Study: Parents, government need to fight child obesity
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WASHINGTON -- Childhood obesity has reached such epidemic proportions that it can be reversed only by a coordinated effort touching everything from new zoning laws that promote parks and sidewalks to tougher regulation of ads aimed at kids to more
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Self-regulation in food and beverage   marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood   obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on   Tuesday has found.
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Schools may need more money and regulators may need more authority to help America's children from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told Congress on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON: A respected panel of US scientists has urged schools, food companies, government agencies and families to work together to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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Parents are often unaware that their children are overweight or obese, according to a study.
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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
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Being overweight is bad for kids' health, but a new study finds it's also bad for their education
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"Fat? Not my kid!" That reaction, according to researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, was common among more than 2,000 parents surveyed this year as part of the National Poll on Children's Health.
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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
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In the wake of two reports, the government is proposing a host of measures, including sending letters to parents of obese schoolchildren.
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A report on the causes and solutions for childhood obesity in the United States calls for a broad societal strategy, including healthier meals in schools and restaurants.
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The children of overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of lean mothers, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Paris - Many parents have no idea that their child could be overweight, according to a study which found that offspring who are chronically fat are typically viewed by their mother and father as being of normal weight.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Rates of overweight among young children in low-income U.S. families increased between 1989 and 2000, says a study in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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America's children are getting  fatter and need help from parents, schools, the government,  advertisers and the food industry to get back in shape, a panel  of experts said Thursday.
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Concerned that a steady diet of TV ads is putting too many pounds on American children, the Federal Communications Commission plans to study links between the ads, viewing habits and the rise of childhood obesity.