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• Childhood Obesity Grants

  
  Strictly Anything — Authority: 116
  Childhood obesity grants are available for a problem that has been acknowledged by many people. Statistics show that there are many children that can be classified as obese. The childhood obesity grants come from many different sources. The childhood obesity grants available demonstrate the interest of so many ...
  11 hours ago

• Obama, NFL Players Star In Thanksgiving Day PSA

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 807
  President Obama and NFL players Troy Polamalu, Drew Brees and DeMarcus Ware are starring in a public service announcement to air during three Thanksgiving Day football games. The PSA, which promotes Play 60 and United We Serve, encourages kids to exercise and adults to volunteer in their community. Watch Obama ...
  1 day ago

• Child nutrition reauthorization gets rolling

  
  CalorieLab Diet News — Authority: 433
  Every five years Congress reconsiders the Child Nutrition Act, which lays out the rules for school breakfasts and lunches and reauthorizes other food and nutrition programs. The most recent authorization took place in 2004 and expired at the end of September, and Congress is just getting started on hearings for this ...
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• Here’s How You Can Get The Children To Engage In More Physical Activity

  
  My Marriage Secrets — Authority: 141
  A serious problem in our culture is the skyrocketing weight gains of our nation’s youth. For too many of them the problem has gone well beyond the socially acceptable “cute and chubby” and has transitioned into a case of morbid obesity. Merely taking note of the proliferation of fast food restaurants and other ...
  1 day ago

• Researchers Find Possible Link Between Bacteria, Obesity

  
  My Overweight Child — Authority: 118
  Researchers with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that modern food can cause almost instantaneous changes in bacteria in the guts of mice. Dr. Jeffrey Gordon and his colleagues believe that changes in gut bacteria may explain the obesity epidemic. “When we switched these humanized ...
  2 days ago

• A Case for Healthy School Lunches

  
  Eat. Drink. Better. — Authority: 514
  The Child Nutrition Act is up for renewal and Congress has extended the deadline to early 2010. We’ve talked before about the pitiful school lunch situation in the U.S. and about how you can help advocate healthy lunches for healthy kids . What we haven’t really covered are the whys. Are the benefits of ...
  2 days ago

• Your Grandma’s Guide To This Season’s Hottest Gifts

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 148
    For the dedicated gamers who know their stuff this article is not necessarily for you,though you may still enjoy it. Rather I suggest you print this article out and place it in a well lit area where your mom, grandma, or great aunt frequent to be sure that you get exactly what you want or need this holiday season. ...
  2 days ago

• Geisinger Health Plan Tackling Childhood Obesity

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 424
  According to the article “Geisinger Study Aims to Find Fun, Effective Way to Combat Pediatric Obesity” found of their website, childhood obesity in the US is on the rise.  With this comes a significant raise in the risk of type 2 diabetes.  This has motivated Geisinger Health Plan to do something about it. ...
  3 days ago

• Plastic Makes You Fat

  
  WillTaft.com Full Feed — Authority: 119
  W ho would have thunk it? In recent years medical professionals have noticed a ballooning in the number of very overweight babies being born. For a long time the thought was that more and more obese mothers equals more and more obese babies, but over time it became evident this connection could not explain away all ...
  4 days ago

• School Lunch Reform Update: What You Can Do

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Jerusha Klemperer, program manager at Slow Food USA, where she is also the editor of the blog. In addition she blogs for Civil Eats and The Huffington Post . On Labor Day 2009, in all 50 states, 20,000 people sat down together at public potlucks in support of ...
  4 days ago

• Researchers working on fun way to combat childhood obesity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Researchers are working to find effective, fun filled methods to prevent childhood obesity, which could bring on an increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes.Researchers at Geisinger Health System’s Henry Hood Centre for Health Research and University of Pennsylvania are trying to find ...
  5 days ago

• Debate Continues Over Chocolate Milk in Schools

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 126
  Should schools serve chocolate milk? A recent story in the Chicago Tribune looks at the question and examines district policies across the nation. When an IL school district banned flavored milk from its lunch menus, a group of 5th grade students persuaded administrators to give it another chance. Now the sweetened ...
  6 days ago

• Teens’ mental health may determine how long they stay in school (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): A new study has found that poor mental health of children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school.Lead researcher from Queen’s University Steven Lehrer said that large number of school-based programs have been introduced to prevent childhood obesity ...
  1 week ago

• Childhood Obesity Genetics

  
  Strictly Anything — Authority: 116
  Obesity is most commonly associated with overeating, however, that is not always the case, as child obesity genetics is yet another cause that is as popular. Statistics show that approximately 65% of US population is suffering from some form of obesity and that approximately 35% are due to genetics, in which case they ...
  1 week ago

• Stress and Obesity

  
  Low Carb Diet Secrets — Authority: 147
  Obesity is a condition in which the energy reserve in human body is raised to a point where it can create certain health conditions or an increased death rate. Obesity is being viewed as an increasing public health threat. Obesity is being considered to predispose different diseases like sleep apnea, cardiovascular ...
  1 week ago

• How To Address The Nationwide Child Obesity Scourge

  
  Interesting Articles — Authority: 149
  For the last year or two the worldwide problem of a high child obesity rate is more and more prominent in all the news media. Obesity in a child can aggravate the risk for more child health issues like diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, lack of sufficient bone density, sleep disorders and problems, ...
  1 week ago

• Teen Mental Health Linked to Educational Success

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 554
  An award winning new study from a health economics professor examines the effects of adolescent health on educational outcomes. Queen’s University researcher Steven Lehrer and Jason Fletcher of Yale University recently published their paper in the journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy . “Our study ...
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• Five for Fridays – Nov 13, 2009

  
  LittleStomaks — Authority: 123
  Oh no! It is Friday the 13 th ! A coincidence maybe, but I just noticed that this is the 3rd Friday the 13th this year. Maybe that is why we are having a nightmarish year so far – there is simply no good news anymore! Hopefully things will change for the better soon. Here are 5 nutrition related articles that ...
  1 week ago

• Seattle Hypnosis Says More Fruit, Fewer Calories For School Lunches

  
  Hypnosis Health Info — Authority: 129
  In the Seattle hypnosis office of Slender For Life™ I say yes to more fruit and fewer calories for school lunches . One of the big challenges in working with school children of any age for weight loss is what to do about school lunch . The good news is that kids are naturals at weight loss self-hypnosis . ...
  1 week ago

• Teens’ mental health may determine how long they stay in school

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): A new study has found that poor mental health of children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school.Lead researcher from Queen’s University Steven Lehrer said that large number of school-based programs have been introduced to prevent childhood obesity ...
  1 week ago

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