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Bay Area Kids Get a Little Fatter … Except in San Mateo County
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Health advocates heaved a sign of relief this month over a new report showing that the obesity epidemic may be leveling off. In the past five years, the percentage of...
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Could Richmond Be First California City to Tax Soda?
Price going up? (Karen Blumberg: Flickr) Last night the Richmond City Council voted to let the people decide. The Council instructed staff to prepare a ballot measure for next November to tax...
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Is L.A. Schools’ Healthy Lunch Program Really a Flop?
Reports say that school children are ditching their healthy lunches, which include fresh produce, and sneaking in junk food. (Ali Karimian: Flickr) The Los Angeles Times featured a lengthy piece last...
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Fighting Childhood Obesity: It Takes a Village
By Sarah Varney Editor’s note: KQED’s Sarah Varney first reported this story for NPR’s Morning Edition and its Shots blog on November 28. You can listen to her story here. With more and more children...
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a grim advertising campaign, produced by a major pediatric healthcare facility, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has provoked strong reactions. “But the...
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Obesity Epidemic May Be Leveling Off
(Malingering: Flickr) For the first time since the numbers were crunched in 1980, the U.S. obesity epidemic seems to have reached a plateau. Americans got heavier and heavier through the 1980s and...
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Are Poor Neighborhoods Really Food Deserts?
(John Henry Mostyn: Flickr) Proponents of public health have long worried about “food deserts”– but it took First Lady Michelle Obama to put the expression on the map when she launched her “Let’s...
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The Greatest Health Risk to Children? No, It’s Not Drugs
People polled cited unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle as greatest threat to children's health. (Ian Britton: Flickr) Nearly half of people surveyed in a poll released today say an...
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Another Consequence of Childhood Obesity: Poor Math Performance
By Joanne Lin, California Watch (Kim Tyo-Dickerson: Flickr) Obese children face risks to their emotional and social well-being that can harm their academic performance, new research suggests. The...
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Coaching Program Makes Exercise Fun For Kids
By Lyssa Mudd Rome Todd Whitehead has become a mentor figure in addition to helping kids have fun while exercising. (Photo: Coaching Corps) On a recent afternoon at BAHIA, a bilingual after school...
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2 Breakfasts May Be Better Than None For School Kids
When it comes to school breakfasts, two is better than none, says a new report released Thursday in the journal Pediatric Obesity. Researchers tracked nearly 600 middle-school students from fifth to...
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Early Bedtime For Preschoolers Might Help Reduce Obesity Risk Later
For parents concerned that their preschoolers may one day gain excess weight, a study published Thursday suggests one strategy for keeping the little ones on track that isn’t related to food: Tuck them...
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