Childhood Diabetes

Shrinking Our Super-Sized Kids: Who's in Charge Here?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

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Ramon Resa, MD

Instead of allowing our children to explore and sample life in the "outside world," we keep them inside, feed them junk food, and use TV as a babysitter.

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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Mom Wages Food Fight With P.S. 9

New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

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MeMe Roth, a publicist and an Upper West Side mother of two, is getting really, really mad -- "and I do not mean angry," she clarified. "I mean mad, l...

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