Pollock, who is also leading a novel study of the cardiovascular impact of a vitamin K supplement on
obese children already showing signs of diabetes risk, has early evidence that the vitamin levels are lower in obese and overweight children.
Not exact matches
Almost 20 % of
children are
already obese by the time they leave primary school at eleven.
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.
«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.
Over one - third of
children in this country are overweight or
obese, which will lead to health problems with long - term consequences: shorter life expectancies, decreased productivity, and a massive strain on our
already troubled health care system.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto / prudkov The obesity epidemic has
already reached the youngest demographic: About 17 percent of U.S.
children and teens are
obese, and about one in three are overweight.
It's evident that opportunities for improving health are plentiful for most
children, not only the 15 % who are
obese already.
He says: «Many
children are
already obese before they even start at primary school and it has been widely reported that today's
children will have a lower life expectancy than that of their parents» generation.
What's more, one in five
children are
already overweight or
obese when they start primary school, and by the time they leave, that figure rises to one in three.
With many
children already obese before they even begin primary school, it has been widely claimed that this generation of
children will have a lower life expectancy than their parents.
Sugary beverages are the leading cause of added calories in
children's diets, and that's a serious problem in a country where 1 out of 3 school - age
children is
already overweight or
obese.