Sentences with phrase «less obese children»

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Moreover, children who start the day with breakfast are less likely to be obese.

A 2015 study in Italy involving 147 elementary school kids concluded that normal - weight and overweight children were far less likely to be bullied than their obese or severely obese counterparts.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the less children exercise the more at risk they are at risk of obesity, but a new study finds that the most overweight and obese children are actually members of ethnic groups that are some of the most active.

If children are only allowed to run, jump, and climb when strictly supervised, they aren't going to find it very fun and are likely to do less of it which can have detrimental consequences on both their physical and mental health (think unimaginative obese kids).

Breastfed babies are less likely to develop diarrhoea, vomiting and chest infections, leading to fewer hospital visits; and they are less likely to become obese both as children and in later life.

Also, I had no idea that breast fed children were less likely to be obese.

Breastfed children are less likely to become obese.

Past research has suggested babies who are breastfed are less likely to grow up to be obese children.

Research shows that children who eat a balanced diet are less like to become overweight or obese.

In fact, children who regularly eat dinner as a family, get around 10 hours of sleep and limit the amount of time they spend watching TV are 40 percent less likely to be obese, according to a study published this month in Pediatrics.

There is actually research which indicates that the breast fed babies are the ones that are less likely to be obese as children or adults than the formula - fed ones.

Lastly, Belfield and Kelly (2010) found in their study that breastfeeding was negatively associated with obesity, that is children who were breastfed were 4.7 — 8.8 % less likely to be obese than mothers who formula feed (p. 23).

In fact, there is good research to indicate that breastfed babies are less likely to be obese children or adults than babies who were formula - fed.

They discovered that 20 percent of the boys and 24 percent of the girls studied were overweight or obese, and the children who slept less than 10 hours a night were 3 1/2 times more likely to be overweight than those who slept 12 hours or more.

Children and adolescents who were breastfed as babies are less likely to be overweight or obese.

One thing we do know is that babies that are breastfed are less likely to be obese as children, but 40 percent of African American babies are never breastfed at all, not even during the first weeks of their lives.

Past research has suggested that babies who are breastfed are less likely to grow up to be obese children, but those studies compared mothers who chose whether or not to breastfeed, so they and their children could have been different in other important ways, researchers said.

Many researches and surveys have all turned out in favor of breast milk claiming that the child that is fed with breast milk has 5 times lesser chances of becoming obese.

Families that eat together are less likely to have children who become obese because they are eating regular, home - cooked meals.

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.»

Their rather stunning conclusion was that, when dads were more involved with tasks like dressing, brushing teeth and bathing, their children were — on average — 33 % less likely to become obese between the ages of two and four.

In 2015, less than 20 percent of children in the city between the ages of six and 12 ate more than five items of fruits and vegetables per day, and one in every three children nationwide is overweight or obese, according to Adams.

In 2015, less than 20 percent of New York City children aged six to 12 ate more than five items of fruits and vegetables a day, and one in every three children nationwide is now either overweight or obese, the lawmakers said.

Other studies have shown that breastfed children are more likely to have higher IQs, fewer infections and less likely to be obese, but exactly why remains unknown.

Anderson and her co-author are unable to say with any certainty that eating dinner together more often, getting more sleep, and watching less TV will help any given child lose weight, because of the other factors that may contribute to a child's obesity (or that may protect normal - weight children from becoming obese).

The study, which included 8,550 4 - year - olds from around the United States, found that children who ate dinner with their families more than five times a week, slept for at least 10.5 hours a night, and watched less two hours or less of TV a day were 40 % less likely to be obese than children who did none of those things.

A study published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood indicates that obese children and adolescents, as compared to their lean counterparts, have less sensitive taste buds.

Studies show that children who regularly eat breakfast have a better quality of nutrient intake and are less likely to be overweight or obese.

Research on baseline predictors of success in obesity treatment has consistently revealed that children from «obese families» (ie, with the presence of obesity in parents / siblings) show less weight reduction in the lifestyle intervention programs.9, — , 12 This association is possibly mediated by genetic factors.

A covariate was included in the multivariate analyses if theoretical or empirical evidence supported its role as a risk factor for obesity, if it was a significant predictor of obesity in univariate regression models, or if including it in the full multivariate model led to a 5 % or greater change in the OR.48 Model 1 includes maternal IPV exposure, race / ethnicity (black, white, Hispanic, other / unknown), child sex (male, female), maternal age (20 - 25, 26 - 28, 29 - 33, 34 - 50 years), maternal education (less than high school, high school graduation, beyond high school), maternal nativity (US born, yes or no), child age in months, relationship with father (yes or no), maternal smoking during pregnancy (yes or no), maternal depression (as measured by a CIDI - SF cutoff score ≥ 0.5), maternal BMI (normal / underweight, overweight, obese), low birth weight (< 2500 g, ≥ 2500 g), whether the child takes a bottle to bed at age 3 years (yes or no), and average hours of child television viewing per day at age 3 years (< 2 h / d, ≥ 2 h / d).

These adults who had been told by their parents to diet grew up with a higher risk of being overweight or obese, demonstrated abnormal eating behaviors, had less satisfaction with their bodies, and in turn pushed their children to also diet, extending the cycle of eating and weight - gain behaviors into a subsequent generation.

Results Compared to the MEND - eligible population, proportionally more children who started MEND were: obese rather than overweight excluding obese; girls; Asian; from families with a lone parent; living in less favourable socioeconomic circumstances; and living in urban rather than rural or suburban areas.

Studies suggest that breastfed children are significantly less likely than are their bottle - fed peers to be obese; develop asthma; have autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes; and be diagnosed with childhood cancers.7 Moreover, infant feeding practices appear to be associated with cognitive ability during childhood: Full - term infants who are breastfed, as opposed to bottle - fed, score three to six points higher on IQ tests.8 Family support providers can influence the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding by promoting, teaching, and supporting nursing; states can maximize potential benefits by tracking how many mothers start and continue breastfeeding for at least three months.