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Obesity Tops List of Biggest Health Problems For Kids in 2008 
Childhood obesity tops the 2008 list of the biggest health
problems for children in an annual public survey conducted by
the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital's National Poll on Children |
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The Big, Fat American Kid Crisis
The problem is all too obvious. At the mall, the movie theater or the airport, the evidence appears in the flesh - altogether too much of it. Americans are now officially supersized, overweight, obese even. This is true of almost two thirds of American adults, but what is more alarming, it is also true of millions of American children. The "little ones" aren't so little anymore. |
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U.S. Childhood Obesity Rates Stabilize, CDC Researchers Find |
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Childhood obesity: A lifetime of danger
Scientists are serving up extra helpings of research these days showing why parents must keep an eye on their children's weight. Experts have known for years that hauling around extra pounds takes a huge toll on children's health, putting them at an... |
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F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007 |
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Healthy Kids, Healthy Michigan Fact Sheet
This fact sheet presents a concise overview of the project; the background, project overview and the core project components. |
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BMI Calculator for Child and Teen
This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. Use this calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old. |
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Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Overweight and Obesity, Trends, Contributing Factors, Health Consequences, Economic Consequences, State-Based Programs, Recommendations |
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Crain's Health Care Heroes
Daily news and features from crainsdetroit.com and from the weekly newspaper Crain's Detroit Business. RSS feeds for breaking news and the Detroit automotive, technology, health care, manufacturing, sports, real estate, nonprofit and government sectors |
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Young Lives At Risk: Our Overweight Children
The Washington Post's series on the obesity epidemic, Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children |
