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08/29/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Take their chairs: Doctor suggests children should stand or squat at school to fight the obesity epidemic

A doctor has recommended that children must stand or squat rather than sitting at school to prevent the rise of obesity, according to an article by the Daily Mail. Author and doctor Rangan Chatterjee told The Sunday Telegraph, as cited by Daily Mail Online, that he “wants to see standing desks in school as normal.” Moreover, he […]

06/06/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Too young for such an “old” condition: 8-year-olds now being diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Adults who have an unhealthy lifestyle are often diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). But according to a study, there is an alarming link “between childhood obesity and juvenile liver health problems.” The study on children involved researchers from Harvard Medical School based on Project Viva of Massachusetts. It confirmed a connection between childhood obesity and liver health […]

01/09/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Teaching children about the causes of obesity helps reduce it, study confirms… so why aren’t schools teaching kids about junk foods?

Could health education help combat childhood obesity? That question is what Tabitha Blasingame of the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital sought to answer in her paper. On determining whether or not health education could contribute to better food and lifestyle choices, she discovered that it very well could. For her study, Blasingame recruited 15 high school […]

09/06/2017 / By Russel Davis

99% of U.S. preschool children don’t get enough physical activity, scientists warn

A recent study revealed that more than 99 percent of preschoolers in the U.S. do not get adequate exercise. The study also showed that one in five preschool children do not eat enough fruits and vegetables. The same number of children were found to spend too much screen time, the researchers added. As part of […]

07/18/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Researchers conclude that drinking soda during pregnancy causes obesity in offspring

Expecting mothers who wish to have healthy children should avoid soda while pregnant. According to a new study in Pediatrics, the more soda a pregnant woman drinks, the more likely her child will be obese later in life. Even just two sugary beverages a day is enough to increase a child’s risk of obesity. For […]

06/20/2017 / By Tim Wesley

Prebiotics found to reduce body fat in overweight children

A new study published in Gastroenterology discussed a possible new tool in helping overweight or obese children shed off the unwanted pounds. According to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), prebiotics can help reduce body fat in children by modifying their gut microbiota. “This is a well-designed trial that demonstrates how a prebiotic could potentially help combat […]

06/18/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

New research shows that prebiotics can combat the epidemic of childhood obesity

According to a radical new study, the solution to childhood obesity could lie in a prebiotic supplement. Specifically, a prebiotic supplement added to water that greatly improves gut bacteria profile. “Powdered fiber, mixed in a water bottle, taken once a day is all we asked the children to change, and we got, what we consider, […]

06/09/2017 / By Russel Davis

Diet soda consumption during pregnancy leads to OBESE children

Consuming artificially-sweetened beverages such as diet soda during pregnancy may raise the odds of subsequent obesity in children, a recent study in the International Journal of Epidemiology revealed. According to researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), pregnant women tend to increase fluid intake as a […]

05/10/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Kids are engaging in dangerous diets where they go days without greens and depend on french fries as their only source of vegetables

A recent study revealed that 90 percent of children in the United States go for days without eating greens, getting by with just french fries as their only “vegetable”. The study, published in Pediatrics, found that children, particularly those between zero to 23 months of age, not only lack in vegetables, but are also consuming too much sweetened […]

02/20/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Toddlers given antibiotics have a much higher chance of becoming obese

Childhood obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s. Now, according to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 out of every 5 school-aged children is struggling with obesity. It’s a sad state of affairs that can be linked to any number of contributing factors: eating habits, physical activity level, and environmental elements are some of the […]

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