Sentences with phrase «reduce child obesity»

A randomized breast - feeding promotion intervention did not reduce child obesity in Belarus.

Not exact matches

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

Targeted population - level interventions are required to reduce childhood obesity and therefore, lessen socio - economic inequalities among children, according to researchers in Australia.

Harvest Hill Beverage Company is proud to announce that many of our beverages meet the Alliance for a Healthier Generation School Beverage Guidelines, aimed at reducing childhood obesity and empowering children to make healthier lifestyle choices.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued juice - consumption guidelines for children to help cut the risks of obesity and tooth decay; and Consumer Reports is advising parents to follow those same guidelines to reduce arsenic exposure.

The volunteers created gardens, developed dramatic play areas and planted trees to provide incentives for children to be outdoors and reduce obesity rates.

By improving infant sleep and reducing crying, Dr. Karp's hope is to improve parent confidence and bonding to their child and to reduce the serious health sequelae of parental exhaustion and stress, including postpartum depression, child abuse, childhood obesity, infant sleep death, etc..

Benefits to children from breastfeeding include reduced gastrointestinal, respiratory, urinary tract and ear infections, lower incidence of allergies and a reduced likelihood of developing obesity.

That's because breast milk — custom - made nourishment specially formulated by Mother Nature — offers so many benefits: It boosts your baby's immune system, promotes brain development, and may reduce your child's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) as well as diabetes, some types of cancer, obesity, high cholesterol, and asthma later in life.

4) Not only does breastfeeding offer health benefits while a child is actively being nursed, but studies show that it also provides long - term health benefits such as reduced chances of asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions.

«The study, led by experts from the World Health Organisation and Unicef, said that child obesity, diabetes and infections could all be significantly reduced if more mothers could be persuaded to breastfeed.»

You may be happy to know that breastfeeding reduces the risk of your child's developing both obesity and diabetes.

Children breastfed for 2 years have reduced incidences of developing Diabetes and other ailments like obesity.

Furthermore, «[e] vidence links breast - feeding to lower risk for breast and ovarian cancers; it also reduces children's risk for sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory diseases, leukemia, ear infections, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes.»

The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University has released the results of a study showing that kids will actually eat low - sugar cereal and that «serving high - sugar cereals may increase children's total sugar consumption and reduce... [Continue reading]

Breast milk is known to influence blood insulin levels, which can subsequently reduce a child's risk for obesity and diabetes.

The AAP doesn't recommend reduced - fat milk for children younger than 24 months or nonfat (skim) milk for children age 2 and older unless they're overweight or considered at risk for obesity — and even then, not without the approval of a doctor.

As part of its previously announced ten - point plan to help reduce obesity, the British grocery chain Tesco made headlines this week with a controversial announcement that it will ban sugar - sweetened, child - targeted beverages such as Capri Sun from... [Continue reading]

Possible exceptions: Your child's doctor may recommend giving your child reduced - fat milk (2 percent) after age 1 if you're overweight or obese, or have a family history of obesity, high cholesterol, or cardiovascular disease.

Michelle Obama can check off a top priority on her to - do list: The child nutrition bill was signed into law by her husband Monday morning, capping months of advocacy by the first lady as part of her efforts to reduce childhood obesity.

All the arguments levelled in the US are the same ones we dealt with — and now that our work has been independently evaluated we are proving that a whole school approach to educating children about food, where it comes from, how its produced, and cooked is a more effective way of reducing obesity, but also increasing pupil attainment and achievement.

Our expert doctors in the Obesity and Insulin Resistance Program at Floating Hospital work with you and your child to develop a plan to reduce the risk of childhood type 2 diabetes.

Sunny Gault: Another thing that I know that breastfeeding helps with, part of our Top 10 List, is reduces obesity in children and teens, which is a huge problem here, especially in the US.

Child Care promotes five best practice goals for childhood obesity prevention: increase physical activity, reduce screen time, offer healthy beverages, serve healthy food, and support breastfeeding.

The meta - analysis showed that breast - feeding reduced the risk of obesity in childhood significantly... Breast - feeding seems to have a small but consistent protective effect against obesity in children.

If your child is overweight or at risk for being overweight, or if there is a family history of obesity, high blood pressure, or heart disease, your pediatrician may recommend 2 % milk (reduced fat) instead.

The Healthy Child Programme (2009): The English policy framework «Giving all children a healthy start in life», is underpinned by the Healthy child programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support breastfeeding and reduce obeChild Programme (2009): The English policy framework «Giving all children a healthy start in life», is underpinned by the Healthy child programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support breastfeeding and reduce obechild programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support breastfeeding and reduce obesity.

The strongest effects were observed among adolescents, meaning that the obesity - reducing benefits of breastfeeding extend many years into a child's life.

On the other side of the debate, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the benefits for the infant in terms of reduced risk of infection, adult obesity, allergies, and asthma are so great that breastfeeding must be viewed as an «investment in your child's future» rather than a «lifestyle choice.»

«Children who are breastfed are at reduced risk of obesity.

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).

What was more surprising was another finding: that participation in the NSLP also reduced the rate of obesity by at least 17 percent among the children studied.

Obesity aside, this more recent study is a good reminder, even as we complain about the quality of school food across the board, that the NSLP is a critically important safety net for the 31 million American children who eat a free or reduced price lunch every single school day.

The research was intended to demonstrate ways to reduce the chance of childhood obesity while the child is still in infancy stages, so that parents wouldn't need to worry about their child's weight a few years down the road.

Research has linked low socio - economic status with overweight and obesity, and children from low - income families are far more likely to participate in school meals, due to the free and reduced price program.

As a pediatrician, it is very worrisome to me that the children most likely to be eligible to receive free or reduced - price school lunch are exactly those who are at greatest risk for obesity and Type II diabetes: Latinos and African - Americans.

Breastfeeding is the only evidenced - based intervention that reduces diabetes and overweight in children, will the Government ensure that it is included in the next Childhood Obesity Strategy?

Breastfeeding appears to reduce the risk of extreme obesity in children aged 39 to 42 months.

Diabetes UK believes unless action is taken to reduce the exposure of unhealthy food advertising and stem the rising level of obesity among children in the UK, cases of Type 2 diabetes in young people will continue to increase - with serious implications for both individuals and the NHS.

In January 2010, «Start4Life» was launched with the aim of helping frontline staff deliver the Healthy Child Programme, supporting pregnant women and the parents of 0 - 2 year olds in establishing good feeding and activity habits for babies, to help reduce the risk of obesity in later life.

«Participation in school sports offers so many benefits to children and teens, from lower dropout rates to improved health and reduced obesity.

A tax on sugar - sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas and sports drinks could reduce obesity in adolescents, and exercise promotion, such as after - school physical activity programs, could impact younger children in the fight against fat.

«Soda tax for adolescents, exercise for children best strategies for reducing obesity.»

In order to evaluate the potential long - term impact of federally recommended policies, investigators used a set of criteria to select three policies to reduce childhood obesity from among 26 recommended policies: afterschool physical activity programs, a one cent per ounce excise tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs), and a ban on child - directed fast food television advertising.

Brownson, who also is director of the university's Prevention Research Center, and his co-authors set out to determine the effectiveness of three federal policies aimed at reducing childhood obesity: afterschool physical activity programs, a one - tenth - cent per ounce sugar - sweetened beverage excise tax, and a ban on fast food television advertising to children under 12.

Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to weight.

«Obesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster UnivObesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster Univobesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.

The review by Dr. Catalano and his international colleagues focusses on the clinical management of obesity in pregnancy and how to reduce risks to mother and child.

But in September, Umut Ozcan, an obesity researcher at Children's Hospital Boston, reported that a key inflammatory protein actually reduces insulin resistance in obese diabetic mice, curing them of diabetes.

With the rise in childhood obesity across Europe, there has been much attention on how governments can reduce the advertising of products with high fat, sugar and / or salt levels, directly to children.