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Obesity prevention program for girls not associated with significant difference in body mass index
An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls was not associated with statistically significant differences in body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures, however the small changes may be related to clinically important health outcomes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network ...
Australian school-based Obesity Prevention Program fails to reduce BMI
An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls has failed to reduce body mass index (BMI) in the participants, according to a report published by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Researchers at the University of Newcastle, Australia, examined the effects of a 12-month group trial designed to prevent unhealthy weight gain in adolescent [...]
Breastfed babies may gain less weight: study
REUTERS - Babies who are breastfed gain less weight over their first year of life compared to babies fed either breast milk or formula from a bottle, according to a U.S. study. The report, in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, is one piece of a growing body of evidence that breastfeeding appears to be the best choice for a newborn and protect against obesity later in life. ...
Adolescent health
A special series on adolescent health has just been published in the British medical journal Lancet. Read all responses to this article
Anti-obesity program doesn't help teen girls: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according to a new report. Findings from the school-based intervention, which involved exercise sessions and nutrition workshops for lower-income girls, are the latest disappointment in a slew of research attempting ...
Improving body satisfaction can help prevent eating disorders and obesity
Overweight adolescent girls who feel better about their bodies are less likely to gain unhealthy weight or binge eat
9-year-old battles extreme obesity
A family calls KPRC Local 2 for help to save a 9-year-old girl who weighs more than 250 pounds.
Obesity: Moms may need reminder that too much baby fat isn't healthy
A new study of low-income mothers of toddlers has found that two-thirds did not correctly perceive their children’s size. And most — including all of the misperceiving moms with kids who were overweight — thought their kids were too small, not too big.
Overweight girls with body satisfaction less likely to gain unhealthy weight
In a study that examined the relationship between body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI) and binge eating in overweight and obese adolescent girls, Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, researcher at Boston Children's Hospital, discovered that the less satisfied a girl is with her body, the more unhealthy weight she is likely to gain and the more likely she is to develop a pattern of binge eating.
Arthritis in kids possibly linked to rising obesity rates
Diabetes, heart problems and asthma are common effects of child obesity. But now, new studies suggests obese kids who become teenagers are developing arthritis.
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