Sentences with phrase «for curbing obesity»

But could a few simple changes transform SNAP into a powerful vehicle for curbing obesity?

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While Texas's childhood obesity rate does remain stubbornly high, what would it look like today if the TSNP hadn't been in place for the last decade to curb the worst junk food on school campuses?

In addition, for the first time in the history of the National School Lunch Program the committee called for calorie limits on meals in an effort to curb obesity.

In a new study, the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has found that, despite promises from candy makers to curb their youth advertising, children's exposure to candy ads has actually seen a 74 percent increase.

For years, nutrition experts and healthy food advocates have been calling for a ban on chocolate milk in schools to help curb childhood obesiFor years, nutrition experts and healthy food advocates have been calling for a ban on chocolate milk in schools to help curb childhood obesifor a ban on chocolate milk in schools to help curb childhood obesity.

The ban's proponents see it as a modest victory in efforts to curb childhood obesity, citing the 2007 California Health Interview Survey that found 15 percent of 12 - to -17-year-olds in the greater Bay Area to be overweight or obese (8 percent of children under age 12 were found to be overweight for their age).

In the modern world in which we live, in order to curb obesity it may make sense for dietary guidelines to advise eating less meat, as well as eating less sugar,» he says.

«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.

Schrock: Well, other researchers — I think there is a group at the University of Minnesota — are looking into the possibility of treating cocaine addiction with other kinds of rewards, so that's definitely an area they are going to look into and they also think it has implications for obesity because if sugar is this addicting and if we can treat it like an addiction, we may be able to curb this obesity epidemic.

Taken together, the researchers say, the results suggest that SNRK could be a target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity and its complications.

Less childhood obesity Even as an important part of the school day, play has currently received little or no encouragement from government while communities remain keen for change and immediate action to help curb the rising tides of childhood obesity.

It is essential to take a Newfoundland for walk each day in an ongoing effort to curb obesity.

Treadmill Training: Treadmill training for dogs provides a muscle enhancing and toning fitness regime that not only improves the overall health and vitality of a dog, it helps curb destructive behavior problems by releasing excess energy and also increases life span by preventing obesity.

Important issues should be addressed with the scientific community as well as regular citizens because modern world is derailing man from its track and 33 % of obesity promising to reach 50 % by 2050 should be an important issue for dealing to learn on the best options to curb such dilemma.