by a grant to SAHM from Merck & Co. Inc.
Junk food widely available at U.S. elementary schools despite anti-obesity push
Nearly half of elementary school children can buy junk food at school, a trend that contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic and underscores the need for federal regulation of school snacks, according to a study published Monday in a pediatric journal. Read full article >>
Battling Obesity In The Borderland
EL PASO- Maybe you've noticed it, but feel bad admitting it. America is getting heavier. read more
Junk food plentiful at US elementary schools despite anti-obesity campaigns: study
CHICAGO - Junk food remains plentiful at the elementary schools in the U.S. despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests.
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