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Obesity: Pre-ordered lunch key to healthy eating

May 10, 2013

By Joyce Frieden Children who pre-ordered their school lunches are more likely to choose healthy foods than children who made spontaneous lunch choices, a small study found. "When students did not order but instead selected their entrée as they entered the...
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Children on track for a heart attack

May 8, 2013

Do you know how old your kids' arteries are? It's a potentially important question as scientists increasingly uncover links between healthy habits in childhood and risk for heart disease later in life. And there are growing concerns about the cardiovascular...
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Obesity in early 20s curbs chances of reaching middle age

May 6, 2013

Young men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or not even make it that far, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ...
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More exercise beats less TV for growing healthier kids

May 3, 2013

By Charlene Laino When it comes to improving kids' heart health, which is more important? Exercising more or sitting around less? The answer, according to a study that tested youngsters in a real-world setting, is exercising more. The researchers studied 536...
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One sugar-sweetened soda a day boosts diabetes risk

May 1, 2013

By Alexandra Sifferlin All it takes is one can of soda to increase risk of type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, according to a new study. In the study published in Diabetologia, researchers studied diet and drinking habits of about 28,500 people from Britain, Germany,...
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First study shows overweight and obese youth can lose weight from active videogames, or exergames

April 30, 2013

While most parents have to compete with the videogame console to ensure their kids get enough exercise, new, groundbreaking research published in the scientific journal, Obesity, makes an argument for a certain kind of video game: active videogames, also known...
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Pushing kids to eat may cause obesity later

April 23, 2013

While growing up, many children may have heard "clean your plate" or been denied candy. But how do parental attitudes toward food affect a child's weight? Denying certain foods to children or pressuring them to eat every bit of a...
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Ten-year follow-up of physical activity among adolescents

April 17, 2013

In 2000, about 1,000 children aged 6-14 from southeast Sweden participated in an international study on physical activity, body constitution, and physical self-perception. The new study is a follow-up study on a sample of the 12-year-olds in the original study....
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Sleep less, weigh more

April 16, 2013

By Nicholas Bakalar A new study suggests that adolescent obesity could be decreased if teenagers got more sleep, and the heaviest would benefit most. For a study published last week in Pediatrics, researchers surveyed 1,429 ninth-graders, gathering data on height...
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Strict school lunch standards tied to healthy weight

April 11, 2013

By Andrew M. Seaman Strict school lunch standards that are similar to new regulations from the U.S. government may be tied to healthier body weights among students, according to a new study. "I think it's evidence that healthier school lunches...
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