In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. live with obesity. Because obesity is a known risk factor for serious health problems, its rapid increase during the COVID-19 pandemic raised alarms. Without […]
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Childhood obesity is becoming a bigger problem every single year. So let’s take a look at what causes childhood obesity, the associated health risks, and share some proven tips on how to treat it long term.
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America has a growing problem, and it involves its children—namely, our children are becoming obese at increasing rates. This explosion in obesity has been traced to what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) call a “caloric imbalance”—namely, kids are eating more calories than they’re spending. Genetic and environmental factors also weigh into the […]
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There’s good news and bad news in the fight against childhood obesity. The good news: obesity rates have leveled off in recent years. The bad news: they aren’t going down, and remain high since the turn of the 21st century. In a new report called “Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in Canada and the United […]
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A new study shows that it doesn’t take much time in front of the boob tube for kids to increase their chances of being overweight or obese. In fact, young children who spend just one hour in front of the television each day are far more likely to have weight problems than kids with less […]
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In an effort to devise strategies for combating America’s growing obesity epidemic, scientists are currently exploring the relationship between appetite, genetics, and environment. It’s well known that the children of this generation are heavier than the kids of previous generations. In a new report published this week by the Journal of the American Medical Assn. […]
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