Sentences with phrase «on obesity rates»

Also, you've got to love the narrator at the end who says «The government needs to trim its budget fat» — which is precisely what something like a soda tax would help do, while cutting down on obesity rates in the process.

In this study, we wanted to assess the health outcomes of children diagnosed with ADHD, focusing on obesity rates and Body Mass Index,» said lead author Francisco Xavier Castellanos, MD, Brooke and Daniel Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Study Center at NYU Langone.

While studies have indicated that these programs can reduce employees» health risk and potentially slow the growth of health care costs, the impact of these approaches on obesity rates has not been studied in depth.

Despite reports in recent years suggesting childhood obesity could be reaching a plateau in some groups, the big picture on obesity rates for children ages 2 to 19 remains unfavorable.

But a small effect is not no effect, points out James Fowler, a professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Division of Social Sciences, and co-author of the 2007 The New England Journal of Medicine paper that described the influence of social ties on obesity rates.

Education about healthy behaviors and the involvement of parents are crucial to making a lasting impact on obesity rates because students do not eat just at school, said Dr. Stephen Daniels, pediatrician - in - chief at The Children's Hospital in Denver.

There is still no evidence globally that a soft drink tax has any impact on obesity rates, In fact other European countries, like Denmark, have introduced and subsequently repealed a «fat» tax within 18 months, due to its blatant ineffectiveness.

There is also no substantial evidence globally that a soft drink tax has a meaningful impact on obesity rates.

Global examples have shown that soft drink taxes fail to have a meaningful impact on obesity rates and ultimately serve as a Band - Aid solution to a complex public health issue, which first and foremost requires access to adequate nutrition education and health care.

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If prayer worked, everyone would do it, because prayerful people would experience better health, less divorce, fewer children on drugs, greater success, lower death rates, less obesity... there would be no war or starvation or murdered babies.

Researchers and thought leaders weigh in on cutting - edge strategies that may help drive down rates of obesity

This horribly backfired on us and caused the rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes to climb even higher.

Given that global incidence rates of overweight and obesity are on the rise, particularly among children and adolescents, it is imperative that current public health strategies include education about beverage intake.

When infants and young children are not breastfed or when breastfeeding is suboptimal, children risk not only increased rates of infectious diseases such as gastric and respiratory infections, but increasingly research is documenting the impact of not breastfeeding on the prevalence of life long chronic diseases such as cancers, diabetes, obesity and cardio vascular disease.

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topiOn the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topion the topic.

Is the increased maternal mortality caused by the high C - Section rate, or just associated with it and caused by the same factors, such as obesity, GD, high blood pressure, multiples, maternal age, and so on?

Last week I shared on TLT's Facebook page and Twitter feed news of a Center for Disease Control report finding that rates of childhood obesity among low - income children have fallen modestly in 19 states between the years 2008 - 2011, the first such... [Continue reading]

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?

More research on child nutrition has come down the pipe, and with high obesity rates and cardiovascular illness, we really can not get enough.

In New York, schools serve 1.7 million lunches and 500,000 breakfasts each day — which puts them on the front line of combatting hunger and childhood obesity — and yet the state meal reimbursement rate has remained at six cents for the last 40 years.

The list then moves on to the dangers averted, from infancy on up: fewer ear infections, allergies, stomach illnesses; lower rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease.

Today, the New York Times announced a variety of different statistics showing obesity rates on the decline in major cities across the country.

Only their concern doesn't stem from the epidemic rates of obesity, diabetes and corn allergies that we are seeing, but rather their concern stems from a 20 year low in the sale of high fructose corn syrup and the impact it is having on the profitability of members of the Corn Refiners Association

The conclusions adopted by the Council on nutrition and physical activity (1) invited Member States to promote and support adequate breastfeeding and welcomed the Member States» agreement on an EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014 - 2020, which includes a series of actions aimed at increasing breastfeeding rates in the Union.

Breastfeeding is also likely to lead to improvements in IQ, reduce rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and reduce obesity in young children, and there is growing evidence that it confers a number of other health and development benefits on the child and health benefits on the mother (Renfrew 2012a, Victora 2016).

Tailor communications to each target audience to focus on what is of greatest interest while connecting the messaging with common themes (greater success of students with healthier meal programs, reduced obesity rates, and improved food service area as a community asset).

We didn't expect to find such a large effect of the NSLP on reducing the obesity rate....

I'm just going to repeat why the c - section rate is going up, up, up: VBAC bans, too many inductions, too much reliance on fetal heart monitoring (even though ACOG agrees it doesn't do much good for predicting which babies are actually in fetal distress), obesity, etc..

I point that out to show that nutrition and weight management are not inherently «anti fat,» it's just that with the obesity rate doubling in the past 30 years in this country, it is not surprising that most public health nutrition efforts are concentrated on that particular problem.

Future rates of obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and other diet - related chronic diseases depend on us getting this right.

In 2010 and 2011, she worked on lowering obesity rates by increasing breastfeeding exclusivity and duration through the federally funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant.

Here at Parenting Squad, we've provided families with health information and resources on everything from obesity rates, to helping kids eat healthier, to the importance of exercise.

In addition, analyses on three conditions — cognitive ability, childhood obesity and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)-- indicate that modest improvements in breastfeeding rates could save millions of pounds and, in the case of SIDS, children's lives.

This commentary will focus on some of the issues not covered by the three papers, such as the lack of dietary guidelines specifically designed for pregnant and lactating women and young children, the importance of breastfeeding for both mother and infant, and the emerging crisis accompanying increased rates of child and adult obesity.

Those meals have always been subject to nutritional guidelines because they are partially paid for by the federal government, but the new rules put broader restrictions on what could be served as childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed.

Mayor Bloomberg's name has been drawn into the debate over a proposed 1 peso - per - liter tax on soft drinks to fund weight - control efforts in Mexico, which now has higher obesity rates than the US.

He also hopes it will shed light on why rates of birth defects, childhood cancers, asthma, obesity, violence, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other learning disabilities are skyrocketing.

Racial disparities in obesity rates among the third of U.S. adults considered obese are often blamed on socioeconomic status because of its influence on diet and physical activity, but new findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Obesity suggest otherwise — particularly forobesity rates among the third of U.S. adults considered obese are often blamed on socioeconomic status because of its influence on diet and physical activity, but new findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Obesity suggest otherwise — particularly forObesity suggest otherwise — particularly for women.

To combat rising rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer, many countries are considering slapping taxes on unhealthy foods.

Cara Ebbeling of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital, first author on the study, and her colleagues have found that what you eat can significantly affect your metabolism rate.

Efforts to lower childhood obesity rates often focus on adding «good» foods, rather than on avoiding «bad foods,» she said.

But if replicated on a larger scale, the surprising discovery could lead to the reframing of conversations about how to improve children's diets and lower rates of childhood obesity, the researchers said.

For each response they identified a realistic better and worse case scenario for health, by estimating the likely impact on rates of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.

But sadly, a new villain on the block is taking up some of the slack: soaring rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, which are also risk factors.

The third was a population health index based on five factors: annual rates for hip fractures and strokes, obesity, smoking status and surveys of self - reported illness.

Driven in part by older maternal age and greater obesity, rates of preeclampsia are rising rapidly, yet surprisingly there are few national estimates of the health and economic impact of preeclampsia on mothers and their infants.

«This research shows that exposure to environmental toxins may be depressing the function of our circadian clock, the disruption of which is linked to increased rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and depression,» said Jennifer Hurley, an assistant professor of biological sciences, a member of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and senior author on this research.

Although fatty liver disease usually does not progress to dangerous levels of liver inflammation, the condition is an increasing concern as its rates climb in the worldwide obesity epidemic, says Samir Softic, M.D., first author on a paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation describing the research.

Thanks to ample parks as well as lower rates of smoking, obesity, and diabetes, the nation's capitol took the top spot among the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S., based on the annual American Fitness Index, by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation.

In fact, animals in the zoo and in the wild are experiencing rising rates of obesity as well, even on calorie controlled or native diets.