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Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity • Most Kids' Meals Exceed Suggested Daily Intake • Safeway, Warner Bros. Promote Healthful Kids' Food • Childhood Obesity Holding Steady, Study Finds • Doctor Offers Antidote To 'Super-Size Me' Diet • Spanish Language TV Linked To Latino Child Obesity • States Get Poor Grades on School Food • More Sleep Time May Cut Child Obesity • Kellogg Pledges Food Marketing Changes • Consumer Group Scolds Nickelodeon • CSPI: School Food Plan Should be Law of the Land • TV Food Ads Make Obese Kids Hungrier • Study Finds Food is Most-Advertised Kids Product • Senate Eyes Stricter School Lunch Standards • More Teens Having Weight Loss Surgery • Sedentary Teens More Likely to Have Higher Blood Pressure • Poll: Obesity Top Health Issue for Kids • Pediatricians Want Stricter Controls on Junk Food Ads • Brits Take Action on Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids --- • More ...

American children are catching up to their elders, unfortunately. More children are obese today than ever before in history and the eventual results aren't likely to be good.

Doctors fear that the earlier one becomes obese, the greater the chances of developing adult onset diabetes, heart disease and all the other disorders that go along with being overweight. The likely causes include inactivity and too much junk food but it's easier to assign blame than to actually do anything about it.

Inactivity, for example, is often blamed on television, the Internet and video games. But researchers have also found that many inner-city kids are inactive because it's not safe for them to go outside.

• Study: Exercise Helps Obese Kids Reduce Heart Disease Risk
• Too Little Sleep May Contribute To Childhood Obesity
• Food Companies Agree to New Standards for School Snacks
• Study: Exercise Alone Doesn't Prevent Obesity in Kids
• One-Third Of U.S. Youth Not Physically Fit
• Report Finds Slim Progress in Fighting Childhood Obesity
• Fast Food and Your Kids
• Overweight Toddlers Likely to Be Obese Teens
• Heart Association Wants More Physical Activity in Schools
• Medical Journal Warns Obesity Guidelines May Endanger Children
• Being Overweight Increases Kids' Risk of Injury
• Disney Dumps McDonald's
• Feds Gently Prod Food Marketers to Help Fight Childhood Obesity
• Kids Getting Too Fat For Safety Seats, Study Finds
• Limiting Sugary Drinks Slows Teens' Weight Gain
• McDonald's Finds More Trans Fat in its Fries
• Arby's Offers Healthier Kids' Meals
• Parents Sue Junk Food Advertisers
• Neighborhood Safety Linked to Children's Weight
• Government Report Indicts Food Ads Aimed at Kids
• Childhood Weight Problems Linked to Obesity Before Pregnancy
• More Overweight Kids Wearing Adult Sizes
• Eating Out Often May Add to Kids' Cardiovascular Risk
• McDonalds To List Nutrition Information
• Fried Foods, Fatter Kids
• Teen Girls Who Eat Cereal Stay Thinner
• GAO Report Shows Junk Food in 9 out of 10 Schools
• Fast-Food Restaurants Cluster Around Schools
• Obesity Reducing Kids' Life Expectancy
• Study: Rural Kids Fatter Than City Kids
• An After-School Program for Overweight Kids

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