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Safe Dieting Tips for Teens
The latest statistics indicate that kids today are more overweight than they have ever been before. What's a parent to ...
Source: Education.com
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What Can I Do as a Parent or Guardian to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight and Obesity?
To help your child maintain a healthy weight, balance the calories your child consumes from foods and beverages with ...
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How to Avoid Portion Size Pitfalls to Help Manage Your Weight
When eating at many restaurants, it's hard to miss that portion sizes have gotten larger in the last few years. The ...
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Sugar: How Much Is Healthy For Your Child?
Sugars and starches are carbohydrates, a source of energy for the body that provides 50 to 60 percent of calories ...
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Childhood and Juvenile Obesity:
Obesity in kids is now epidemic in the United States. The number of children who are overweight has doubled in the last ...
Source: Helpguide
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Exercise Tips
When a child is overweight, both decreasing the number of calories consumed, especially those from sweetened beverages, ...
Source: University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital
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Obesity Surgery in Children - Too Much – Too Soon!
Surgical treatment for obesity in children is very controversial and should only be considered as a last resort. ...
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Do Low-Fat Foods Make Us Fat?
Unhand that low-fat brownie! Resist that baked potato chip! A new study shows that reduced fat food may be making us ...
Source: Education.com
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Help Your Kids Lose Weight by Losing Weight Yourself
The statistics are shocking. Two-thirds of U.S. adults and (depending on how you count) at least a fifth of children ...
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Does My Child Have a Weight Problem?
Your child may be normal, not fat. If you are concerned about your child’s weight, consider this: Your child ...
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Unhealthy Eating Patterns and Childhood Obesity
How concerned should I be about my overweight child’s health? Why limit my child’s consumption of fast foods and...
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The School's Role in Providing Healthy Foods for Students
In the October 2005 issue of AASA’s monthly publication, The School Administrator, Howard Taras, an associate...
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Quenching Thirst: Healthy Drink Choices for Young Children
Choosing healthy drinks is an important consideration for parents and caregivers. Healthy drinks provide nutrition and...
