News tagged with 'Childhood Obesity'

Fruit Loops and Trix will have less sugar General Mills announced Wednesday as part of campaign to make children's cereals healthier.

Fried foods of all sorts, including butter, are attracting media attention for their total disregard of the link to heart disease, sort of a rebel without a healthy cause. 

Communities can play as important a role in combating obesity as individual choice, this report suggests.

The cost between rising obesity rates and rising medical costs is undeniable.  With one quarter of U.S. adults obese, a new study compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Research Triangle Institute, finds obesity and diabetes could cost Americans $147 billion a year. 

The results of a new study on childhood obesity shows an alarmingly high rate of American preschoolers are obese. Nearly one of every five children studied were considered obese, with the greatest percentage of obesity seen in American Indian children.

Children that always reach for the sugary donuts and candy instead of the apples and grapes, may have a gene that has been linked to an increased risk of obesity, say researchers at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

A new study suggests obesity during childhood may alter the shape of the thyroid gland affecting metabolism and growth. While some studies have found that thyroid disorders may lead to obesity, this recent study shows that in some cases, it is the obesity that may cause the disorder.

Could banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs help reduce the number of overweight children in the U.S.? Economists suggest it would – 18 percent for overweight children and 14 percent for overweight teens.

In a new study, researchers found, obese children as young as 10 had arteries of a 45-year-old, as well as other heart abnormalities, that greatly increase their risk of heart disease.

Children who had the most deep, restorative sleep, characterized by rapid eye movement or REM, were the least obese in this study. Researchers in Pittsburgh believe that lack of sleep and hormones contribute to obesity, which has triped in adolescents over the past 30 years. 

Children display a dramatic drop in daily exercise according to this U.S. study.  Kids who exercised for three hours a day at the age of nine, dropped to about 45 minutes by the age of 13 and it didn't matter their sex, race or socio-economic background. The implications are huge for childhood obesity and the need for fitness programs as kids become teens in school.  

Sleep may be among the most powerful anti-aging and health restoring activities we can do. A national survey of 87,000 by the CDC finds the greater risks of obesity, smoking and drinking are found in those who sleep too little or too much.