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Ron Jaworski Testimony: Childhood Obesity 'Startling,' 'Gimme 60 Minutes!'

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 12.16.2009 | Sports

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WASHINGTON — "Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski told Congress on Wednesday that childhood obesity levels in the U.S. are "startling" a...

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3 Tips to Take Control of Fat Bottoms and Your Bottom Line!

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Bloomberg, USA Today, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

As the poor are being turned away from free cancer screenings, the US is buckling under the weight of obesity. Over the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity.

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Obesity And Genetics Study Finds Missing DNA Can Promote Childhood Obesity

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

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NEW YORK — Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers rep...

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Preschoolers Watch Too Much TV -- Leads To Obesity

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Television, Activity, Health, Sedentary Lifestyle, Childhood Obesity, Parenting, Laziness, Obesity, Bloog Sugar, Tv, Wellness, Overweight, Sugar, Living News
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

You send your kids to day care with the hopes that your preschooler will learn socialization skills. But a new study shows that toddlers in home-based day care may watch up to two hours of TV during their day

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Serving Healthy Thanksgiving Plates, Not Just Full Ones

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

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Mark Shriver

Are America's children suffering from too much food or too little? They answer is: both. Children in low-income families are simply getting too little of the right foods and too much of the wrong foods.

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Public Health Care Enemy Number 1: Childhood Obesity

Carole Carson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

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Carole Carson

Dr. Robert Murray is not a person given to exaggeration or hyperbole. When he states that from a public health perspective, no issue is more important than that of obesity among children, we need to listen.

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Giving Thanks for Action

Bob McKinnon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Actions Speak Loudest, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Children, Politics, Thanksgiving, change.org, Martha Graham, Action, Climate Change, Childhood Obesity, Volunteer Match, Mike Huckabee, Margaret Mead, Henry David Thoreau, All for Good, Carbon Rally, Health Care, Books, Policy, Do Good, Distraction, Politics News
Bob McKinnon

When habitual distractions trump deliberate actions we focus on politics instead of policy, the selfish vs. the selfless, and the "urgent" vs. the important. We much change the action-distraction equation.

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Feeding Your Toddler And Preschooler

Donna Fish | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Preventing Eating Problems From Developing, Early Childhood Eating, Toddlers, Childhood Obesity, Family Mealtimes, Parenting, Preschoolers, Living News
Donna Fish

Anyone out there have a kid who now is demanding food, or sweets a lot of the time? Worrying about how to handle it and how to say no without creating World War 3?

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Point 4: Americans Are Obese And Inert -- Resulting In Huge Health Care Costs

George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Personal Health, Universal Healthcare, Weight, Kaiser Permanente, Obesity, Obama Health Care, Childhood Obesity, Overweight, Weight Control, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Alzheimer's, Causes of Dementia, Diabetes, Health Care, George Halvorson, Living News
George Halvorson

We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.

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Public Health Enemy Number One: Childhood Obesity, Part Two

Carole Carson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

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Carole Carson

When Dr. Robert Murray states that from a public health perspective, no issue is more important than the future implications of obesity among children, we need to listen. And then act.

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Wii: An Indoor Fix To Childhood Obesity

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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Dr. Cara Natterson

The fact that parents don't let their kids play outside has translated into an ever-growing epidemic of childhood obesity.

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Kid's Cereals Worse Than Adult Ones

Ashley Koff | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

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Ashley Koff

In spite of their pledges to reduce unhealthy marketing to children, the large cereal companies continue to target children with their least healthy products.

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Bans, Bans, Bans... How Demonising Adults Has Become Popular

Alan Miller | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Obesity, Child Safety, Smoking Ban, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Trans Fat Ban, Living News
Alan Miller

It has become increasingly the case that the sentiment is one that people generally are irresponsible and in need of supervision from bureaucratic politicians. This is extremely dangerous.

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Let Kids Sleep Late On Weekends To Fight Fat

Yahoo! News | David Freeman, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Health, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Sleep, Overweight, Living News

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong ...

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It's All Happening at the Playgound (Apologies to Simon and Garfunkel)

Stanton Peele | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Independent Children, Playgrounds, Playground, Childhood Obesity, It's All Happening at the Zoo, Simon and Garfunkel, Child's Play, Relationships, Living News
Stanton Peele

I am fascinated by playgrounds as mirrors of our society. And, lately, I have jumped back into playgrounds with both feet as I accompany my 20-month-old grandson Cash to one or another playground in Queens.

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Children Are Living Messages We Send to a Future We Will Not See!

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Dr. Neal Barnard, School Lunches, New England Journal of Medicine, Food, Anthony Geraci, Childhood Nutrition, Christina Pirello Health Education Initiative, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Christina Pirello

Our kids are fat and at risk of dying young now. We must change the way we think about nourishing our kids.

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Young People Bring New Solutions to Childhood Obesity Issue

Steven Culbertson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Healthy Eating, Youth Service, Community Service, Education, Nutrition, Service, Fitness, Childhood Obesity, Youth Service America, Health Care, Physical Activity, Impact News
Steven Culbertson

As the legislative battle over health care reform continues, politicians, health insurance representatives, employers, bus drivers, and teachers debate daily about how this proposed legislation will affect them today. Yet while we "old folks" argue, young people are proactively working to reduce future health care costs by addressing childhood obesity through service-learning.

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Where the Wild Things Really Are

Darell Hammond | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Personal Health, Children, Nature, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Green Living, Children's Health, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Darell Hammond

In addition to great fun, outdoor play gives children the physical activity their growing bodies need, as well as the interaction that will help them to develop cognitive, social and emotional skills.

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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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Celebrating NYC's Bake Sale Ban with a List of Alternatives

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

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Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

The percentage of overweight and obese children is increasing at an alarming rate and we need to do all we can to stem the flow of this obesity epidemic.

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In the Era of Health Reform, Child Obesity Is as Bad as Ever

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

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Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

As Congress continues to fine-tune its health care plan, the cost of the obesity epidemic, in terms of both human life and dollars, is becoming more evident and severe.

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Cycling or Walking to School Will Not Be Tolerated!

William Volk | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Bicycle, Bicycling, Obesity, Cycling, Fitness, School Health, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
William Volk

More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.

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Flipping the "Off"- Switch: Teaching Your Overeater How to Stop

Donna Fish | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Overeating, Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Compulsive Overeating, Mealtimes, Living News
Donna Fish

Kids don't necessarily say: "More, More!" because they have trouble with transitions, but simply because they have a well-developed palate, and love the stimulation and sensations of food!

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Letting Our Actions Speak

Bob McKinnon | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

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Bob McKinnon

Every generation makes an implicit promise to leave their children a better world than they themselves inherited. In America, we have been fortunate to make good on that promise for almost three hundred years.

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Michelle Obama On Sesame Street: Healthy Eating And Living For Kids

Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Healthy Eating, Childhood Obesity, Sesame Street, Michelle Obama, Vegetables, Impact News

The news broke yesterday that Michelle Obama would appear on the first episode of the 40th season of Sesame Street on November 10. She'll be talking a...

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