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May 16, 2013
The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity has awarded funding to two intervention projects aimed at preventing childhood obesity.…
May 15, 2013
By Mary Macvean Adolescents who went to McDonald’s and Subway in Los Angeles bought about the same number of calories…
May 14, 2013
On June 6-7, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention will host a public session, “Creating…
By Ashley N. Gearhardt Gooey chocolate and scoops of mouth-watering chocolate ice cream. Steaming hot golden French fries. Children see…
May 13, 2013
By Jacquellena Carrero Latinos have some of the highest rates of obesity in the nation, and the results of a new…
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…
May 9, 2013
By Mila Koumpilova Carolyn Will once got stomachaches as she braced for the annual Presidential Physical Fitness Test, the decades-old staple…
May 8, 2013
Do you know how old your kids’ arteries are? It’s a potentially important question as scientists increasingly uncover links between…
May 6, 2013
In May 2012, HBO aired the four-part documentary series and public education initiative, “The Weight of the Nation™,” which explored…
Young men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the…
May 3, 2013
By Charlene Laino When it comes to improving kids’ heart health, which is more important? Exercising more or sitting around less?…
May 2, 2013
Recently, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a funder of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research, asked consulting firm The…
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…
April 30, 2013
While most parents have to compete with the videogame console to ensure their kids get enough exercise, new, groundbreaking research…
April 29, 2013
By Brad Haynes A consumer protection agency in Brazil has taken aim at the Happy Meal, fining McDonald’s Corp on April 22 for…
April 25, 2013
In April, NCCOR launched a series of new communication tools and technologies that translate and disseminate research applications of the…
April 24, 2013
This article was co-authored by former Secretaries Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman. In an effort to help Americans make…
April 23, 2013
While growing up, many children may have heard “clean your plate” or been denied candy. But how do parental attitudes…
April 22, 2013
A March 2013 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service’s Office of Research and Analysis explores…
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,…
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