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Overweight Kids Often Become Obese, Unhealthy Adults
Experts warn of surge in cardiovascular troubles by 2035 |
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Poll: Child Smoking Worries Adults Most
Adults' top concerns about U.S. children are smoking, teen drug abuse, and childhood obesity, according to a University of Michigan poll. |
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Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
The Institute of Medicine serves as adviser to the nation to improve health. |
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Preventing Obesity and Reducing Chronic Disease: The Michigan Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plan
A Five-Year Plan to Address the Epidemic of Obesity in Michigan. (2005) |
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RWJF's President Discusses Major Foundation Commitment to Reverse Childhood Obesity
RWJF's President Discusses Major Foundation Commitment to Reverse Childhood Obesity |
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Statewide Scan of Childhood Obesity Prevention Efforts-Executive Summary
Results from the September 2007 statewide scan of policies, programs, and resources in Michigan related to childhood obesity. |
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Tackling obesity the wrong way makes matters worse. Here's a right way
Families now stuffing backpacks and greeting the children's new teachers face a crisis that makes falling test scores and rising college costs dull by comparison. Ten years and billions of dollars into the fight against childhood fat, it's clear that the campaign has been a losing battle. According to a report released last week by the research group Trust for America's Health, one third of kids nationwide are overweight now; other stats show that the percentage of children who are obese has more than tripled since the 1970s. Now, experts are worrying about the collateral damage, too: A 2006 University of Minnesota study found that 57 percent of girls and 33 percent of boys used cigarettes, fasting, or skipping meals to control their weight and that diet-pill intake by teenage girls had nearly doubled in five years. Last year, nearly 5,000 teens opted for liposuction, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons—more than three times the number in 1998, when experts first warned of a "childhood obesity epidemic." |
