Tag: childhood obesity
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New license plate would promote outdoor recreation, support environmental education programs; 900 buyers needed to start
A new “Let’s Go Outside” license plate is being offered to give Kentucky motorists the opportunity to promote the health and environmental benefits of outdoor recreation. First Lady Jane Beshear...
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Clay County 4th and 5th graders participate in UK research of circadian rhythms and obesity, little studied in children
The University of Kentucky recently partnered with over 100 fourth and fifth grade students in two Clay County schools to study the relationship between circadian rhythms and weight in children....
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School nutritionists’ lobbying group, freshly funded by grocery makers, wants more funding and flexibility with school-lunch rules
School nutrition officials want more flexibility with new school lunch rules to cut down on the waste of unwanted food, Spencer Chase reports for Agri-Pulse, a Washington newsletter. Julia Bauscher, president of...
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Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and diet and exercise is not working, and...
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Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings
Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when he started the “Kyhealthnow” initiative in February 2014,...
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Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?
Commentary by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun’s editorial on Jan. 20 said the Obama administration has overstepped its bounds by expecting child day-care centers to follow stricter nutrition standards....
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Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it’s bad for their health
While pizza consumption is lower than it used to be, kids are still eating too much of it, and it’s affecting their health, Roberto A. Ferdman reports for The Washington...
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Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don’t east fast food
Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, found that “The...
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Spending bill allows schools that show ‘hardship’ to vary from requirement to serve 100 percent whole grains
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The massive 2015 spending bill signed by President Obama Dec. 16 includes a provision to help schools struggling with the whole-grain and sodium requirements...
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Anti-obesity program targets preschoolers, will expand to rural Kentucky next year
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest America’s Health Rankings report ranks Kentucky as the 47th healthiest state, a fall from 45th last year. With the exception of one...