Sentences with phrase «risk of childhood obesity»

You may have heard about research linking formula - feeding with rapid infant growth and an increased risk of childhood obesity.

Children who are breastfed have lower risk of childhood obesity, diabetes, and childhood asthma.

In observational studies, antibiotics have been linked to an increased risk of childhood obesity.

The investigators say this so - called «bottle effect» could be one reason that studies have found a correlation between breastfeeding and a lower risk of childhood obesity.

Schools that serve children of color, who are at much higher risk of childhood obesity than white children, have been conspicuously missing from the debate and experts say the opposition could negatively impact the NSLP in the long run.

Obviously there is considerable variation, but since most of one's fat cells are laid down in the first year or so of life [later they just get bigger, or so I was taught], babies who really exceed this amount of growth are at greater than average risk of childhood obesity.

«Health outcomes differ substantially for mothers and infants who formula feed compared to those that breastfeed... For infants, not being breastfed [and being formula fed instead,] is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, including otitis media [ear infections], gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).»

People are getting the message about school breakfast — that it helps improve test scores and concentration, lowers tardies / absence rates, decreases risk of childhood obesity — and we want to thank the Walmart Foundation for providing us with the funds to help spread that message to schools, teachers, parents, and students across the country.

Research has shown that gaining too much weight during pregnancy increases the risk of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, large babies, and delivery by caesarean section; and newborns with large birth weights are at risk of childhood obesity.

Excessive pre-pregnancy weight gain was associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity of approximately 300 percent.

Even maintaining just one of the routines — all of which, on their own, have been linked to a lower risk of childhood obesity in previous studies — lowered the odds that a child would be obese by about 25 %, the study found.

Carrying too many extra pounds during pregnancy can lead to short - and long - term health problems for both mama and baby, the researchers note — like complications during birth and an increased risk of childhood obesity.

«Some studies show that children following vegetarian diets are more likely to eat diets consistent with recommended dietary guidelines, including eating more fruits and vegetables and less discretionary foods — this can reduce their risk of childhood obesity and future chronic disease.»

Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce the risk of childhood obesity.

In addition to increasing the risks of childhood obesity, snacks that aren't healthy can put your kids at risk for cavities, especially if they are eating sticky foods like fruit snacks or candy.

Many medical studies confirm this timeline, including a 2011 study in Pediatrics, the journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics, which specifically investigated the timing of introducing solids and the risk of childhood obesity.

Making healthy changes can help to ensure they are reducing the risk of childhood obesity.

Breastfeeding reduces the risk of childhood obesity and the issues that go along with it including heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

For the baby, breast - feeding reduces the risks of childhood obesity, diabetes, respiratory and ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome.

Studies show that breastfeeding reduces the risk of childhood obesity, and expands into adulthood too.

Formula tends to be higher in protein, and while that may seem like a good thing, too much protein can also increase the risk of childhood obesity.

Breastfeeding is recommended by the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity as one one of the ways to reduce the risk of childhood obesity (1 out of 3 American kids is now overweight or obese).

Professor Keith Godfrey, from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, and a member of the study team, said: «The new findings provide the first direct evidence linking faltering of a baby's growth in the womb with epigenetic modifications that themselves may increase the risk of childhood obesity.

By reaching our children in the formative years and teaching them the benefits of being healthy, we begin to reduce the risk of childhood obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

In 2008 the Health Promotion Journal of Australia reported that dog - owning families had only half the risk of childhood obesity compared to families without dogs.