Sentences with phrase «childhood obesity research»

(Feel - good bonus: Slim and Sage donates 2 percent of their profits towards childhood obesity research.)

Working with Savage were Julie Peterson, instructor, food science and nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul; Michele Marini, statistician, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State; Leann Birch, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and professor of nutritional sciences, and director of the Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State; and Peter Bordi Jr., director, Center for Food Innovation, and associate professor of hospitality management, Penn State.

Exposing infants and children to higher amounts of sugar during growth and development can produce problems with cognitive development and learning as well as create lifelong risk for obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and heart disease, said Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine.

Researchers at the Childhood Obesity Research Center at USC are looking at how maternal food intake affects fructose levels in breast milk as well as how specific elements in breast milk can alter a baby's developing gut bacteria, which neutralizes toxic byproducts of digestion.

Soda consumers may be getting a much higher dose of the harmful sugar fructose than they have been led to believe, according to a new study by the Childhood Obesity Research Center (CORC) at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), part of Keck Medicine of USC.

Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to weight.

In addition to their usefulness and clever design, I was pleased to learn that Slim & Sage donates 2 % of their profits to childhood obesity research.

Researchers on this project included lead author Ian M. Paul, Jennifer S. Savage and Michele E. Marini, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State College of Health and Human Development and others.

Kay has worked as a private practice lactation consultant, a hospital lactation consultant, the lactation consultant for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, for The Center for Childhood Obesity Research at The Pennsylvania State University, and for the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

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Second, regulation needs to limit the opportunities for food advertising to influence children's food preferences, as this is the role that the research has identified for food advertising in contributing to childhood obesity.

In a recent working paper for the Productivity Commission, Jacqueline Crowle and Erin Turner also agree that research suggests that the link between television viewing and childhood obesity is tenuous.

According to the website for the Office of Women's Health, research has proven that breastfed babies have a lower risk of asthma, childhood obesity, ear infections, eczema, diarrhea, vomiting, lower respiratory infections, and type 2 diabetes.

Now a concerned parent can find in one source all of the prevailing scientific research arguing against the use of food as a reward, a chart showing every leading medical organization which has condemned the practice, generally useful statistics on childhood obesity and even some colorful quotes from experts.

With the prevalence of childhood obesity in this country and the abundance of research that corroborates that childhood obesity is a strong risk factor for adult obesity, children's diets and nutrition are under scrutiny.

Putting aside the implications of this research for adults, this study indicates to me that we must redouble our efforts as a society to prevent childhood obesity before it can take root.

Here at Parenting Squad, we have been on board with childhood obesity prevention tips and research information for families.

Excluding type 2 diabetes (because of insufficient data), we conducted a cost analysis for all pediatric diseases for which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported risk ratios that favored breastfeeding: necrotizing enterocolitis, otitis media, gastroenteritis, hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood asthma, childhood leukemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and childhood obesity.

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).

I came across your blog while doing research for our bi-weekly newsletter on childhood obesity called MDPA Minute.

For a summary of existing research, view Elsie's abstracts on childhood obesity risk factors and interventions in the first 1,000 days.

The research was intended to demonstrate ways to reduce the chance of childhood obesity while the child is still in infancy stages, so that parents wouldn't need to worry about their child's weight a few years down the road.

You may have heard about research linking formula - feeding with rapid infant growth and an increased risk of childhood obesity.

A research team led by Jane Heinig at University of California Davis has developed a program called Secrets of Baby Behavior that was designed to give new parents the information they need about infant and breastfeeding norms to reduce unnecessary formula supplementation and to help prevent childhood obesity caused by overfeeding.

Actually, National Breastfeeding Awareness Month is a campaign funded by the US government to encourage women to breastfeed their babies by highlighting the research showing that babies who are breastfed for at least six months are less likely to develop ear infections, diarrhea and childhood obesity.

There is no pressure to finish off a jar of baby food, and early research is showing baby - led weaning may result in less childhood obesity as the child learns to self - regulate — that is, once he's full, he stops eating.

Current research projects focus on the process and outcomes of food system localisation in a globalising environment, the sustainability implications of a large scale transition to agriculturally derived bio-fuels, the effects of school and community context on childhood obesity, and the micro-politics of animal welfare in alternative livestock systems.

Research published yesterday by the Medical Research Council, Human Nutrition Research Centre and the Department of Health found parents fail to respond to the warning signs of childhood obesity.

Professor Keith Godfrey, from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, and a member of the study team, said: «The new findings provide the first direct evidence linking faltering of a baby's growth in the womb with epigenetic modifications that themselves may increase the risk of childhood obesity.

Brownson, who also is director of the university's Prevention Research Center, and his co-authors set out to determine the effectiveness of three federal policies aimed at reducing childhood obesity: afterschool physical activity programs, a one - tenth - cent per ounce sugar - sweetened beverage excise tax, and a ban on fast food television advertising to children under 12.

«We believe this research has implications for a wide range of people, from basic scientists who are interested in how reward processing changes across the lifespan, to obesity researchers looking to devise interventions to curb childhood obesity, to parents and pediatricians trying to raise healthier and happier kids,» says Silvers.

The statement is based on a review of existing scientific research published in peer - reviewed medical journals that documents a strong association between adverse experiences in childhood and teen years and a greater likelihood of developing risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes earlier than those not experiencing adverse experiences.

Further, there has been little research on the long - term effects of gestational weight gain on childhood obesity risk in vulnerable populations.

He also holds the Canada Research Chair in Metabolism and Obesity and is a co-director of the Metabolism and Childhood (MAC)- Obesity Research Program.

«What we've seen for so many years is research looking at physical activity as the preventative or the curative solution for childhood obesity, but the data on physical activity as a means to set children's weight is abysmal,» he says.

Although various studies propose a connection between childhood ADHD and obesity, «this is the first population - based longitudinal study to examine the association between ADHD and development of obesity using ADHD cases and controls of both sexes derived from the same birth cohort,» says lead author Seema Kumar, M.D., pediatrician and researcher at Mayo Clinic Children's Research Center.

New research shows that there is an association between obesity development during adulthood and childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Brownson, who also is director of the university's Prevention Research Center, and his co-authors set out to determine the effectiveness of three federal policies aimed at reducing childhood obesity: afterschool physical activity programs, a one cent per ounce sugar - sweetened beverage excise tax, and a ban on fast food television advertising to children under 12.

Her research is focused on understanding factors that contribute to the development of obesity and implementing effective prevention and treatment programs for childhood obesity in underserved populations.

Research from Western University suggests that the way we have built communities in Canada the past few decades is partly to blame for rising rates of childhood obesity, respiratory problems and mental health issues.

Research has shown that shortages or excesses of food during a person's childhood can cause epigenetic changes that lead to diabetes, obesity and early puberty.

Therefore research is needed to understand the role of maternal influences on the risk of obesity in childhood and the value of preventive strategies targeted to women of childbearing age.

The amount spent on medical expenses associated with the treatment and prevention of obesity in individuals should spur interest in increasing funding for research into new prevention options for childhood obesity.

Although more research is needed to prove that these routines directly lower childhood obesity, she adds, parents shouldn't wait to implement the behaviors in the study.

This research was the 1st to look at the connection between phthalate exposure and measurements made use of to determine childhood obesity.

Studies have revealed that exposure to these regularly used chemicals could impair neurodevelopment in childhood, but this is the 1st research showing that they could play a role in childhood obesity.

The research results suggest a possible link between childhood obesity and Bisphenol A exposure.

Currently completing her doctoral studies at Western University in Health and Rehabilitation Science, Gillian's research examines health promotion, specifically physical activity, childhood obesity, nutrition, and diabetes.

However, «childhood obesity has been rising dramatically, so the trends in the future are going to change by how long people have been obese,» says Olshansky, who did not participate in the current research, but projected similar obesity trends in a 2005 paper in the NEJM.

Scientific research provides abundant evidence that a poor prenatal diet, followed by a steady childhood diet of low - nutrient food spawns a whole host of physical defects and diseases, including early - onset osteoporosis, diabetes, coronary occlusion, obesity, acne, dental irregularities and, most important, acute distortions in brain chemistry — bizarre distortions with macabre perceptions that could easily trigger the tragic shootings on our school campuses.

It grew out of the successes of the Ending Childhood Obesity (ECO) Project and the construction of Charlee's Kitchen, a teaching kitchen donated by Bob and Charlee Moore, on the campus of NUNM inside of Helfgott Research Center.