Sentences with phrase «with overweight children»

Using rather undifferentiated scores from measures of family functioning (i.e., total scores derived from summing different subscale scores), families with overweight children did not (Klesges et al., 1992; Wilkins et al., 1998) or only in part differ from families with normal weight children (Kinston, Loader, & Miller, 1987).

No meaningful group differences in the Parent — Child Relationship Inventory subscale scores were apparent between overweight and nonoverweight children except for the confidence subscale with overweight children reporting slightly less perceived confidence (Table II).

As norms on the various subscales are determined, it is possible that clinicians working with overweight children or children with eating problems could use the CFPQ as part of a familial intake.

England's chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, complains that «three quarters of parents with overweight children do not recognise that they are too fat».

There is a study showing that 77 per cent of parents with overweight children didn't recognise they were overweight.

«You have to make healthy choices,» says Dr. Copeland, who works with overweight children in Oklahoma, where diabetes is sky - high among kids.

However, Golan and Crow (2004) suggested that the effectiveness of behavioral child management strategies taught to parents is likely to vary depending on the broader family context of parental relationships with the overweight child.

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).

Not exact matches

With video games detonating their way deeper into our kids» consciousness and with Internet and film peddling immoral messages to younger and younger children, the happy, overweight Northerner seems a refreshing alternatWith video games detonating their way deeper into our kids» consciousness and with Internet and film peddling immoral messages to younger and younger children, the happy, overweight Northerner seems a refreshing alternatwith Internet and film peddling immoral messages to younger and younger children, the happy, overweight Northerner seems a refreshing alternative.

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.

A child with a good burst of energy burning exercise in the day will perform better in the rest of their classes and be less prone to being overweight.

Sure they do better than the average child «resisting» but they are not little adults with strong willpower or the ability to make decisions based on long - term consequences («I'm going to say no because this could make me overweight or lead to Type 2 Diabetes»).

Hmm, there are such things as being widowed or divorced... It's fine to have dating preferences and as long as you say that upfront — not interested in overweight women or women with children, etc..

Classes cover the full spectrum of your child's life from their first introduction to solid foods in our Solid Start class to managing picky eating with The End of Picky Eating and working with the family to manage issues of overweight, obesity and childhood chronic disease in our Healthy Habits class.

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.»

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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.

Well, with 33 % of our kids overweight and lifestyle - related health problems among children skyrocketing, I beg to differ.

With an epidemic of childhood obesity threatening to swallow an entire generation, with one out of every three children overweight, there is more to this problem than the dancing clowns, shiny toys and commerciWith an epidemic of childhood obesity threatening to swallow an entire generation, with one out of every three children overweight, there is more to this problem than the dancing clowns, shiny toys and commerciwith one out of every three children overweight, there is more to this problem than the dancing clowns, shiny toys and commercials.

The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining less rapidly than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18

This passivity, coupled with the tendency for children to watch TV while munching on snacks, means more and more children are becoming overweight.

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.

It may interfere with your child's natural hunger / fullness cues, it will encourage emotional eating, it will increase your child's desire for sweet foods and it will increase your child's chances of health concerns such as overweight and obesity.

About a third of children ages 2 - 19 are overweight — three times as many as in the mid-1960s, with the biggest increases coming since 1990.

They tend to underestimate their child's size and the risks associated with being overweight.

If at the end of your teen's growth period, approximately 13 - 14 years old for girls, and 15 - 16 years old for boys, your child is overweight, it is best to seek a health professional's advice on getting your teen on track with a healthier weight.

Almost a third of American children aged 10 - 17 are dealing with overweight or obesity, and many are lacking in essential nutrients from potassium, dietary fiber and calcium, to vitamin D.

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.

Weight loss in a growing child is unusual and even if the child started out overweight, should be met with caution.

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.»

Conversely, many researchers have observed a greater risk of overweight in children and adolescents who had not been breastfed compared with those who had16, 17 or who were breastfed a shorter rather than longer duration.18 — 25 On the basis of a review of 11 studies, Dewey26 concluded that «the evidence to date suggests that breastfeeding reduces the risk of child overweight to a moderate extent.»

The study opens with this statement: «More than 20 % of US children between ages 2 and 5 years are overweight suggesting efforts to prevent obesity must begin earlier.»

Television viewing and television in bedroom associated with overweight risk among low - income preschool children.

It seems like every month, a new study comes out with terrifying new stats about the impact of being an overweight child.

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.

With all the laudable improvements Houston ISD has recently made to its menu, could a child still become overweight just from eating school lunch?

Researchers in Germany found that by installing a cooled, filtered water fountain with plain or optionally carbonated water, providing children with water bottles, educating them on the importance of drinking water and encouraging them to fill up their water bottles, they were able to reduce the risk of children becoming overweight by 31 %.

Demographics: 57 % male children; 60 % of intervention and 52 % of control mothers had less than 8 years schooling; 73 % of intervention and 67 % of controls had low annual incomes (< USD 3000); 34 % of mothers were not in paid work; 70 % of children were living with mother and father; almost half of the mothers were overweight

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.

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.

«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.»

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.

The authors found that better self - esteem at the beginning of the study period was associated with a higher HDAS two years later and that the associations between HDAS and wellbeing were similar for children who had normal weight and children who were overweight.

«Reports in older children and adults with asthma who are overweight have shown a poor response to inhaled corticosteroids to manage their asthma.