Childhood Obesity Task Force Unveils Recommendations

A government panel says women could help reduce childhood obesity by maintaining a healthy weight when they become pregnant and by breast-feeding their babies. The suggestions are among 70 recommendations in the panel's report, released Tuesday by first lady Michelle Obama. One in 3 American children is overweight or obese, and the problem is even more prevalent among black and Hispanic children ...

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Leading Civil Rights Organizations Unite to Fight Childhood Obesity
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A $2 million initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is bringing together five civil rights organizations with the prominence and strength to...
RWJF unites civil rights organizations to reverse childhood obesity
A $2 million initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is bringing together five civil rights organizations with the prominence and strength to help reverse childhood obesity, especially...
UAB beginning study into Hispanic obesity
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced a new study into obesity in Hispanic children. Researchers say that Hispanic children tend to have more fat mass than...
In U.S., Obesity Peaks in Middle Age
Americans aged 45 to 64 are more likely to be obese than those in other age groups. Obesity rates generally increase as Americans get older before dropping off among seniors. This pattern is present...
New Study Finds Racial Disparities In Childhood Obesity
SAN DIEGO — A new study from UC San Francisco finds childhood obesity rates in California have leveled off for Latino children, but are on the rise for African-American kids. Experts believe the environment...
Adolescent Obesity Rates Vary In USA, Depending On Ethnicity
A study that examined the health records of over 8 million 5th, 7th and 9th graders in California from 2001 to the end of 2008 reveals that the prevalence of adolescent obesity has continued to increase...
UCSF study finds racial gaps in child obesity
For the first time in more than three decades, obesity rates for white and Asian children are falling in California, and they seem to have leveled off for Hispanic kids - all good signs that public...