Obese children prone to fractures
BBC News, UK -
Writing in Pediatrics, they add: "Significantly overweight children and adolescents should be encouraged to engage in alternative modes of physical activity, such as bicycle riding or swimming, that potentially could alleviate the severity of lower extremity joint loading and discomfort."
2006-06-19
Offra Gerstein, Relationship Matters: How to help your overweight
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA -
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.
2006-06-18
Doctors want training to talk to parents
United Press International -
"We have an innovative program that combines obesity treatment, prevention, research and community outreach to help parents understand their child's weight issues and give children the help they need to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle, but we must be able to communicate that message with hope and not condemnation."
2006-06-16
Experts' diabetes warning
ic Huddersfield.co.uk, UK -
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2006-06-15
Overweight children more prone to fractures
DailyIndia.com, NY -
Researchers led by Jack Yanovski from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, studied 227 overweight and 128 normal weight children. The overweight children reported several problems, reported the online edition of BBC News.
2006-06-14
Youth Overweight Increases Risk of Bone Fractures, Muscle and
Kansas City infoZine, MO -
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2006-06-13
Kids face diabetes risk
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA -
Paul McGuigan, a certified diabetes educator at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, said that the hospital treats about 60 to 70 new diabetic patients annually; in the past 15 years, the number of children with Type 2 diabetes has risen from 5 percent to 10 percent of the total number of new diabetic patients. He believes that in addition to the rising rate of obesity, a greater awareness of pediatric Type 2 diabetes may be contributing to more youths being diagnosed.
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