Sentences with phrase «obese children with»

A new study compares the effects of a vegan diet vs. the American Heart Association diet on obese children with high cholesterol.

This 9 - day trial in 43 obese children with metabolic syndrome investigated the short - term health effects of reducing sugar and fructose.

«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.

Those parallels — and the fact that osteocalcin can't currently be given directly — led Pollock to pursue his ongoing clinical trial in obese children with higher - fasting glucose levels.

In his studies, obese children with two obese parents have achieved and maintained losses of 20 per cent of body weight over 10 years.

Not exact matches

Most American children today are expected to be obese by the time they're 35, according to recent research by Harvard, compared with about 40 % of U.S. adults who are currently obese.

There is overwhelming evidence that our children are becoming more obese and it is incumbent upon us as a society to take every action possible to deal with the epidemic of poor nutrition and obesity.»

With one in three children now leaving primary school classed as obese (Public Health England), it's no surprise that the UK government is taking action.

With a quarter of Australian children obese or overweight, the need to address all potential causes of obesity is paramount [1].

One - third of American children are either overweight or obese, with rates of diabetes and other health - related issues also showing dangerous increases.

Couple all that with our children's relatively sedentary lifestyles and it's no wonder that one - third of American children are now overweight or obese, while here Houston, according to Texas Children's Hospital, that figure rises to a shocking 56 children's relatively sedentary lifestyles and it's no wonder that one - third of American children are now overweight or obese, while here Houston, according to Texas Children's Hospital, that figure rises to a shocking 56 children are now overweight or obese, while here Houston, according to Texas Children's Hospital, that figure rises to a shocking 56 Children's Hospital, that figure rises to a shocking 56 percent.

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

Similarly, I once met a dynamic culinary arts teacher in my district, Kellie Karavias, who worked with the principal at her former school to completely integrate health and nutrition programs throughout the day, including the building of an in - school, instructional kitchen, «Five a Day Fridays» where children bought fresh fruit and vegetables from a cart each week, and an after - school program that offered counseling and exercise to obese children and their families.

«With almost 20 % of children deemed obese by the time they leave primary school at age 11, healthy eating must become commonplace in the daily school routine.

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.»

These are the children least likely to be overweight or obese to begin with.

With one in three school aged children overweight or obese, and diabetes being one of the most chronic illnesses facing kids under 20, something must change.

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).

With nearly 17 percent (12.5 million) of America's children now clinically obese and a staggering 32 percent overweight, the time is long past to address the unhealthy food environments our children live in.

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

We've all heard the statistics: how one in three children in this country are either overweight or obese, with even higher rates among African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans.

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.

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.»

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.

Overall, one in three children in the U.S. struggle with obesity, but Black, Latino, Native American and Alaska Native kids are more than one and a half times more likely to be obese than white kids.

Over the past 30 years we've become obese with myriad middle - aged metabolic diseases — diabetes, hypertension and fatty liver disease — increasingly showing up in children, and clearly linked to sugar and salt consumption, not to fat.

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.)

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.

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.

But the DoH wants the letters to refer to children with a body - mass index of over 30 as «very overweight» rather than «obese» because the latter is «a turn - off».

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.

They found that, compared with people of normal weight, the 300 severely obese children in their study were far more likely to have large, rare deletions.

Although it is usually associated with alcoholism, it is increasingly diagnosed in individuals who consume little to no alcohol, especially those who are overweight or obese, including adolescents and children.

«If you're treating your child with a balance of affection and limits — these are the kids who are least likely to be obese.»

«Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds: By identifying at - risk infants early, doctors could work with parents to prevent weight gain.»

By second grade, the last grade examined, 23.1 percent of children born with high birthweight were obese.

The children born with high birthweight at term were more likely to be obese by kindergarten than their average - weight counterparts.

Children born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers detChildren born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers detchildren to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers determined.

Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.

«With nearly 17 percent of America's children now clinically obese and a staggering 32 percent overweight, the time is long past to address the unhealthy food environments our children live in.»

«We know that infants born to mothers with obesity have a greater chance of developing NAFLD over their lifetime, and in fact one - third of obese children under 18 may have undiagnosed fatty liver disease that, when discovered, is more likely to be advanced at the time of diagnosis,» Jonscher said.

Since 1979, the number of Canadian children with obesity has tripled, with almost one in three children overweight or obese.

So - called normal weight is no longer normal, with two - thirds of adults and one third of children and adolescents now classified as overweight or obese.

According to recent studies, women with gestational diabetes are seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life, and their children are at greater risk of becoming obese and developing diabetes themselves.

In previous work done at CHLA, investigators reported that obese children diagnosed with high - risk ALL had a 50 % greater risk of their disease recurring compared with children who were not obese.

Building a new casino on American Indian tribal land, or expanding an existing one, coincides with higher income and slightly lower rates of being overweight or obese in Native American children living nearby, researchers report in the March 5 JAMA.

A new study conducted by researchers at the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center found men diagnosed as children with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were twice as likely to be obese in a 33 - year follow - up study compared to men who were not diagnosed with the condition.

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.

Most children who are obese — now 17 percent in the U.S. — will carry that extra heft into adulthood, along with the long - term health consequences.

Obese women tend to give birth to larger babies with more body fat, and these children are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome — the cluster of conditions including obesity and high blood sugar that can lead to diabetes and heart disease.