Sentences with phrase «for obese children»

At the other end of the spectrum, bbc.com reported on a pilot program showing promising results for obese children in Denmark, that involves extensive testing and changes to all aspects of the children's lives.

Modest exercise lies at the heart of the successful programmes for obese children, devised by Leonard Epstein, professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

I disagree with the lowfat / nonfat food recommendations (and some other parts of the current school lunch requirements), even for obese children.

Not exact matches

We know, for example, that inactivity is leading to an epidemic of obese children and disease complications.

Saint Nicholas of Myra in Lycia (c. 270 - 343) was a real person who is now mythologized into Santa Claus, an obese old man who miraculously keeps track of the moral character of children, travels around the Earth on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer, visits millions of houses in one night without opening any door or window, and leaves presents for millions of children.

I'm tired of people blaming schools, sports leagues, and any variety of other organizations and factors for the fact that their children are overweight - obese, even - couch potatoes who play video games and eat junk food.

Will an insurance company deny your child coverage or place exorbitant premiums on obese children who are eating the «wrong food combinations» at school and exceeding the allotted calories for that meal??

That's because forcing a toddler to eat a food he doesn't like or a quantity he can't handle may set him up for problems later on: Children who aren't allowed to make food decisions themselves (such as deciding when they're full) are at a greater risk for becoming obese later in life.

In a city where 22 percent of children between ages 3 and 7 are obese, double the national rate for similarly aged children, we would like to commend the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for meeting and exceeding health and wellness standards in the schools.

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

The tasty drink is being blamed for the growing rate of obese children in America.

In Illinois, 15.8 percent of children between 10 and 17 are considered obese, placing the state 14th in the nationwide roster of risk, according to a report released in August by the nonprofit research group, Trust for America's Health.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), «The percentage of children aged 6 — 11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7 percent in 1980 to nearly 18 percent in 2012.»

On just about every school yard, the nation's obesity problem is apparent: A fifth of U.S. children are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for...

Because once children are already significantly overweight or obese, getting them to lose excess weight and keep that weight off for a lifetime — all while fighting against their own potentially slowed metabolism — is a very tall order indeed.

Yet that parent of today is far more likely to be obese and / or diabetic, and to have children who are obese and at risk for diabetes.

«Today, almost 10 percent of infants and toddlers carry excess weight for their length, and slightly more than 20 percent of children between the ages of two and five are already overweight or obese,» say researchers at the Institute of Medicine.

In 2015 researchers for the Journal of Physical Activity & Health found that active children who spent more than two hours watching TV each day were just as likely as inactive children were to be overweight or obese.

One third of children in America are now considered overweight or obese, and this generation of kids is the first in modern history to be at risk for a shorter lifespan than their parents, largely due to obesity - related diseases which are entirely preventable.

The statistics are scary: about 17 percent of children and adolescents, age 2 - 19, are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In fact, according to a study in Breastfeeding Medicine, mothers with lower rates of breastfeeding «tend to be young, low - income, African American, unmarried, less educated, participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), overweight or obese before pregnancy, and more likely to report their pregnancy was unintended.»

Furthermore, a child who is obese by age 12 has more than a 75 percent chance of becoming an obese adult, at risk for Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, high blood pressure, gallbladder disease, asthma and certain cancers.

«A lot of our children are becoming obese or are at risk for obesity, and holiday times too often send the message that overeating is OK,» she says.

Do not cosleep is you are under the influence of drugs and alcohol, if you are obese because you have a greater chance of having sleep apnea, if you are suffering from sleep deprivation, if you have a water bed or other cushiony surface where it's easier for your baby to fall towards the middle of the bed, if you bed isn't big enough, if your other children are sleeping in the bed with you and there isn't enough room, or cosleeping on a coach or sofa.

â $ Breastfed children also have a lower risk for becoming overweight or obese in childhood and later in life, â $ he added.

Almost 20 percent of children are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the number of obese children has tripled in the past 30 years.

To figure this out, I invented an eight - year old boy, Jimmy, with the average height of 50 inches and average weight of 55 pounds (I got these figures from weight charts issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; given that 40 % of Texas children are obese, Jimmy is lucky I allowed him to weigh in as an «average» child.)

Professor Russell Viner of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has claimed that «We are entering a state of emergency» when it comes to childhood obesity, citing statistics which show that 22 % of four and five - year olds are now overweight or obese, which rises to 34 % for ten and eleven - year olds!

Obese children are at risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, asthma, joint problems, fatty liver disease, and social and psychological problems.

A total of 23 % of adults are obese (with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 61.3 % are either overweight or obese (with a BMI of over 25) For children, 23.1 % of 4 - 5 year olds are overweight or obese and 33.3 % of 10 - 11 year olds.

Commenting on today's news that one in three children in reception classes in Wales is obese, Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Children and Young Peopchildren in reception classes in Wales is obese, Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Children and Young PeopChildren and Young People said:

In 2012, over one - third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Public Health Service.

This number is even lower for Latino and African - American children, who are at a higher risk of being overweight or obese.

What is the most significant reason for the rise in children who are overweight or obese?

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).

For example, in the USA children weigh on average 5 kg more than they did 30 years ago, and one in three children is now overweight or obese.

One team has found in two children mutations in the gene for the metabolic hormone leptin, which in mice tells the body it's satiated; defects in this gene had not previously been found in obese people.

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.

«Pregnancy weight gain tilts scales for child becoming obese.»

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.

A woman being obese (BMI of 30.0 or higher) prior to getting pregnant increased the odds of her child being overweight at age 2 by more than two-fold compared to women who had a normal pre-pregnancy weight (BMI between 18.5 and 25), after adjusting for weight gain during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and breastfeeding.

They called for additional studies to follow the children born to obese women to determine what health issues they may face.

In the past 30 years, obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents, with more than one - third of children and adolescents found to be overweight or obese in 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Launched in 2007, NFL PLAY 60 was designed to increase the wellness of young fans, including the 33 million children who are obese or overweight by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day.

Four years ago, Farooqi's group discovered that a separate mutation in the gene for melanocortin - 4 receptor shows up in 1 percent of obese people and 5 to 6 percent of severely obese children.

About 1 in 5 school - aged children are obese — about 17 percent of all children in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For example, studies have linked pregnant mothers that were undernourished during the second world war with gene changes in their children that put them at higher risk of becoming obese or getting cancer.

«As the number of obese children with high cholesterol continues to grow, we need to have effective lifestyle modifications to help them reverse their risk factors for heart disease,» Dr. Macknin said.

«These changes may reduce the chances of conception for overweight women, and may even have long - term health implications for the children of overweight and obese women.»

I estimate that rather than sleeping for an extra hour or more, obese children could obtain the same effect with only 10 minutes of extra exercise each day.