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Child Heart Disease Risks on the Rise - WebMD


Child Heart Disease Risks on the Rise
WebMD - 13 hours ago
The statistics are staggering. Seventeen percent of children are obese and 20% are overweight, which means that about 12 million children under age 18 are ...
Article In The Journal Of The American Society Of Hypertension ... Medical News Today (press release)
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Shock of our obese young - Rochdale Observer


Politics.co.uk

Shock of our obese young
Rochdale Observer, UK - 4 hours ago
It recently set up a pioneering programme to encourage up to 80 overweight and obese children and their families to take part in activities focusing on food ...
Nearly a fifth overweight starting school The Star
Campaign to curb child obesity Yorkshire Post
Obesity costs NHS £119m a year Lancashire Evening Post
Sheffield Telegraph - The Argus.co.uk
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Obesity in children becoming a worrying fact - Bizcommunity.com


Obesity in children becoming a worrying fact
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 22 hours ago
Worldwide statistics show that 22 million children under the age of five are overweight. In America, 25% of children are overweight, 11% of which are obese! ...

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Despite costs, healthy school lunches on menu in hopes of better ... - The Canadian Press


Despite costs, healthy school lunches on menu in hopes of better ...
The Canadian Press,  Mo. - 12 hours ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of overweight children from ages six to 11 has more than doubled in the last 20 years and ...

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Obesity weighing on children's lives - Sydney Morning Herald


Obesity weighing on children's lives
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 22 hours ago
His calculations compared overweight and obesity rates of children in 1995 to those in 1985, and assumed there would be a similar proportional increase when ...
NHS brings in exercise coaches to trim off fat of the land Scotsman
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Study: Ark. body tests don't add overweight taunts - Log Cabin Democrat


Study: Ark. body tests don't add overweight taunts
Log Cabin Democrat, AR - Oct 9, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL AP Writer LITTLE ROCK (AP) Overweight children in Arkansas have not faced more teasing since the state became the first to require students ...
Study Finds No Taunting Rise From BMI Fort Smith Times Record
Testing Leading to Teasing? KNWA
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Most parents don't see kids as overweight - Times of India


Telegraph.co.uk

Most parents don't see kids as overweight
Times of India, India - Oct 7, 2008
The researchers found that even though all of the children had elevated BMI, less than 13 percent of the parents of overweight kids reported their child as ...
Encouraging children to finish their meals 'could fuel obesity crisis' Telegraph.co.uk
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Community approach called for in addressing issues of childhood ... - Framingham TAB


Community approach called for in addressing issues of childhood ...
Framingham TAB,  USA - 6 hours ago
Almost one third of children ages 10 to 17 years are considered overweight in Massachusetts. Nationwide, more than one third, 30.6 percent, are obese. ...

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Report: One third of Italian children overweight - Xinhua


Report: One third of Italian children overweight
Xinhua, China - Oct 7, 2008
While overweight children are widespread throughout the country, obesity is a bigger problem in southern Italy, which singled out Campania (21 percent), ...

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good health: Eating disorders in children - The Statesman


good health: Eating disorders in children
The Statesman, India - 14 hours ago
Anorexia causes an overwhelming fear of being overweight and a drive to be thin, leading to a restriction of calories that can lead to being underweight. ...

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