Tag: childhood obesity
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Health coalition asks Nickelodeon to stop marketing sugary and fatty snacks to children
A coalition of health groups thinks maybe it’s time to enlist SpongeBob in the childhood obesity fight. Earlier this week, the groups asked the Nickelodeon Channel to stop airing commercials...
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Kentucky parents’ overall perception of Kentucky children’s health doesn’t match the statistics, foundation survey finds
Many Kentucky parents’ perception of their children’s health doesn’t match statistics, suggesting that many health problems are going undetected or untreated. That is the upshot of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s first...
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Electric cooperatives’ monthly magazine looks at the poor health of our state’s children
Courtney Cagle, 14, of Clinton learnshow to cook healthy spaghetti in UK’sCooperative Extension nutrition program The November issue of Kentucky Living magazine, published monthly for member-customers of the state’s electric cooperatives, focuses on children’s...
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Study finds kids get more fat and calories when they eat out
Nobody’s surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they would have at home. It doesn’t matter if...
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Anthem funds program to fight childhood obesity in Louisville area
A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville and northern Kentucky counties to continue, reports Darla Carter of...
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White children exposed to high levels of chemical BPA are five times more likely to be obese, study concludes
White children exposed to high levels of bisphenol A, better known as BPA, are five times more likely to be obese than children with low levels, according to a study published...
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Volunteer State becoming Salad State? CDC report shows Tennessee is getting less obese, leaving U.S.’s top 10
It can be done. A determined state can move the needle on its obesity numbers. Heidi Hall of The Tennessean reports that widespread efforts to change Tennesseans’ diet and exercise...
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More bad news about childhood obesity: Study finds it can change some kids’ brains and damage their mental ‘flexibility’
It’s not news that Kentucky is lagging in child fitness. In fact, the Truth for America’s Health “F as in Fat” report found that the state has the third highest...
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Kentucky ranks third among the states in child obesity, a problem that has a broad scope and deep roots (first in a series)
(Photo by Tara Kaprowy for Kentucky Health News) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At every Girl Scouts meeting, Christmas concert, soccer field and swimming pool in Kentucky lies a...
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What is being done to fight child obesity in Kentucky, which ranks third nationally in the problem? (second in a series)
Students in Kenton County Schools sample kale chipsas part of an effort to incorporate more fruit andvegetables into their diets. (School district photo) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Now...