20% of Australian children are overweight / obese before they start school
I saw this article on ninemsn and found the statistics alarming…. I hope you enjoy the read: A new study of Australian children has found that almost 20 per cent of kids are overweight or obese by the time they start school. The study of more than 1200 children aged up to five conducted by […]
88% of Soft Drinks removed from US Schools
Finally the ‘right’ people are making positive changes to combat childhood obesity. It was announced this week that over the last 5 years leading Soft Dink companies in the US have removed 88% of their products sold in schools. Full-calorie soft drinks have been replaced with lower-calorie, nutritious and smaller-portion choices such as low-fat milk, […]
Latest Research: Childhood Obesity linked to watching junk food ads on TV
The association between television viewing and childhood obesity is directly related to children’s exposure to commercials that advertise unhealthy foods, according to a new UCLA School of Public Health study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, conducted by Frederick J. Zimmerman and Janice F. Bell, is the first to break down the types […]