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Keeping Your Kids Healthy
How big of a problem is obesity in the United States? What are the risks associated with Obesity? What can parents do to help their children eat healthy and stay active in order to avoid this epidemic? Read on for strategies designed to beat the battle of the bulge and gain a better understanding of obesity.
What is Obesity?
- Overweight and Obesity
- KidsPoll: Students Weigh in About Obesity
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Obesity: Beyond the Home Front
- Abdominal Obesity Up Among U.S. Children and Adolescents
- Understanding Youth and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Resources for Families and Communities
- Your Child's Weight
- Weight and Diabetes
Comorbid Conditions
- Symptoms of Depression Linked to Obesity in Teens
- Obesity in Teens Linked to Dental Disorders
- Childhood Obesity: The Effects on Physical and Mental Health
- Anxiety and Depression Linked to Weight Gain in Girls
- Being Overweight in Childhood Associated with Higher Asthma Risk
- Overweight Athletes With Ankle Problems at Greater Risk for Sprains
- Obese Kids at Increased Risk of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- What Are the Symptoms of an Overeating Disorder?
Weight Loss
- Small Steps can Reduce Childhood Obesity
- Some Obese Teens Find Weight-Loss Success When Combining Medication With Diet and Exercise
- Are Parents Ready to Help Kids Lose Weight?
- School-Based Fitness Programs Benefit Overweight Kids More Than Traditional Gym Classes
- Lifestyle Program Reduces Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Overweight Youth
- Strength Training Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Overweight Teen Males
- Weight Gain in Teen Girls and the Birth Control Shot
- Calcium Supplements Fail to Reduce Body Weight in Teen Girls
Physical Fitness
- How Much Physical Activity Should Your Family Get?
- Promoting A Healthy Family Lifestyle: Be Active
- Physical Activity for Everyone: Are There Special Recommendations for Young People?
- Components of Physical Fitness
- Powerful Girls Need Physical Activity: Physical Activity Q & A
- Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise among Children
- National Standards for Physical Education
- Fitness and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
- Fitness and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
- Fitness and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
- Fitness and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
- Fitness for Kids Who Don't Like Sports
- Should I Start My Child on an Exercise Program?
- Motivating Kids to Be Active
- Motivating Preschoolers to Be Active
- Motivating School-Age Kids to Be Active
- Fitness, Yoga and a Healthy Lifestyle
- 10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for You
- A Report of the Surgeon General: Physical Activity and Health
- Kids In Action: Fitness Exercises for Children - Infants
- Kids in Action: Fitness for Children - Toddlers
- Kids In Action: Fitness for Children - Preschoolers
- How Can Families Be Healthier?
- Promise of TV Time Encourages Children to Exercise More
- Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic . . . and Recess?
- Aerobics for Kids
- Physical Development Milestones: Kindergarten
- Physical Development Milestones: First Grade
- Physical Development Milestones: Second Grade
- Physical Development Milestones: Third Grade
- Physical Development Milestones: Fourth Grade
- Physical Development Milestones: Fifth Grade
Nutrition
- Nutrition for Everyone: Quick Tips -- Healthy Children, Healthy Choices
- Nutrition for Everyone: Quick Tips -- Fruits and Vegetables
- Nutrition Programs for Children
- Inside the Pyramid: Tips to Help You Eat Whole Grains
- Make Calcium Easy-to-Get at Home
- School Lunches
- Healthy Eating
- The Food Guide Pyramid
- USDA Unveils New Food Guide Pyramid
- Vegetarianism
- Food Safety for Your Family
- Nutrition & Fitness Center
- Parents Play Important Role in How Much Kids Eat
- New Evidence That TV Time Increases Calorie Consumption
- Keeping Portions Under Control
- Developing Healthy Eating Behaviors
- Snack Attacks: Be Prepared
- How Can I Calculate Calories From Fat?
- Health Up Their Lunchbox!
- Chinese Food: Healthy or Not?
- Healthy Ice Cream? The Goods on a Good Thing
- America's Best Sandwich
- Veggie Fillers to Fool Finicky Eaters
