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Undereducated Parents Have Fat Kids, Says CDC's Annual Report
The Centers for Disease Control released their annual report on health.
Unhealthy Eating, TV Viewing Work Together To Make Fat, Unhealthy Kids
According to a recently published study - which only serves to bolster what is already accepted as common sense - watching television and unhealthy eating habits often go hand-in-hand for American kids. Results of the study have been published in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine . While many parents and health officials alike have associated TV viewing by young ...
Fast way to make kids fat
YOU'VE heard of McMansions. But what about McSports? It's the trend of fast food companies spending big bucks on kids' sport.
Smartphone App Helps Kids Fight Fat
A social networking website, with an accompanying smartphone app, seemed to help obese youths lose weight without fear of public ridicule, a researcher said.
Fat of the Lands
The Revis Family, of Raleigh, North Carolina. Expenditure for one week: $341.98 When I was a kid, my grandpa insisted on chewing each bite nine times. He told my sisters and me to do it, too, claiming the practice aids digestion.
'My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding': Woman Brushes Her Teeth With Household Bleach (VIDEO)
On " My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding " (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on TLC) viewers were introduced to two of the most important things in a romany gyspy woman's life: looking good and keeping a clean house.
‘Fat Camp,’ a Musical With Carly Jibson
Too much artificial sweetener has been stirred into “Fat Camp,” a new musical at the American Theater of Actors about teenagers singing their way to slimmer waistlines.
Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid. I was a pioneer of childhood obesity.
Close to markets or not, fat poor kids are different than fat rich kids
Greg Critser: Over the past decade, the American obesity epidemic has provoked a wide range of possible solutions, from soda-pop bans in elementary schools to salad bars in high school cafeterias. Here are some better ideas for LA from visiting blogger Greg Critser, author of "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World."
20% 'Fat Tax' Needed to Fight Obesity
It's a proposition some might find hard to swallow: a 20-percent tax on unhealthy food to improve the health of the nation.
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