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Children Obesity

'The Cure Is In The Kitchen'

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.02.2013 | Healthy Living
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Mark Hyman, MD

Time and money are the biggest perceived obstacles to eating well. Neither is real. We have bought in to the insidious marketing messages: "You deserve a break today." Give me a break!

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WATCH: Lisa Ling Reports On A 101-Pound 4-Year-Old

Posted 01.31.2013 | OWN
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In this clip from a recent episode of "Our America with Lisa Ling," Lisa investigates the childhood obesity epidemic. One mother, Stacie, has trou...

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WATCH: Lisa Ling On 'Dangerously Overweight' Kids

Posted 01.29.2013 | OWN
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For the first time in U.S. history, the youngest generation is expected to have a shorter lifespan than their parents -- the result of childhood obesi...

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Catherine Pearson

ADHD, Headaches: The Many Problems Childhood Obesity Causes

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 01.17.2013 | Parents
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It is well known that childhood obesity puts kids at greater risk for high blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as diabetes and cardiovascular issu...

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Is the Tide Turning on Child Obesity?

Sally E. Findley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.13.2013 | Healthy Living
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Sally E. Findley, Ph.D.

The best resolution we can make at this time of year is not merely for our own personal fitness but for a fitter society, beginning with our kids. And it's starting to look like a resolution we can keep.

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Nutrition: Where Health Meets The Real World

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.08.2012 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

When it comes to nutrition and the monumental influence it has on our health, the rubber hits the road wherever people and food come together. Kitchens and cafeterias. Schools and workplaces. Supermarkets and restaurants.

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Obese American Children Outgrowing School Desks

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.17.2012 | Home
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Schools across the country are pioneering big changes in the classroom -- to accomodate the 17 percent of U.S. children who are overweight or obese, a...

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A More Constructive Approach to Fighting Childhood Obesity

Michelle Bernard | Posted 12.18.2011 | Home
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Michelle Bernard

A more constructive approach to discussing the issue at hand might be to start with what everyone on both sides of this debate can agree upon: childhood obesity is a serious problem in our country. Where we differ is with solutions.

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Obese Children: Is It Nature, Nurture or Both?

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 10.25.2011 | Parents
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Helene Pavlov, M.D.

While I agree that there are a number of factors that affect how children make decisions with regard to what they eat, I cannot believe that parental influence and their behavior -- good and bad -- do not affect their children's behavior.

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Fighting For The Future Health Of America's Youth

Richard H. Carmona, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Richard H. Carmona, M.D.

Many leaders in the public and private sectors are creating initiatives to tackle childhood obesity. Yet nothing can replace the role of the family in the fight against childhood obesity.

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The Chemical Cocktail: Making Americans Overweight?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Christopher Gavigan

Industrial pollutants may be contributing to the obesity epidemic. How much so is still unknown, but preliminary research is disturbing.

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