Sentences with phrase «child obesity linked»

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High fructose corn syrup in food and drinks has long been linked to rising rates of child and teen obesity.

Breastfeeding has been strongly linked to the prevention of SIDS and is believed to lower a child's risk of obesity, diabetes and some cancers though more research is required for definitive proof.

Furthermore, «[e] vidence links breast - feeding to lower risk for breast and ovarian cancers; it also reduces children's risk for sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory diseases, leukemia, ear infections, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes.»

Eating breakfast is a good habit for your child, though, because fueling the brain after a night's sleep is linked to better grades in school, better behavior, fewer attention problems, and less chance of obesity.

Biological determinants linking infant weight gain and child obesity: Current knowledge and future directions.

It's been linked to obesity, particularly in children.

As it turns out, health problems such as childhood diabetes, obesity, bowel disease, osteoporosis, heart disease, cataracts, colic, ear infections, hyperactivity, and cancer, on the rise in both children and adults, can be strongly linked to infant feeding choices.

HeLTI is an international research collaboration where four linked intervention cohorts will implement and test approaches to i) prevent overweight and obesity in children and risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and ii) improve early childhood development (ECD).

Dr. Jamie Koufman, author of Acid Reflux in Children: How Healthy Eating Can Fix Your Child's Asthma, Allergies, Obesity, Nasal Congestion Cough & Croup, talks the link between diet and health.

They may have read about the growing body of research that suggests a link between obesity and sleep loss: both children and adults who sleep less tend to weigh more.

Studies to date have examined familial clustering of risk behaviors linked with accelerated weight gain in children, psychosocial consequences of obesity in children, parenting strategies that promote active lifestyles in children, and developmental and contextual factors that explain declines in adolescent girls» physical activity.

And there's another link between hunger and obesity as well that I didn't mention — if a child is in a food - scarce household, he or she may miss meals and then overcompensate wildly at the first opportunity, which can also result in an obese but malnourished body.

It has a positive impact on childhood obesity, infections and allergies, is linked to a lower likelihood of mothers getting ovarian or breast cancers later in life and to a more positive maternal - child relationship.

Meanwhile, a growing body of scientific evidence links sugar with an epidemic of childhood obesity as well as a host of related health problems: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and even an unprecedented outbreak of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children.

Research has linked low socio - economic status with overweight and obesity, and children from low - income families are far more likely to participate in school meals, due to the free and reduced price program.

Insufficient sleep not only affects a child's development, behavior, and emotions, Waldburger says, it has been linked to a greater incidence of obesity.

The implications of obesity have also been a topic of interest, including studies of a potential link to autism for children born to diabetic and obese mothers and other research that indicates obesity as a possible risk factor for cognitive decline.

«The BDNF gene has previously been linked to obesity, and scientists have been working for several years to understand how changes in this particular gene may predispose people to obesity,» said Jack A. Yanovski, M.D., Ph.D., one of the study authors and an investigator at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Bartoshuk also found a link between tonsillectomies, which were a common treatment for ear infections until the late 1980s, and obesity: six - to 11 - year - olds who had their tonsils removed were 40 percent more likely to be obese as children than other kids were.

We know that in adults emotional eating is linked to eating disorders and obesity, so if we can learn more about the development of emotional eating in childhood, we can hopefully develop resources and advice to help prevent the development of emotional eating in children.»

A growing number of analyses have found a convincing link among a heavier mother - to - be, increases in her baby's birth weight, and the child's later risk of obesity.

«The study presented strong evidence that the children's diet beyond fast - food consumption is more strongly linked to poor nutrition and obesity,» said Jennifer Poti, doctoral candidate in UNC's Department of Nutrition and co-author of the study.

Because maternal obesity has been linked with congenital malformations in offspring, researchers led by Ian Macumber, MD (Seattle Children's Hospital) looked to see if it might have an impact on CAKUT.

Our faculty study a wide range of topics, including health outcomes and quality of life for children with diabetes, and the link between childhood obesity and its long - term endocrine consequences such as pubertal maturation.

In a previous analysis of data from the same group of women, the researchers also found that higher amounts of caffeine consumption during pregnancy was not linked to children's risk of obesity.

The researchers — who examined data on more than 8,000 children up to age 14 — did find that breast - feeding was linked to a reduced risk of obesity and hyperactivity and measures of higher intelligence, but that breast advantage evaporated once they looked at families where one child was breast - fed and one wasn't (my exact situation — my older son got the breast while the younger one had to settle for formula because I had low supply).

If you still think skim milk is our best option when it comes to milk, especially for children, review this study on its link to obesity in children.

It's not uncommon for children to drink several sugary beverages throughout the day, a habit linked to an increased risk of obesity, according to a study the journal Pediatric Obesity reported in Junobesity, according to a study the journal Pediatric Obesity reported in JunObesity reported in June 2017.

However, a study of children led by Harvard Medical School based on Project Viva of Massachusetts is now showing a link between childhood obesity and juvenile liver health problems.

Child obesity is linked to limited access to healthy and affordable foods, limited opportunities for physical activity, greater availability of fast food restaurants (especially near schools), and greater exposure to food - related marketing (Larson, Story, & Nelson, 2009; Powell, Slater, & Chaloupka, 2004; Kumanyika & Grier, 2006).

A new study finds that children exposed to pets before and just after birth showed changes in gut bacteria linked to lower risk of allergies and obesity.

In view of the high worldwide prevalence of (childhood) obesity and associated metabolic problems, this close link between maternal and child metabolic health and the resulting vicious cycle are very relevant.33 34 Because of the deleterious impact of GDM and lifestyle during pregnancy on the health of the mother and her offspring, it is crucial to intervene during the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal period.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Corporate philanthropic initiatives — such as providing World Cup tickets to Brazilian boys from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro — allows Coca - Cola to market their products to children and families in the favelas, even as obesity is becoming a major problem in Brazil, linked with high consumption of soft drinks.

However, a new Indian study has just found a link between child obesity and poor parenting.

In addition, child abuse is linked to an increased risk of alcoholism, depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, obesity, high - risk sexual behaviors, smoking, suicide, and certain chronic diseases later in life.

9:05 Paper of the 2016 New Investigator Award receiver Parent - child interaction in the context of parental obesity and links to children's development Sarah Bergmann (Germany)