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The Problem With Our Approach To The Obesity Epidemic

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

Fundamentally, we have converted a world in which calories were relatively scarce and hard to get and physical activity unavoidable into a world where physical activity is scarce and hard to get and calories are unavoidable.

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New Link Found Between Fast Food Ads And Obesity

Posted 04.30.2012

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It's no secret that kids these days are bombarded with smiling images of the clown suit-ed Ronald McDonald, bespectacled Colonel Sanders and other fas...

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To Reverse Childhood Obesity We All Have to Work Together

Phil Lempert | Posted 05.14.2012

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Phil Lempert

Much discussion fills the space in broadcast, print and online media about how parents need to model eating and exercise behaviors in order to help their obese children lose weight and get in shape. It is not quite that simple.

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To Capitol Hill: End the Food Fight

Dan Glickman | Posted 01.23.2012

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Dan Glickman

All members of Congress should want to see American kids eat better and live healthy, productive lives. In the United States, childhood obesity constitutes an epidemic, with serious and growing long-term consequences, for individuals and the nation as a whole.

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Shrek: Promoting Healthy, or Mindless, Eating?

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Susan Albers

In the very same way Shrek can make eating onions attractive to kids, he also makes eating unhealthy snacks enticing to little ones

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Childhood Obesity: An Epidemic That's Growing Up Fast

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

One of every three children in America is now considered overweight or obese, and childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. How did we get to this place?

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