Sentences with phrase «childhood obesity and diabetes»

With growing awareness of childhood obesity and diabetes as public health concerns, reformers and parents heralded the new law's emphasis on nutritious school meals, health education and environmental literacy.

Overview: Dr. Brian Gluvic and Nutritionist Sonia Reed will discuss the current epidemic of childhood obesity and diabetes and its contributing dietary factors.

With childhood obesity and diabetes rates rising, it's becoming urgent to encourage kids... Read more»

Senator Klein, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo celebrate signage of bill aimed at reducing childhood obesity and diabetes

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topic.

Not exact matches

The mission is to educate families and arm them in the fight against childhood obesity, diabetes, and other preventable health issues.

Implementation of this intervention may contribute to the achievement of the following targets: Global nutrition targets Target 1: 40 % reduction in the number of children under - 5 who are stunted Target 4: No increase in childhood overweight Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity

Childhood obesity and Type II diabetes have reached epidemic levels as more and more children abandon the playground or sports field for the comfort of their couches and Play Stations.

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.

We know that breastfed babies are less likely to suffer from childhood cancer, diarrheal diseases, respiratory illnesses, ear infections, bacterial infections, diabetes, Crohn's disease, allergies, urinary tract infections and obesity.

Childhood obesity can have negative effects on health outcomes, including putting kids at risk for Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

Children who are breastfed have lower risk of childhood obesity, diabetes, and childhood asthma.

The Life Time Foundation believes we must take charge of the rising and alarming rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, heart disease, behavioral disorders, and more affecting our kids.

The Whole Child health report brings together a comprehensive picture of the effects to mind, body and spirit of the societal shift toward growing up indoors, including not only epidemic childhood obesity but also precipitously rising rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), childhood diabetes, and pediatric depression.

4) Not only does breastfeeding offer health benefits while a child is actively being nursed, but studies show that it also provides long - term health benefits such as reduced chances of asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions.

A reduction in the risk of SIDS, asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, and obesity are just some of the protective benefits for babies.

From upper respiratory infections and Type II diabetes to asthma, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and childhood obesity — these issues are rampant in our communities.

There is an epidemic of childhood obesity plus other childhood related health issues such as diabetes and poor physical performance due to inactivity.

With the rising rates of childhood obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, exclusive breastfeeding for six months provides a no - cost way to protect the health of infants and their mothers and reduce the risk of these chronic diseases.

Long term breastfeeding also means less: celiac disease, diabetes, obesity, some childhood cancers, Crohn's disease, urinary tract infections, allergies and asthma for the child.

The benefits baby are many including reduced risk for ear infections, respiratory infections, asthma and allergies, overweight and obesity, diabetes, as well as some childhood cancers and for you a reduced risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, and many others.

Not only are they unhealthy for her, but they can also lead to poor eating habits and health problems, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in childhood and later in life.

Asthma, ear infections, childhood diabetes, depression, and obesity were not always the health epidemics they are today.

An army of wet nurses to fight the war on infant mortality, childhood obesity, diabetes, and breast cancer.

Starting solid foods too early can have adverse consequences, such as increasing your baby's risk for childhood obesity, celiac disease, diabetes and eczema, according to a study published in the April 2013 issue of «Pediatrics.»

I believe there is far too much emphasis placed on physical activity as a mechanism to combat childhood diseases like diabetes, diabetes, and oncoming disorders children will experience earlier in life like heart disease, cancer, and obesity.

Our expert doctors in the Obesity and Insulin Resistance Program at Floating Hospital work with you and your child to develop a plan to reduce the risk of childhood type 2 diabetes.

For the baby, breast - feeding reduces the risks of childhood obesity, diabetes, respiratory and ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome.

We found that a history of breastfeeding was associated with a reduction in the risk of acute otitis media, non-specific gastroenteritis, severe lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, asthma (young children), obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, childhood leukemia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and necrotizing enterocolitis.

Long - term benefits include reduced risk for childhood and adult obesity, diabetes, and even childhood leukemia and lymphoma.

Breastfeeding can lower the risk of gastrointestinal and diarrheal infections, ear infections, respiratory infections, allergies, cancer, diabetes, childhood obesity, heart disease, eczema, necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

These include increased prevalence of a range of infectious diseases and health conditions — ear infections, gastrointestinal infections respiratory infections, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, meningitis, diabetes, childhood cancers, obesity, allergies — formula fed infants grow and develop differently from breastmilk fed infants, including cognitive and neural development.

- Breastfed babies have less allergies, lower instances of childhood obesity; and are less likely to develop childhood diabetes.

Artificial feeding increases the risk of not only childhood infections, but also of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancers, which are assuming epidemic proportions.

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Asthma, Childhood Leukemia, Diabetes, Gastroenteritis, Otitis Media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions...

Baby has a lower risk for infections and stomach problems, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and childhood leukemia.

Cesarean deliveries have also been linked to greater risk of childhood chronic diseases (including type 1 diabetes, asthma, and obesity).

Health risks associated with formula feeding over the long term include increased incidence of infectious morbidity, childhood obesity, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Babies who are not breastfed are more likely to develop common childhood illnesses like diarrhea and ear infections and chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, asthma, and childhood obesity.

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.

Breastfeeding lowers your baby's risk for childhood obesity and for type 2 diabetes later in life.

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.

Breastfeeding results in reduced incidence of common infections such as diarrhea, otitis media and pneumonia.5 It is associated with a reduced incidence of childhood - onset diabetes, celiac disease, Crohn's disease and some childhood malignancies.6 More recent work suggests that breastfed infants are less obese in infancy and later childhood.7 Mothers who breastfeed have a more physiologic postpartum recovery and a lower incidence of breast and ovarian cancer, osteoporosis and obesity.8

«This bill will help us take head - on the epidemics of childhood obesity, diabetes and other diet related diseases,» Sen. Tom Harkin, D - Iowa, said.

Researchers are finding today that antibiotic exposure in infancy leads to greater asthma, allergies, celiac disease, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and obesity during later childhood and adulthood; much like early formula introduction.

«Health outcomes differ substantially for mothers and infants who formula feed compared to those that breastfeed... For infants, not being breastfed [and being formula fed instead,] is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, including otitis media [ear infections], gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).»

Not surprisingly, reliance on less nutritious foods and limited physical activity have resulted in an explosion of childhood obesity which has, in turn, led to health impairments that can have devastating lifetime effects (diabetes, hypertension, asthma, anxiety, and hyperactivity).

Studies also show that breastfeeding lowers the risk of SIDS, obesity, diabetes, and childhood cancers in addition to encouraging better brain development.

Ear infections, childhood diabetes, obesity, gastrointestinal and diarrheal infections, urinary tract infection childhood cancers, SIDS, respiratory infections, allergies, NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) 1,6,9,10,16,17,20,22

Such protections include reducing the incidence of gastrointestinal illnesses, upper respiratory infections, asthma, obesity, both types of diabetes, and certain childhood cancers.