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2006-03-24
Childhood obesity increasing worldwide
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Mar 5, 2006 obesity estimates are very cautious, but extremely worrying," said Dr. Tim Lobstein, of the International Obesity Taskforce, known as the IOTF, who analyzed
"The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in almost all industrialized countries for which data are available, and in several lower-income countries," Lobstein and his co-author Dr. Youfa Wang from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., said in the report.

2006-03-23
Nutrition soft drinking teens pile on pounds and obesity
Actualit�s News Environnement, France - Mar 7, 2006 The IOTF is a global network of expertise, a research-led think tank and advocacy arm of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.
At the end of six months, the group receiving beverage deliveries had an 82 percent reduction in consumption of sugary drinks, while intake in the control group remained unchanged. The heavier the teen was initially, the stronger the effect on body weight. Among the heaviest one-third of teens, the beverage-delivery group had a marked decrease in body mass index (BMI), while the control group had a slight increase -- a group-to-group difference of almost 1 pound per month. Other factors affecting obesity -- physical activity levels and television viewing -- did not change in either group.

2006-03-20
Warning Given Against Soft Drinks
All Headline News - Mar 9, 2006 The IOTF, which studied data on childhood obesity from around the world, warns the number of children who are overweight is set to rise by 1.3ma year.
Ebbeling adds, "People often get overwhelmed by nutrition advice and give up. We opted to study one simple, potentially high-impact behavior, and made it easy for adolescents to replace sugary drinks with non-caloric [no or low calorie] beverages. It should be relatively simple to translate this intervention into a pragmatic public health approach. Schools could make non-caloric beverages available to students by purchasing large quantities at low costs."

2006-03-18
Can-a-day soft drink habit that puts a stone a year on teenagers
Times Online, UK - Mar 5, 2006 Analysis by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), also released this morning, suggests that by 2010 about 40 per cent of children in the European Union
A report by the Audit Commission, published last week, attacked the Government’s indecision and lack of leadership over the implementation of measures to curb child obesity. Days later the governmentappointed Schools Food Trust indicated that schools would be banned from selling junk food and using vending machines selling high-calorie snacks and drinks. Parents will be issued with advice on what to put in their children’s packed lunches.

2006-03-17
European Vending Association Will Host Nutrition Professor At
AMonline.com, WI - Mar 3, 2006 A recent survey found that 36 percent of 9-year-olds in Italy were overweight or obese (IOTF criteria) (IOTF Position Paper, September 2003).
Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Institute, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Prof. Carlo Cannella's prestigious professional curriculum vitae illustrates at best the marks of his long experience in the scientific domain. His interest in health and nutrition further rose when he became an honorary member the Italian Biochemistry Association in 1970 and of the Italian Nutrition Association in 1986. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Italian Obesity Association and has joined the Roman Academy of Medical Sciences and Biology in 1993. Since 1995, he has worked for RAI UNO (Italian National TV) as a consultant for the very popular program "Super Quark."

2006-03-16
Child obesity levels expected to soar by 2010
Independent Online, South Africa - Mar 5, 2006 "The obesity estimates are very cautious, but extremely worrying," said Dr Tim Lobstein, of the International Obesity TaskForce (IOTF), who analysed worldwide
"The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in almost all industrialised countries for which data are available, and in several lower-income countries," Lobstein and his co-author Dr Youfa Wang from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, said in the report.

2006-03-11
Warning Given Against Soft Drinks
All Headline News - Mar 9, 2006 The IOTF, which studied data on childhood obesity from around the world, warns the number of children who are overweight is set to rise by 1.3ma year.
Ebbeling adds, "People often get overwhelmed by nutrition advice and give up. We opted to study one simple, potentially high-impact behavior, and made it easy for adolescents to replace sugary drinks with non-caloric [no or low calorie] beverages. It should be relatively simple to translate this intervention into a pragmatic public health approach. Schools could make non-caloric beverages available to students by purchasing large quantities at low costs."

1. Childhood BMI and prediction of adulthood risk factors
At present, both the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Reference) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF Reference) BMI cut-offpoints ...

2. Taste and Smell: from Molecular Biology to Behaviour
List of Discussion Participants Angelin, Bo, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden Baxter, John, Kraft Foods, Ryebrook, New York, USA Bergström, Gunnar, ...

3. Marabou Symposium Taste and Smell-From Molecular Biology to Behaviour
We have seen extraordinary changes in our ability to grow food and sustain populations over the millennia. We have witnessed revolutions in our ability ...

4. Sensitivity and specificity of classification systems for fatness in adolescents
Despite the growing concern about adiposity-related problems among the young, no universally accepted classification system for adolescent obesity exists.

5. Obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood
Early development of overweight leads to obesity in adulthood and, independently of adult overweight, has adverse effects on risk factors for cardiovascular ...