childhood obesity Archives

Penn State researchers have developed risk scores that distill genetic information—collected, for example, using a cheek swab like the one pictured here—into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify young children most at risk of developing obesity. Credit: Penn State Center for Medical Genomics / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

New approach can help identify young children most at risk for obesity

Over a lifetime, childhood obesity costs $19,000 per child

Schools help kids choose carrots over candy

Self-help can be effective in treating childhood obesity

Quality of mother-toddler relationship linked to teen obesity

Childhood obesity linked to health habits, not heredity: U-M study

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Are some children genetically tuned to be overweight, or is lifestyle to blame for childhood obesity?
Check-ups of 1,003 Michigan 6th graders in a school-based health program showed children who are obese were more likely to c…

Sexual development, childhood obesity link is opposite for boys and girls

A new analysis of a major study of childhood nutrition shows that early sexually-maturing girls are more likely than other girls to be obese, while in boys early developers are less likely to be obese than other males. Although previous studies have suggested that sexual maturity is associated with obesity in females, little was known about the relationship in boys until now

Cutting physical education programs could pose health risk

An Illinois researcher says recent reports citing childhood obesity as one of the nation’s latest health epidemics can be tied to cuts in physical education programs at school intended to boost children’s academic achievement.