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Atlanta ad campaign uses obese kids to try and shock parents

Approximately one-third of adults and 17 percent of children in the United States are obese. While this public health crisis has spawned a billion dollar diet industry, reality shows dedicated to weight loss, and the First Lady's "Let's Move" program, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta didn’t think these were enough to discourage children from making unhealthy choices. The hospital launched a ...

Kinston residents share stories of weight loss with Lighten Up Lenoir

Eastern North Carolina boasts a rich culture, with its fascinating history, friendly people and its tasty, but unhealthy, food. A steady diet of fried foods, fatty meats, salty side dishes and sugary sweets along with a sedentary lifestyle combine to...

Solid 'finger food' may help babies avoid obesity: study

Infants outgrowing a liquid diet who give themselves finger food rather than being spoon-fed puree are likelier to eat healthily and avoid getting fat during weaning, reports a study released Tuesday.

The Weight Loss Myth of Fad Diets

"Dieting" doesn't work. At best, it’s a temporary fix. A healthy weight loss plan will help teens meet diet and weight loss goals -- and stay there.

Studies Put Soda in the Crosshairs

All this week, NHPR has been looking at the challenge of reducing the number of overweight people in the state. At the national level, there is the barest glimmer of good news. One study suggests that obesity rates among some groups might be leveling off. A separate analysis found that the consumption of certain sugars in our diet dropped about 25% Taken together, the two results have drawn ...

Childhood Obesity May Cause Future Heart Disease Epidemic

"A coming epidemic" is how pediatric cardiologists are describing the impending problems from high rates of juvenile obesity, reports The Missourian. Here are details for parents about overweight kids, heart disease and other concomitant health issues.

Parents Are Key in Helping Obese Kids Lose Weight, AHA Says

The key to combating juvenile obesity lies with parents, the American Heart Association says. The AHA released a scientific statement in its most recent issue of "Circulation" journal. Here are tips for parents to curb weight problems in kids, based on that report.

Thousands of W.Va. children headed for diabetes

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Jenni, a young teenager, sat on a West Virginia University examining table, twisting her fingers, waiting for the heart doctor. Sitting nearby, her dad patted her arm and closed his eyes.

Kids' health predicts parents' future heart disease

(Reuters) - Parents of children suffering from high cholesterol or blood pressure have been found to have a higher incidence of heart disease and diabetes later on, a U.S. study said, Screening children is important, not only for themselves, but for the clues it may yield to the health of parents who may not always go for check-ups themselves, said the researchers, whose study was published in ...

Study: Doctors' weights linked to diagnosis for patients

Being 'too skinny' or 'too fat' has always come down to the number on the scale when a doctor is reading a patient's body mass index. However, a recent study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, linked patients' weight diagnosis ... ;

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