El calentamiento global significará más niños en una forma física y una salud malas en todo el mundo: estudio
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los niños no tienen una forma física igual de buena que la de sus padres cuando ellos eran niños, y es probable que esto les haga daño a medida que la Tierra se caliente, afirma una investigación reciente…
Learn MoreGlobal Warming Will Mean More Unfit, Unhealthy Kids Worldwide: Study
MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children are not as physically fit as their parents were when they were kids, and this will likely harm them as the Earth warms, new research claims.The findings are based on a comprehensive review of more than…
Learn MoreLas tasas de obesidad siguen en aumento entre los niños y adolescentes de EE. UU.
LUNES, 25 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Por primera vez en la historia, más de 1 de cada 5 niños de EE. UU. son obesos.Entre 2011 y 2012, y de nuevo entre 2017 y 2020, las tasas de obesidad aumentaron entre los niños de 2 a 5 años, además de en…
Learn MoreObesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, more than 1 in 5 American kids is obese.From 2011 to 2012 and again from 2017 to 2020, rates of obesity rose for kids between 2 and 5 years of age as well as 12- to 19-year-olds, a new…
Learn MoreMás o menos 1 de cada 7 niños de kindergarten de EE. UU. ya es obeso
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — A pesar de los informes de que las tasas de obesidad infantil se están reduciendo, los niños parecen estar aumentando de peso a unas edades más tempranas.En 1998, poco menos de un 73 por ciento de los …
Learn MoreAbout 1 in 7 U.S. Kindergarten Kids Now Obese
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite reports that rates of childhood obesity are decreasing, kids seem to be packing on pounds at younger ages.In 1998, just under 73% of children entering kindergarten in 1998 had a normal body mass inde…
Learn MoreOverweight Kids
How do I know if my child has a weight problem?There’s no simple answer, since children grow in spurts. Boys especially tend to put on weight and look plump for a period and then suddenly shoot upward and slim down. If you’re worried, talk to your chi…
Learn MoreChildhood Obesity: Guidelines for Families
Children and teens in America are three times more likely to be overweight than they were 30 years ago. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about one out of five U.S. children is now obese. While there are a few mysteries and unans…
Learn MoreKids, Soda, and Obesity
Soda addiction has long been a problem in our nation’s schools. Every day for years, many kids have lined up at vending machines to buy their 20-ounce bottles of sugar and carbonated water before they go off to study important subjects like history, m…
Learn MoreObesity: It’s Not Just for Mid-Life Anymore
No matter what time you set on your alarm clock, you keep pounding the snooze button until 8:30 every morning. Barreling out of bed in a panic, you hit the shower, race out the door, and clock into work just 10 minutes late with a coffee and giant muf…
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