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Child Obesity: Our Worst Fears Are Coming True

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Child Healthcare, Obesity, Child Health, Child Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

Pediatricians have long feared that the rising number of severely obese children and teens would soon start to suffer from adult complications of obesity, like heart attacks, strokes, and death. And now it is happening.

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Mothers Of Ethiopia Part II: Escaping Child Marriage

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Ethiopia, Women's Rights, Health, Ethiopia Child Marriage, Early Marriage, Hanna Ingber Win, Maternal Health, Child Marriage, Ethiopia Early Marriage, Child Health, Slideshow, Ethiopian News, Mothers of Ethiopia Part Ii, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com Hanna Ingber Win Mothers Ethiopia Part, Ethiopia News, Ethiopian Girls, Mothers of Ethiopia, Ethiopian, World News
Hanna Ingber Win

Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...

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Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, National Security, Children's Health, Child Health, Health Benefits, Kids, Medicaid, Schip, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever

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Katrina's Children -- Still Struggling

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Education, Mental Health, Storm, Hurricane Katrina, Fema, Families, Child Health, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Life is still not back to normal four years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005.

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Six Ways for Parents to Cultivate Strong, Curious, Creative Children

Todd Kashdan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Parenting, Love, Anxiety, Meaning, Happiness, Mindfulness, Children, Raising Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Child-Health, Living News
Todd Kashdan

Children who often experience curiosity and wonder, and act on these feelings to explore their world fare better at school, in relationships, at work, and are intelligent, creative, satisfied people.

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Pediatrician Shocked to See 3-Year-Old on Cell Phone

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Cell Phone Usage, Technology, Child Health, Living News
Linda Buzzell

There are are serious concerns that growing kids' health may be harmed by electromagnetic frequency emissions from cell phones.

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