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Childhood Obesity

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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How Heavy is Your Fitness Footprint?

Carole Carson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Lifestyle, Longevity, Environmental Footprint, Fitness, Green, Green Living, Fitness Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Nutrition, Exercise, Childhood Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Exercise Tips, Titanic, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthcare Debate, Obesity Crisis, Obesity Epidemic, Food-Production, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Carole Carson

We need to figure out how to reduce lifestyle-related diseases that trigger the need for expensive medical care in the first place. We need to lighten our fitness footprint.

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Small Good News: No Double-Standard Dining In School Cafeterias

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Malia Obama, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Cdc, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, Sasha Obama, School Lunch, Living News
Karen Stabiner

It's not for nothing that companies sign up high-profile celebrities to sell their goods: the customer's drawn as much to borrowed élan a...

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Real Health(y) Care Reform: It's World Breastfeeding Awareness Week

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, World Breastfeeding Week, Breastfeeding Bill of Rights in NY State; Healthy Babies; Health Culture in American;, Baby, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Obesity in America, Childhood Obesity, Baby Formula Standards, Chemical Infant Formula, Obesity Research, Obesity Epidemic, Child Healthcare, Obesity Rate, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Far too little attention is given to the fact that it is well known that access to breast milk in infancy and beyond is protective against later childhood and later life obesity.

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When a "D" Is Great for Your Kids

Darell Hammond | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Outdoor Exercise, Children's Health, Children, State of Play, Living News, Childhood Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D, Living News
Darell Hammond

With outdoor, unstructured play on the decline, our children are participating in increasingly dangerous levels of sedentary activities, which also leads to hazardous deficiencies in Vitamin D.

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

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood-Nutrition, Children's Health, Childhood-Diabetes, Childcare, Healthy Diet, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Lifestyle, Gastric-Bypass, Lifestyle Changes, Living News
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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Obama Sends the Wrong Message to Our Children

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama Racism, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Beer, Joe Biden, Obesity, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Politics, Richard Nixon, Alcoholism, James Crowley, Racism, Breaking Politics News, Henry Gates, Glenn Beck, Children, Comedy News
Bruce Tenenbaum

Obama and Gates drank purely foreign libations while Crowley's choice, Blue Moon, is, like Obama, only half American. Is this really the message we need to convey as our economy struggles to climb out of recession?

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The Real Cost of Obesity

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Exercise, School Gardens, Weight Loss, Fitness, Health Care, Health Care Spending, Obesity, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, School Lunch Programs, Arthur Agatston, South Beach Diet, Living News
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

No matter what health care delivery system this country adopts, no matter what plan or series of plans are enacted, it will be bankrupted in no time b...

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Play Deprivation: 5 Solutions to a Weighty Problem

Darell Hammond | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Video Games, Outdoor Exercise, Children, Play, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Darell Hammond

"Go outside and play," was once a very common phrase used in America, but today, children spend 50% less time outside than they did just 20 years ago.

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Healthy School Lunches. Yes We Can!

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke Diabetes, Public Schools, Healthy Eating, Health, Obesity Epidemic, School Lunches, Healthy Kids, Heart Disease, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.

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Seals Help Kids Get Fit

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Fitness, Seals, Seal Aerobics, Seals and Kids, Children's Health, Animals, Childhood Obesity, Green News

BOSTON — Yes, he's obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He w...

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The Real Health Care Reform Program

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Health Care Reform, Epidemic, Diabetes, Obesity, Weight, Weight-Loss, Health Care, Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

Both diabetes and obesity can be largely prevented and their staggering costs -- physically and financially -- can be substantially reduced.

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Mom Wages Food Fight With P.S. 9

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

Read More: Manhattan, New York Obesity, Upper West Side, Upper West Side New York, Childhood Diabetes, Obesity in America, New York Public School, Manhattan New York, Obesity Epidemic, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, Obesity, New York, Meme Roth, New York News

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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STUDY: American Kids Are Eating Healthier Food

nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food, Eating, Diet, Kids, Children, Kids-Diet, Childhood Obesity, Living News

The eating habits of American children appear to be shifting. And for a change, the news is good. Chicken nuggets, burgers, fries and colas remain ...

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I Hate The Term "Food Police" And I Wear It With Pride

Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Eating Disorders, Parenting, Food Police, Food Politics, Health, Fitness, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh

We are a culture that delights in chiding parents and moralizing about food and we are never happier than when we combine these passions.

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How Moms Can Mold the Health of Their Babies

Birgitta Lauren | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Baby, Childhood Obesity, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Diet, Prenatal Care, Disease Prevention, Prenatal Nutrition, Living News
Birgitta Lauren

though much of the work against childhood obesity have been focused on the food eaten by children, we need to also focus on the diet and exercise habits of the mothers themselves.

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Why Are We Americans So Fat?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Marketing, Children, Health, Nutrition, Food, Weight Loss, Obesity, Diet, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The food industry has spent 25 million dollars a day selling kids frosted pop tarts, sugary cereal and candy.

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Strong Kids Healthy Kids on the Dr. Oz Show

Fred Hahn | Posted 05.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Oz, Childhood Obesity, Strong Kids Healthy Kids, Diet, Nutrition, Health, Living News
Fred Hahn

Dr. Oz has an immense responsibility to learn all there is to know on the subject of diet and obesity if he is going to place himself in the public eye and wield such enormous influence.

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Deciphering Nutrition Facts on Food Labels for Healthier Living

Laura Trice | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Breakfast, Weigh-Loss-Advice, Health, Nutrition, Muffin, Food, Childhood Nutrition, Coffee, Obesity, Health Care, Serving Size, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Laura Trice

We have a problem with people being heavier than is healthy for them and I feel that part of the problem is unhealthy ingredients combined with packaging that tricks people into eating more.

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Experts: School Fitness Programs Not Active Enough

news.yahoo.com | Dorene Internicola | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Fitness, Children's Fitness Programs, Personal Health, Children's Health, Health, Living News

Fitness programs in schools help to get children moving, but experts say more is needed to curb rising obesity rates. Instead of low intensity aero...

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