Sentences with phrase «effect on childhood obesity»

A new study by the British Medical Journal suggests that school programmes encouraging children to eat healthily and exercise more have no effect on childhood obesity.

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

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).

I would be interested in seeing any studies that might review what effect our previous national mandates on school nutrition have actually had on childhood obesity.

2) Will the Commission ask EFSA to evaluate potential risks of high sugar levels in baby foods and young child formula, including effects on levels of childhood obesity and on the developing taste palates of children?

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.

«There is limited evidence based data on how best to mitigate adverse metabolic effects of obesity on mothers (spontaneous miscarriage, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and need for cesarean delivery) and their offspring (congenital anomalies, neonatal adiposity and risk for childhood obesity) once a woman is pregnant.

«The effect on families is often corrosive or disruptive,» says Dr. Tom Warshawski, Chair, Childhood Obesity Foundation.

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

For the first time, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health studied the effects of gestational weight gain on childhood obesity risk among a multi-ethnic urban population.

This statement replaces the outdated 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement «Cholesterol in Childhood,» which has been retired.3 New data emphasize the negative effects of excess dietary intake of saturated and trans fats and cholesterol as well as the effect of carbohydrate intake, the obesity epidemic, the metabolic / insulin - resistance syndrome, and the decreased level of physical activity and fitness on the risk of adult - onset CVD.

David Ludwig and his colleagues demonstrated this phenomenon in studies of the effects of soft drinks on childhood obesity.

Her thesis is entitled The Effect of Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes on Childhood Obesity.

Of course, all this exercise should also have a positive effect on the «not - so - small problem with childhood obesity,» as Bean calls it.

Given the positive effects of this programme on at least 1 other measure of public health concern, childhood obesity, 3 delivery could be shared by public health services, family physicians, parent training programmes, or paradoxically, the media itself.

Context The negative effects of childhood overweight and obesity on quality of life (QOL) have been shown in clinical samples but not yet in population - based community samples.

Based on prior empirical and theoretical work, this study investigated the following hypotheses: (1) maternal exposure to IPV will be associated with higher odds of obesity at age 5 years in their children; (2) maternal exposure to IPV will be associated with feeding practices and behaviors that elevate risk for childhood obesity; and (3) maternal perception of lower neighborhood safety will increase the effect of IPV on childhood obesity risk.

It remains to be shown whether the effect of low cognitive stimulation on childhood obesity is mediated by higher levels of TV viewing.