Recent News & Comments About adolescent obesity
New Childhood Obesity Journal Launched By Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert announced the launch of Childhood Obesity to provide physicians, nurses, dietitians, diabetes educators, nutritionists, psychologists, educators and school nurses, community organizers, and policymakers with effective prevention and treatment strategies that promote environmental and policy changes, patient education and motivation tools, and clinical advances in the ...
Childhood obesity increases in Arizona
Arizonans may have taken a sigh of relief with the recent Proposition 100 passing that threatened to end many school programs, such as music, art and physical education. However, the security of PE for at least a few more years must have been a greater relief to the skyrocketing number of those with obese or overweight children in Arizona.
Too little sleep raises obesity risk in children
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Children aged four and under who get less than 10 hours of sleep a night are nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese five years later, according to a U.S. study. Obesity - United States - Child - Sleep disorder - Health
Short Nighttime Sleep Duration Among Infants, Young Children Associated With Obesity In Later Life
Insufficient amounts of nighttime sleep among infants and preschool-aged children may be a significant risk factor for developing childhood obesity, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Additionally, napping does not appear to be an adequate substitute for nighttime sleep in terms of preventing ...
Lack of Sleep May Be Linked to Childhood Obesity
MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Infants and preschoolers who don't get enough sleep at night are at increased risk for later childhood obesity, a new study suggests.
For Obese Teens, Weight Problems Persist Into Young Adulthood
The older teens get, the more likely they are to pack on pounds, and obesity rates climb sharply between adolescence and young adulthood, finds a new study from Australia. "Being obese as an adolescent is bad news. If an adolescent gets to the point of being obese, the likelihood of spontaneous recovery to normal weight by young adulthood is small," said George Patton, M.D., director of the ...
Local Efforts Seek To Reduce Childhood Obesity; Sleep-Deprived Kids Most Vulnerable
NPR: "[A] new study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good, long night's sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds. So University of Washington maternal and child health researcher Janice Bell wanted to know whether sleep had anything to do ...
Nighttime sleep patterns in babies linked to later obesity
Adequate nighttime sleep has been shown in many studies to influence body weight in adults. But the same pattern may also be true for infants and toddlers. A study published Monday found that how much and, here's the key -- when -- babies sleep can be important to weight gain later in life.
Too Little Sleep for Children = Obesity?
As if parental sleep deprivation weren't bad enough, now there's something else to fret about when your tyke doesn't get enough Z's. A new study in September's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports that infants and preschool-aged children who get too little nighttime sleep may be at risk for childhood obesity. To make matters worse, [...]
Do TV and computer games pose a threat to adolescent health? - Destination Santé
Obesity, violence, behavioural problems … television and the internet are frequently cited as the cause of these evils in modern society.
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