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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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Wii: An Indoor Fix To Childhood Obesity

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity, Video Games, Health, Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Living News
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

Read More: Government, Childhood Nutrition, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Health, Living News
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

Read More: Health, Obesity, New York, New York City, Bake Sale Ban, Childhood Obesity, New York News
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 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity, Child Obesity, Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
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 10.02.2009 | 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 10.01.2009 | 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 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, G-20 Summit, Tom Brokaw, Climate Change, Health Care, Barack Obama, G-20, Childhood Obesity, Living News
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 09.30.2009 | 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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Family Fun and Fitness

Peter Clothier | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Book Review, Childhood Nutrition, Diet, Health Care, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Knute Keeling, Michelle Obama Garden, Pregnancy, Obama Smoking Habit, Pre-Pregnancy, Living News
Peter Clothier

We are reminded by the current debate about health care that we are, as a nation, doing a pretty poor job of taking care of the bodies we have been given to inhabit for the course of our earthly lives.

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Time for a No Kid-Food Revolt

Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Jennifer Evans Gardner, Fat Kids, Little Feet in the Kitchen, Kids Cooking School, Healthy Kids, Kid Food, Whole Food, Kids' Cooking, Childhood Obesity, Cooking With Kids, Living News
Jennifer Evans Gardner

It's time to abolish kid-food. No dinosaur nuggets, no pizza, not even mac 'n cheese. Our children's health depends on it.

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TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex, Violence, Drugs, Teen Sex, Tv, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, TV Advertising, Teenagers, Teenage Tv Consumption, Television, Unhealthy Lifestyle, Kids and Guns, Guns, Living News
Michelle Howard

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

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Feed Your Children Well

Dan Imhoff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slow Food Usa, National School Lunch Program, Childhood Nutrition, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Politics News
Dan Imhoff

The cheap calorie delivery system -- funded for the past few decades through both the Farm Bill and the Child Nutrition Act -- has become a key player in the Supersizing of our kids.

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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CA School's Culinary Arts Program Teaches World Culture, Racial Acceptance

Sonal Bains | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Lowell Bernstein, Organic Food, Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Charter Schools, Aveson Global Leadership Academy, International Education, Asia Society, School Lunches, Raising Global Citizens, Children's Health, Organic, Childhood Obesity, Green News
Sonal Bains

Transport yourself back to your elementary school cafeteria. Are you shuddering at the haunting memory of the combined odor of sloppy joes and Tater Tots?

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Fed Up: A Back to School Plan for Healthier Lunches

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Obesity, Children, Health Care, Health, Childhood Obesity, Senate Agriculture and Nutrition Committee, New York, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Nearly 17% of all children are obese. This is much more than an individual or family problem. It's a pressing national crisis.

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Do You Want a Health Care System or a Healing System?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare, Type 2 Diabetes, Activity, Exercise, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Obesity, Outdoor Exercise, Health Care, Overweight, Exercise Tips, Childhood Obesity, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Health care fills the news every day, obscuring a simple fact: Your health depends far more on the internal healing system than the health care system.

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The White House, Food, and Children

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Fast Food, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, Health, School Lunches, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obama Dc Metro, Obesity, Health Care, Barack Obama, Child Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Neal Barnard, M.D.

If Congress is going to tackle health care, it needs to understand why so many children and adults are in such poor shape. First off, every child in every school deserves a healthful lunch every day.

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