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2006-06-21
Experts: Poor teens need help to fight obesity
Oneonta Daily Star, NY - Jun 19, 2006 Healthcare. "Ask the pediatrician, �Is my child overweight?� There are parents that do not recognize their children are overweight.".
Teenagers who live in poverty are generally physically inactive, less likely to eat breakfast and more likely to drink sweetened beverages such as sodas, said Richard Miech, an associate professor of mental health with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.

2006-06-20
Websites might be hit by curb on junk food adverts
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 20 hours ago food industry, are part of a drive to cut soaring levels of child obesity. Latest figures show just under a third of children under 16 are overweight, and 17
The measures, which could be voluntary or compulsory depending on the response of the food industry, are part of a drive to cut soaring levels of child obesity. Latest figures show just under a third of children under 16 are overweight, and 17 per cent clinically obese.

2006-06-19
Physicians Nervous to Talk to Patients with Weight Issues
Newswise (press release) - Jun 16, 2006 play a key role in the prevention and treatment of overweight children,� said on making behavioral improvements and not on the weight of the child," said Dr
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is a designated Level I pediatric trauma center and the largest pediatric critical care facility in the region. The hospital has 181 licensed beds and 166 hospital-based physicians in 31 specialties, more than 2,500 employees, and an operating budget of $287 million. The hospital’s research institute has an annual budget of $41 million with more than 300 basic and clinical investigators. Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) has made significant progress in areas including pediatric obesity, cancers, sickle cell disease, AIDS/HIV, hemophilia and cystic fibrosis.

2006-06-18
Physicians Nervous to Talk about Weight Issues of Patients
South Asian Women's Forum, India - Jun 16, 2006 of overweight children. However most physicians surveyed admit they need training in strategies and skills for communicating with parents about their child�s
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2006-06-16
Offra Gerstein, Relationship Matters: How to help your overweight
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - Jun 11, 2006 Never make disparaging comments about overweight adults. It may painfully affirm your bias for your young child or cause a rebellious action by your teenager.
Overweight children are more likely to encounter lack of acceptance than normal weight children. Parents are fully aware of this and avoid dealing with this issue for a variety of reasons: One is the concern that talking about it may cause the child to feel rejected by the parents. Another is the reluctance to support society's erroneous notion that weight is a measure of one's worth. Another reason is the fear that emphasizing size may tip their children into eating disorders. Some parents simply do not know how to best help their child slim down without depriving him or her of food. Some parents are unaware or minimize the trauma their children may ultimately have to endure.

2006-06-15
Get kids off the couch with fitness goals
Florida Today, FL - 1 hour ago Dr. Caroline Cederquist, columnist and bariatric physician in Naples. She wrote "Helping Your Overweight Child -- A Family Guide.".
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 60 minutes of daily moderate activity for youth. But its research found more than 60 percent of 9- to 13-year-olds don't participate in any organized physical activity outside of school hours, and a quarter don't engage in any free-time physical activity.

2006-06-14
The facts about fat kids
Fair Lady, South Africa - Jun 12, 2006 One investigator surmised that decreasing a child's TV viewing by seven hours a schools, nearly 7% of male learners and 25% of female learners are overweight.
Children face a different challenge when it comes to physical activity: Their innate desire to move has been over-shadowed by an array of sedentary activities that we have often unthinkingly encouraged in an attempt to get a moment's peace. Children are particularly vulnerable to forms of media that require little physical involvement yet deliver strong sensory fulfilment, such as multi-channel television, computers, cellphones and game consoles.

1. Children and teens told by doctors that they were overweight—United States, 1999-2002
The percentage of children and teens aged 6-19 years in the United States who are overweight nearly tripled to 16% during 1980-2002 (1). Overweight and obese children and teens are at greater risk

2. Additive interaction on childhood overweight
Childhood overweight is a strong predictor of adult obesity and other adverse health consequences. It has been proposed that fetal life, adiposity rebound ...

3. Relationship between parent and child self-reported adherence and weight loss
Family-based behavioral treatments for overweight youth are among the most successful for pediatric weight control, and meet evidence-based criteria ...

4. Summer activities for your child
WITH the end of the school year comes the end of book reports and homework. But summer shouldn''t and doesn''t have to mean the end of structured activity ...

5. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey
Researchers use data from six large national population studies from Brazil, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the US to create ...