


Most parents don't see kids as overweight Times of India, India - 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 ... |
Despite costs, healthy school lunches on menu in hopes of better ... The Canadian Press, Mo. - 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 ... |
Community approach called for in addressing issues of childhood ... Framingham TAB, USA - 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. ... |
Can reading help kids lose weight? Tehran Times, Iran - When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities, reading probably isn't what they have in mind. Yet a new study by obesity researchers at Duke ... |
Teenager shows his brave side in new TV comedy Belleville Intelligencer, Canada - ... and being overweight probably is the hardest one for him. But it was a good thing for me to do, to show other kids that it's OK, everybody has problems. ... |
![]() KARK | Full Story KARK, Little Rock - Today, an estimated 38 percent of Arkansas kids are overweight or at risk of being overweight, compared with nearly 33 percent of children and adolescents ... |
The Family Challenge guardian.co.uk, UK - I picture acres of pristine forest destroyed to enable marginally overweight middle-executives in polo shirts to whack a ball across a water-guzzling lawn ... |
![]() ChattahBox | Study: reading helps obese kids shed pounds Xinhua, China - The book deals with an overweight girl who worries about going on an outdoor school trip. She ends up making friends, improving her self-esteem and learning ... Books can help obese kids lose weight The Right Book Can Help Obese Kids Shed Some Pounds Books can foster weight loss in obese kids |
Making healthy choices for your kids CalorieLab Calorie Counter News, NV - Zinczenko said he knows firsthand the necessity of making a change in the way kids eat, since he was overweight as a child. “I was a fat kid,” he said. ... |
Kids' life expectancy may drop: report Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Almost one-quarter of children are overweight or obese. "Recent trends in Australian children predict that their life expectancy will fall two years by the ... |