

Dededo school gets kids moving KUAM.com In the last 30 years, childhood obesity has tripled in the United States. That's one in three children being overweight, but some Guam doctors estimate that local statistics are higher. Fortunately, some of the island's schools like Machanaonao ... |
10 Reasons for Childhood Obesity The Daily meal Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States and the statistics are startling. According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ... |
![]() MedPage Today | Obesity Epidemic May Have Peaked In U.S. NPR (blog) Obesity soared in the US during the 1980s and 1990s, doubling among adults and tripling among children. That raised widespread alarm and debate about the causes and possible solutions. Obesity can increase the risk for diabetes, heart disease, ... Glimmer of Hope in US Obesity Picture Static growth in obesity rates among kids no reason to celebrate, health ... Obesity epidemic shows signs of leveling off |
![]() International Business Times | Obesity: Is It Indirectly Responsible for Plunging Crime Rates? International Business Times By Palash R. Ghosh: Subscribe to Palash's RSS feed Violent crime rates have been steadily falling across the US over the past three decades, defying the doomsday predictions of politicians, social scientists, police officials and many other observers. |
![]() Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Looking for workable ways to help children slim down Sarasota Herald-Tribune With about one in three children in the United States obese or overweight, according to government statistics, the need for such programs is clear. But, experts say, creating them will be challenging. Other than intensive hospital-based programs, ... |
![]() Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | Stamping and stretching every which way, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, more than one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese, and those conditions are linked to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes and ... |
Shame into Change? Georgia's Anti-Childhood Obesity Campaign Daily Venus Diva According to the 2007 New England Journal of Medicine, the number of overweight children between the ages of 6-19 years of age in the US has tripled in the last forty years; that is over 25 million kids considered obese or overweight. |
Obesity stats start to level off Albert Lea Tribune For kids ages birth to 19, the numbers of overweight and obese children also held steady. About 17 percent are obese and one of every three is overweight or obese. It may not seem like much, but those statistics mark the first time since the early ... Editorials from around the country |
Guest columnist: Is iPad an educational tool or a lifestyle addiction? DesMoinesRegister.com According to the US Center for Media Literacy, fewer than 5 percent of schools teach media education. Why not have a class dedicated to teaching the risks of media consumption rather than insisting all children need to have an iPad in their hands and ... |
![]() New Republic | Stop Feeling Sorry for the Middle Class! They're Doing Just Fine. New Republic A second reason for worrying about the poor is the restricted opportunities of low-income children. As I have argued in the pages of National Review, the US is singularly ineffective at lifting poor children into the middle class as adults (poor boys, ... |