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Articles about overweight child (0-50 of 519)
- Find Out Why Your Teenager Is Overweight
By: Hunter Crowell | - The luck least persons on earth from time immemorial, so they say, were Adam and Eve because they were created adults and never became teenagers. Everyone knows the teen-age years are normally the best of anyone's life, when he is too young to be an adult, and too old to be a child. Teenage years are the times of pranks and camaraderie, of discovery, of fun, when life-lasting friendships and bonds are formed most strongly.
Unfortunately, some teenagers do not enjoy such a carefree ...
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- What Do You Do If Your Child Is Overweight?
By: Brenda Simard | - You give birth to a healthy, happy baby. As the weeks go by he seems to be gaining a lot of weight. He's in preschool now and the other kids are making fun of him because he can't run with them on the playground. In a game of tag he is always "it" because he can't catch any of the others. He comes home crying about his day. You feel bad for your child. What should you do?
First and foremost make an appointment with the pediatrician. The extra pounds may be a sign of something more s ...
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- 5 Reasons It's Important For You To Consider Losing Weight Now
By: Brenda Simard | - Too many Americans are overweight right now, today. The advent of fast food over the last forty years has been a contributing factor. Add in the increased pace of our everyday living and you have the makings of an overweight society. And people wonder why the cost of health care is so high. Carrying around excess weight seriously compromises you body's ability to stay healthy.
The following is a brief description of five of the worst side effects of being overweight. Think about how ...
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- Why Are Our Children Overweight?
By: Brenda Simard | - Being an overweight child has many negative connotations. Children can be very cruel without totally understanding that they are hurting someone's feelings. An obese child lacks self-esteem and social acceptance. But why has the number of overweight children doubled in the last twenty years?
One thing to remember is that not all issues with weight are due to being lazy or not eating properly. There are genetic disorders and diseases that, unfortunately, will cause children to be ove ...
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- What Health Problems Can Sleep Apnea Cause? - Nurse's Guide
By: Helen Hecker | - Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder or condition that causes interrupted breathing by stops and starts repeatedly during the night due to airway obstruction. Because of this many health problems can result. Current research shows that being overweight or obese is a major reason why people suffer from sleep apnea but not always.
People who have sleep apnea also are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and diabetes to name just a few. If you h ...
Tags: sleep apnea, sleep disorder, snoring, diabetes, obesity, overweight, Alzheimer's, breathing, loud snoring
- Overweight Teens- Causes Them Different Health Issues
By: Dr. Mital John | - Since the late 1990's, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity with teenagers around the world, regardless of age, according to the information collected, In America alone, nearly 9 million children ages between 6 and 19 are overweight, and that number continues to grow according to information gathered between 1998 and 2001 (triple the number in 1980). The information also revealed that another 18% of children aged between 6 and 19 are at risk of becoming overweight as well. Obesity is de ...
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- Is Parenting Getting Harder?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - According to a study in the "Journal of Human Capital", there is evidence breast-fed babies are more likely to do well in high school and go on to college than bottle-fed babies. Comparing 126 siblings in 59 families allowed researchers to account for such variables as parental intelligence, home environment and socioeconomic status. The researchers concluded an additional month of breast-feeding was linked to an increase in high school grade point averages of .019 points and an increase in coll ...
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- Fun Ways To Get Your Kids To Exercise And Have Fun Doing It!
By: Kat Hafen | - When parents promote fitness as an important life skills and family value, kids are more likely to remain active through childhood, even as many of their friends turn to television and computer games. Research has revealed an alarming statistic: One in seven preschoolers are overweight and the number rises on the elementary and middle school years. Prevention of obesity begins at home as does the love of fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
Preschoolers should have several hours daily ...
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- Adult Obesity Diet
By: petersonbran | - Obese and overweight isn't one and the same things. People suffering from obesity have a huge amount of extra fat, not just little bit extra body fat. An obese person is easily prone to serious health hazards.
Hazardous Obesity
Obesity gives birth to serious diseases like type two diabetes, heart diseases and stroke; it also leads to cancer and premature death. The risk of diabetes is significantly related to obesity, the risk of morbidity, mortality and chronicle illne ...
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- Health Risks Of Childhood Obesity And Natural Weight Loss Programs For Overweight Children
By: Tess Thompson | - We all know that obesity can increase the possibility of certain serious diseases significantly. Many times the seeds of obesity are sown in childhood, since significant weight gained in childhood is often carried into adulthood.That is not the only concern that exists with regards to childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is also the cause behind various adult diseases that are being reported in children and adolescents. The incidence of such diseases was previously almost nonexistent among child ...
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- Children's Health Why Regular Exercise Is Important For Your Kid
By: Tiffany Brunskole | - It's common knowledge that regular exercise and physical activity has so many benefits to it for both the young old. Then, why are the childhood obesity rates rising? It seems that with the invention and advancement of new technologies such gaming systems, iPods, computers, and televisions, children are getting less and less physical activity and instead are leading sedentary lives. This is a huge difference in lifestyle from just 30 years ago when you used to see ever neighborhood kid outside p ...
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- What Is Child Obesity
By: natural remedies | - Childhood obesity has become a dramatic problem in not only the United States but also in other developed countries of the world. The childhood problem stems from a condition whereas excess body fat begins to negatively affect the child's well being and health. Since the presence of childhood obesity has such a vast effect upon a child's health the problem is considered by many physicians to be of paramount importance and has been designated as a serious childhood health concern.
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- Obese Female Child
By: natural remedies | - Overweight and obesity are serious, chronic medical conditions associated with a range of debilitating and life threatening conditions and poses one of the greatest threats to human health and well being. The World Health Organization has declared that obesity is a disease reaching epidemic proportions globally, providing staggering figures showing more than 1 billion adults worldwide are overweight and that at least 300 million of these people are clinically obese.
Obesity raises ...
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- Child And Adult Obesity
By: natural remedies | - Obesity has unfortunately become a global pandemic affecting the existence of millions of people, according to the World Health Organization. It is an accelerating social problem in many countries of the world, especially those more affluent.
Here are the fitness and nutrition facts regarding childhood obesity:
Childhood obesity affects children in the same ways that obesity affects adults. Children who are overweight are more likely to develop diabetes, hig ...
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- The Truth About Food Addiction: Could You Be A Cupcake Addict?
By: Joanna Dolgoff | - We are hard-wired to eat high-fat, high-sugar foods. Studies show that these unhealthy treats activate our brains' pleasure zones, prompting us to continue to seek them out. Could fatty, sugary foods be as addictive as drugs and alcohol?
Brain studies prove that it is harder for some people to resist these unhealthy treats. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain associated with pleasure and reward, seems to be the main culprit. If the brain dopamine system is not functionin ...
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- Every Parent Needs To Know: Certain Types Of Plastic Now Linked To Child Obesity
By: Joanna Dolgoff | - The main causes of obesity are eating too much and exercising too little. But a new study has found a link between child obesity and exposure to certain chemicals found in plastic. Is it possible that there is more to the obesity epidemic than we previously thought? Are there other steps parents should take to help prevent obesity in our children? How can a parent avoid the toxic chemicals in plastic when it seems that plastic is everywhere?
A long-term study of East Harlem gi ...
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- The Devastating Psychological Effects Of Child Obesity
By: Joanna Dolgoff | - The psychological effects of being an overweight child are severe. Overweight children tend to suffer from low self-esteem, depression and loneliness. These children also face discrimination beginning at a very young age and are more likely to become suicidal.
Obesity and Self-Identity/Depression
Children get a sense of their own identity by monitoring how others perceive them. A child's self-esteem is greatly influenced by how others respond to them. Since our ...
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- Health Obesity
By: natural remedies | - Childhood obesity and obesity in general is the gripping the world in its suffocating and rather embarrassing grip. If your child is obese or overweight, don't be ashamed as every 6 in 10 people in the developed world are. And what's more than likely is that this figure is more than likely to rise, as longer jobs, longer internet surfing, higher daytime tv viewing figures and more fast food food products will contribute to this ever growing problem in our society.
Obesity is not j ...
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- The Number One Reason Mothers Must Lose Weight!
By: Joanna Dolgoff | - An overweight woman is putting her child's health at risk! This simple fact should help motivate women to lose weight.
Women in America are more overweight than ever. But even more disturbing, their children are too. In fact, according to the CDC, this generation of children will be the first to die younger than its parents. It is not just mom's health at risk. Women are usually shocked to learn that a child with two normal-weight parents has a 7% risk of being overweight. I ...
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- The Worldwide Pandemic Of Overweight Children Must Be Addressed Straight Away
By: Jake Le Fleur | - For the last year or two the child obesity epidemic is more and more prominent on the news. Obesity in a child can aggravate the risk for more child health issues like diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart health issues, lack of sufficient bone density, sleep problems, psychological symptoms and gastro-intestinal problems. These abnormalities will in all likelyhood continue into puberty and adulthood. Research has unfortunately shown that obese children has a much higher risk than other people to turn i ...
Tags: obesity, child obesity, childhood obesity, causes of childhood obesity, child obesity epidemic
- How To Prevent Your Infant From Becoming An Obese Toddler
By: Joanna Dolgoff | - In many cultures, including our own, a chunky baby is considered a healthy baby. Even I, a child obesity expert, was proud of my infants' fat rolls, taking them as a sign that my body was providing all the milk my baby needed to grow strong. As a general pediatrician, I have seen many nervous parents worried that their newborns were too thin. I almost never saw parents who were worried that their baby was too chubby.
Yet now, researchers are warning that babies who gain weight ...
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- How To Feed Your Child To Avoid Child Obesity?
By: Nick Mutt | - Sometime taking extra care of your childs diet gives them more calories than they normally require. This can lead to child obesity which is very hazardous for your childs health. In this article, you will learn how to properly feed you child to avoid them to become obese or overweight.
If you are offering beverages like fruit juice or soft drinks to quench your childs thirst you could be increasing your childs risk of overweight or obesity. Beverage ...
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- What Parents Can Do To Fight Child Obesity?
By: Nick Mutt | - Child obesity is one of the alarming situations in most of the countries in the world. Obesity among children can lead to several health problems. So it is always advisable for parents to take action against child obesity before its too late. You must carefully monitor what your children eat. The aim should be right food, right quantities; junk food to be restricted or chucked out completely.
Fitness trainers say that the number of obese and overweight children coming in f ...
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- What Are The Risks Of Child Obesity?
By: Nick Mutt | - Sedentary lifestyles and poor eating habits have lead to several health problems among children. They now battle a host of diseases usually found in adults. More and more kids suffer from obesity and most have no idea how to stay healthy. Neither do their parents if one goes by case studies. Parents start worrying only when children turn 15 or 16. Many believe that hormonal imbalances are the main reasons why kids are flabby but that is a very minute percentage, say pediatricians.
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- What Are The Major Causes Of Child Obesity?
By: Nick Mutt | - Sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits are the most prominent factor causing child obesity. Low physical activity makes child more capable of storing fat. Due to lack of physical activity they burn fewer calories than what they consume. So to accelerate calorie burn, they need to take active part in outdoor games and sports. Diet is another factor that must be taken into consideration. Low fat, low sugar diets have proved to be safer and healthier food for growing children.
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- Accepting Our Overweight Children As They Are
By: Esteri | - Managing weight loss in children can be such a challenging task because it is hard to turn around a situation of weight gain in them, as it would be in adults.
It is emotionally distressing to watch helplessly as your little girl or boy body become fuller more daily.
In these modern days when being overweight has become an important issue of concern to both adults and children, it can be tough for a parent to accept this condition in their own fresh and bloo ...
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- Eating Disorders Are The Reverse Side Of The Child Obesity Campaign
By: Irina Webster | - In 2006 the Australian Government launched a $6 million campaign to reduce Child obesity and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) welcomed the focus on kids' health.
The idea was to focus on junk food and get parents to stop the child from eating fast foods, sweets and other unhealthy foods. TV, radio and newspapers were running government sponsored ads to point out the dangers of these kinds of foods, with the idea to get kids eating more healthy foods.
This ...
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- Is Your Child Overweight?
By: Aydan Corkern | - Have you ever seen an overweight child before? It is because they eat too much, and they think that they have to eat all the time. They get into the refrigerator all day and even at night while everyone is asleep. This is because the child feels hungry all the time, and no one will stop them from eating so much because they don't want to make their child upset. That is not good for them because they need to stop eating so much food. They like to eat fatty foods, such as fried chicken and any thi ...
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- Child Obesity In America
By: David "Boh" Bohmiller, BS, NSCA-CSCS | - The epidemic of child obesity in America seems to have never been more prevalent than it is today. Even with all of the media attention on the increase in weight and the decline of activity of children all across our country, not enough seems to be happening to make the differences that the next generation needs to see. What is even more frightening is that we don't need the television or obesity statistics to know that the problem isn't going away; we can see it in our neighborhoods and sometim ...
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- 4 Quick And Simple Meal Planning Tips For Families Battling Child Obesity
By: Don Saunders | - If you are one of the many families trying to tackle to problem of child obesity today then here are four tips to help you when it comes to meal planning:
Tip 1 - Buy the right ingredients. The starting point for any meal planning is to ensure that you are working with the right ingredients and here we would suggest that you should look at meals consisting of about 50% vegetables and fruit, 25% proteins and grains and at least one serving of milk or low-fat yogurt per day.
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- Is It My Fault That My Child Is Obese?
By: Don Saunders | - Whether or not it is your fault that your child is obese is a very difficult question to answer although, in most cases, it is probably true to say that you are at least in part to blame. What is true however is that it is certainly your responsibility as a parent to lead to fight to solve the problem. But where do your start?
Most children will follow the lead of their parents and so your starting point must be to make sure that you are following a healthy diet. If you are not ea ...
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- 3 Reasons For Skyrocketing Child Obesity
By: Don Saunders | - A few short years ago child obesity was a rare thing but today it is all too common around the world and especially in the United States, which now has one of the highest rates of child obesity of any country in the world. There are of many reasons for this problem, but here are the three main causes:
1. A lack of exercise. When I think back to my own childhood it was common for kids to spend most of their free time out of the house running around all over the neighborhood with th ...
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- Stop Chicago Child Snoring And Sleep Soundly
By: graceshades | - Child snoring has been related with other problems to behavior.One of the common reasons is that of the allergies which occur due to the change in the seasons.Child snoring may also be caused due to the enlargements of tonsils and also the enlargements of the adenoids.While you are sleeping, the air passage contracts as the throat muscles relax making it difficult to breathe.This noisy vibrations are known as snoring. The snoring noise depends on the pressure of the air that is being pushed thro ...
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- Why Do Some People Find It Cute Watching A Child Snoring
By: Muna Wanjiru | - Snoring
Snoring is due to the vibration of the respiratory structures (due to the vibrations of the loose nasal issues) and due to the consequential sound. This is caused due to obstruction of the air movement during breathing while sleeping. The sound made is very unpleasant, the sound may be loud or soft. Uvula and soft palate are usually the structures.
Causes of snoring
Snoring is caused due to the vibration of the loose nasal tissues in the back of the throat, w ...
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- Four Steps To Loose Weight And Keep It Off
By: Wayne Coleman | - Four Steps to Loose Weight and Keep it Off
As I mentioned that everyone of us can loose weight. We can go on a crash diet and discover we lost some weight very quickly. But we will soon discover that we have put the weight back on and perhaps even added a few more pounds. So want I am going to present to you is 4 steps to follow to loose weight healthy and to keep it off.
Step 1, Positive Mind Set. The first thing you do when you get our of bed in the morning and the ...
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- Overweight And Emotional Outlook
By: Zinn Jeremiah | - The health risks of being overweight are often presented in terms of physical risk. Put another way, warnings about being overweight are usually warnings about the risks overweight puts on physical bodily functions. It makes sense to approach it this way, as being overweight can place considerable strain on the heart, the cardiovascular system, and other body functions.
An overlooked aspect when discussing the risks of being overweight, however, are the emotional difficulties that ...
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- Is Your Child Overweight? Here's What To Do
By: Sirkka Wolke | - You've seen the headlines -- children everywhere are overweight. Maybe your child struggles with weight or is living a lifestyle that could lead to weight problems later in life.
Children have always loved candy and starchy foods. But recent years have brought big changes in the way families live. Now, instead of childhood obesity being rather rare, it's almost the norm in many places. Even if your child is just a few pounds over their ideal weight, the foods, habits, and activi ...
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- Are Child Sleep Problems Affecting Your Family?
By: Wendy Owen | - Does your child find it hard to get out of bed in the morning? is he sleepy during the day, falling behind in school or just plain cranky?
Although we all need enough sleep to function well during the day, children especially need their sleep, because it's during sleep that body produces growth hormones. These hormones are essential for healthy development.
Almost one in three children are sleep deprived. So why is this happening and what can we do about it?
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- Fighting Back Against Child Obesity
By: Tom Haye | - Experts tell us that amount of overweight or obese children have reached epidemic proportions. The current figures show that over 65% of Americans are obese with almost 30% falling into the clinically obese range. This trend spills over into the statistics for children with around 15% to 20% considered to be overweight and almost 30% of those are clinically obese. Research has shown that children who are born to parents who are obese are likely to become obese themselves.
Man ...
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- Sleep Apnea Effects In Overweight Children
By: Nishanth Reddy | - Sleep apnea is recognized as a common condition among overweight children. If your child has sleep apnea, he stops breathing for a period of 10 to 20 seconds during sleep. The interruption of breathing may extend up to 2 minutes. This episode may occur hundreds of times in a single night.
Sleep apnea can be caused by complete obstruction of airway or partial obstruction. Therefore obstructive sleep apnea is defined as obstruction of airway during sleep. Due to the obstruction of ...
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- Overweight Children Need After School Activities
By: Isabel R Rodrigues | - So, what's the alternative? Stop buying the junk food and colas and no TV or video games after school. Children tend to plop themselves on the sofa and munch away happily when they are in front of the TV or games. However, if the TV is off, their natural buoyancy will lead them to do more activities and other things that will cause their body to move. They in turn will be diverted from eating food.
Recreational after school activities are a must if your child is starting to put o ...
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- Is Your Child Fat?
By: Christopher C. | - Well, according to the latest statistics concerning child health fitness (and my own observance of people where I live), there's a pretty good chance that he/she is. I can't wait to hear from everyone who tells me that they are predisposed to be fat, or they have the fat gene (whatever that is), or they inherited fatness from their great great grandmother's 4th cousin.
Well, I call BS.
Is it possible that you have to work a little harder to lose some weight.su ...
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- Overweight Kids
By: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | - When I was growing up there was rarely an overweight child. Occasionally someone would be plump, but I can't remember anyone in my class being fat. However, TV wasn't around until I was eight years old and the streets were a safe place to play. We had plenty of P.E. in school and played hard after school. Even as we grew older and had more homework, physical activity was a major part of our lives. And there wasn't as much junk food around yet.
Today, the combination of processed j ...
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- Child Obesity
By: Michael Colucci | - Child Obesity is a medical disorder that is found in young children. Children who suffer from this disorder will typically have a weight that is out of proportion with their age and height. Many countries consider this condition to be an epidemic, and it is common in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Statistics show that one out of every three children living in the US is considered to be overweight. There are a number of elements that are responsible for the rise of child obesity i ...
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- Childhood Obesity "€" Helping Your Child
By: John Furnem | - A child that suffers from overweight or obesity is one that should regarded as having a temporary disease, the obesity condition is dangerous for the child heath and has effect on his social life, self esteem and confidence. When you decide that you want to fight, and beat childhood obesity you should think carefully or a plan and a tactic you will use to fight this condition.
The three major keys in losing weight and having a successful diet plan are regular physical activity, pe ...
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- Overweight? Have You Given Away Your Power?
By: Jane Thurnell-Read | - Are you unhappily overweight? Do you despair of getting to the right size and shape for you? Is it because youve given away your power?
Do you let others decide on your portion size?
When you eat in a restaurant, buy a ready meal, buy chocolate or an ice cream, do you let the producer decide what is the amount you should eat by finishing whatever the portion size happens to be? Next time youre in a restaurant take back your power and decide for yourself when youve ...
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