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Family Involvement May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits - WebMD

Los Angeles Times

Family Involvement May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits WebMD 23, 2012 -- Parents and grandparents can play a unique role in reversing obesity by encouraging healthy lifestyle changes in overweight children, suggests the American Heart Association. A new statement issued by the organization calls for more family ... Getting the family involved may help obese kids lose weightLos Angeles Times Parents Afraid To Call Their Kids Fat Are Contributing To Childhood ObesityBlissTree AHA: Childhood obesity needs to focus on the family unitFox News Minneapolis Star Tribune -MarketWatch (press release) -Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) all 80 news articles »

Weight Loss Surgery and Kids - Houston Chronicle (blog)

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Weight Loss Surgery and Kids Houston Chronicle (blog) There was an interesting article in the New York Times about a young woman who had a Lap-Band weight loss surgery after years of suffering the emotional journey of an overweight kid. The story was very honest about what to expect with this type of ... and more »

Healthier school lunches to be served up to American children under USDA rules - GlobalPost

Kansas City Star

Healthier school lunches to be served up to American children under USDA rules GlobalPost The rules represent the first major revision of school meal standards in more than 15 years and are intended to combat the nation's childhood obesity crisis – nearly one in three children in America is overweight or obese. According to the Washington ... More veggies, fruits for US kidsMontreal Gazette 32 Million Reasons to Cheer the USDAHuffington Post (blog) Transforming school lunches: The 'historic' new rulesThe Week Magazine New York Times -BusinessWeek all 822 news articles »

Charter school fights fat - Buffalo News

Buffalo News

Charter school fights fat Buffalo News "It's the children that are the real owners of this school." The physical education program at the school has switched its focus from sports to fitness. Nearly half the school's students between ages 6 and 17 are classified as obese or overweight. and more »

Health Advocate and Founder of fitsmi.com Speaks Out in Support of Recent Anti ... - PR Web (press release)

PR Web (press release)

Health Advocate and Founder of fitsmi.com Speaks Out in Support of Recent Anti ... PR Web (press release) Do billboards featuring overweight children saying things like "It's hard to be a little girl. If you're not" or heavy adults missing limbs or huffing up stairs do more damage than good? Are they a helpful "wake up call" or just another way to heap ... and more »

Obama Pushes Salad to School Kids at $7 Billion Cost to States - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

Obama Pushes Salad to School Kids at $7 Billion Cost to States Bloomberg President Barack Obama sought the changes because a third of US children are overweight or obese, contributing to $3 billion in annual medical costs, according to administration. The Department of Agriculture is establishing minimum and maximum calorie ... USDA Changes Standards For School Lunches To Encourage Healthy EatingCBS Local all 68 news articles »

Anti-Obesity Program Horrors: They May Cause Eating Disorders - BlissTree

BlissTree

Anti-Obesity Program Horrors: They May Cause Eating Disorders BlissTree But apparently it's not, according to one-third of the parents who say they have noticed at least one behavior in their kids that could be related to developing an eating disorder. This included inappropriate dieting, excessive worry about fat in foods ... and more »