Sentences with phrase «rate of overweight children»

«Opening a casino linked with lower rate of overweight children in that community.»

«Despite a welcome decline in the rates of overweight children and a plateau in obesity, we can't become complacent,» states Dr. Rodd.

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Fifty - nine per cent of adult Canadians are either overweight or obese and, among children, obesity rates have almost tripled in the last 25 years.

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.

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

Implementation of this intervention may contribute to the achievement of the following targets: Global nutrition targets Target 1: 40 % reduction in the number of children under - 5 who are stunted Target 4: No increase in childhood overweight Target 5: Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in first 6 months up to at least 50 % Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity

Our study documented lower rates of overweight among children who were breastfed for longer durations.

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.»

Across all age groups, African - American and Hispanic children had higher rates of overweight and all levels of obesity, while Asian - American children had markedly lower rates.

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.

Among Swedish women, being overweight or obese early in pregnancy was associated with increased rates of cerebral palsy in children, according to a study appearing in the March 7 issue of JAMA.

«Fewer overweight or obese children in Canada after years of increased rates.»

Researchers found a significant decrease in rates of childhood overweight or obesity between 2004 and 2013, from 30.7 % in 2004 to 27.0 % a decade later among children aged 3 to 19 years.

Between 1978 and 2004, there was a significant increase in Canada in the rates of children who are obese or overweight aged 2 to 17 years, from 23.3 % to 34.7 %, using the World Health Organization's (WHO) revised growth curves.

Another study of overweight and obese children found a 25 % increase in resting metabolic rate after drinking cold water (6).

Despite a growing number of efforts to reduce childhood obesity in recent years — and even some data showing declines — new data shows the rates of overweight or obese children continue to rise in the U.S., with severe obesity increasing significantly.

In recent years, the rates of obesity in the United States have skyrocketed, and currently 1/4 of US children and 1/3 of adults are classified as overweight or obese.

Conclusions and Relevance Exposure to counties with higher rates of obesity was associated with higher BMI and higher odds of overweight and / or obesity in parents and children.

Exposure to counties with higher rates of obesity was associated with higher BMI and higher odds of overweight and / or obesity in parents and children.

Nearly 40 per cent of children aged 10 and 11 in London are overweight or obese and adults in London have higher rates of obesity than comparable global cities such as New York, Sydney, Paris and Madrid.

The rate of children who are overweight or obese in year six living in Barking and Dagenham is nearly 44 per cent whereas in Richmond it is 25 per cent.

The city of Amsterdam has the highest rate of obesity in the Netherlands, with a fifth of its children overweight.

«The overweight and obesity rates of children have tripled over the past 20 years.

Children who are overweight or obese have poorer academic performance, more behavioral problems, and higher rates of school absenteeism (Bethell, Simpson, Stumbo, Carle, & Gombojav, 2010; Krukowski et al., 2009; Taras & Potts - Datema, 2005; BeLue, Francis, & Colaco, 2009; Geier et al., 2007; Mustillo et al., 2003).

The rate of overweight in adults, on the other hand, is more than twice that of children [33].

Because the rates of deviant eating behavior might be much higher in clinical samples of overweight children, previously reported associations between overweight and the parent — child relationship might in fact be explainable by associations between deviant eating behavior and the parent — child relationship.

Further, a lack of care and emotionally warm relationships with the overweight child (Hammar et al., 1972; Kinston, Loader, Miller, & Rein, 1988; Turner, Rose, & Cooper, 2005) and a markedly increased rate of insecure attachment styles among mothers of overweight children have been reported (Trombini et al., 2003).