Sentences with phrase «because obese children»

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Because of this, a growing number of children are becoming obese, and fast - food and other junk is becoming a common part of the average diet.

Because obese and unintelligent is hardly a legacy our children deserve.

World Diabetes Day concentrates on the warning signs of diabetes, which the mother of every obese child ought to memorize, because it's one of the many diseases being delivered to your child, one pop tart at a time.

Most studies suggest that obese children bully because they are either reflecting the same behavior they've experienced or are acting preemptively to discourage others from bullying them.

That's because forcing a toddler to eat a food he doesn't like or a quantity he can't handle may set him up for problems later on: Children who aren't allowed to make food decisions themselves (such as deciding when they're full) are at a greater risk for becoming obese later in life.

Because once children are already significantly overweight or obese, getting them to lose excess weight and keep that weight off for a lifetime — all while fighting against their own potentially slowed metabolism — is a very tall order indeed.

Babies who are chubby because of practically force - fed formula or inappropriate solid foods become obese children and adults at high risk of type II diabetes.

Families that eat together are less likely to have children who become obese because they are eating regular, home - cooked meals.

Do not cosleep is you are under the influence of drugs and alcohol, if you are obese because you have a greater chance of having sleep apnea, if you are suffering from sleep deprivation, if you have a water bed or other cushiony surface where it's easier for your baby to fall towards the middle of the bed, if you bed isn't big enough, if your other children are sleeping in the bed with you and there isn't enough room, or cosleeping on a coach or sofa.

But the DoH wants the letters to refer to children with a body - mass index of over 30 as «very overweight» rather than «obese» because the latter is «a turn - off».

«From recent studies of the general population, we know that approximately 50 percent of children lose ideal cardiovascular health by adolescence because they are overweight or obese.

Just because children who eat more fast food are the most likely to become obese does not prove that calories from fast foods bear the brunt of the blame.»

Anderson and her co-author are unable to say with any certainty that eating dinner together more often, getting more sleep, and watching less TV will help any given child lose weight, because of the other factors that may contribute to a child's obesity (or that may protect normal - weight children from becoming obese).

Not only did I look obese and hairy, I also felt unattractive and depressed because I couldn't bear children.

According to the key developers of the MyPlate dietary guidelines, changes were made in the federal nutrition program because more than two - thirds of American adults and more than one - third of America's children are determined overweight or obese.

I was clinically obese as a child so for most of my childhood I had been anti-social and quote on quote awkward because of insecurities.

The School Nutrition Association and other health organizations counter that the calorie limits are appropriate, particularly because one in three U.S. children is obese, and that many students have welcomed the healthier options.

So being overweight or obese comes both because of the way the child's body works and the way the child lives.

«We wholeheartedly believe in giving kids a chance because, one, a third of Rhode Island children are either overweight or obese so getting them to form habits early in life is really important,» said Kim Keck, President and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.