Fruit juice targeted in the war on obesity
Over the last decade, the nation's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new...
View ArticleBreastfed babies may gain less weight
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies who are fed milk from their mothers' breasts gain less weight over their first year compared to babies fed milk -- breast or formula -- from a bottle, suggests a new...
View ArticleAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Launches Institute to Battle Childhood Obesity
The AAP Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, with founding sponsorship from Nestle, will translate emerging science into practical tools to help prevent and treat childhood obesity Google View all...
View ArticleChubby Babies: cute or chronic?
Chubby babies as generally seen as healthy, adorable butterballs. But when does chubby lose its charm? In our current epidemic of childhood obesity, its time to examine the truth about baby weight and...
View ArticleRisk for obesity begins in the womb and before age 3
To curb the country's dangerous obesity epidemic, experts are learning we have to intervene early. Really early. More than half of obese children were overweight by the age of 2. One in five children...
View ArticleHealth experts warn our diets may be too 'juiced'
Tracy Roberson thought her 8-year-old daughter would grow out of it, that she would trim down with all her activities, like Girl Scouts, volleyball and track. But her weight kept climbing. "I could...
View ArticlePersonal Health: News and Notes
Improving the dental care of elders who have dementia Nursing home residents with dementia often resist staff members who try to take care of their teeth. As a result, many have poor dental hygiene,...
View ArticleHow baby formula milk could make your child obese by the age of five
Bottling up trouble: Formula could make your baby fat by the time its five Babies fed with enriched bottle milk are more likely to be obese by the age of five, claim researchers. A study shows faster...
View ArticleWhy underweight babies become obese: Study says disrupted hypothalamus is to...
A new animal model study at UCLA has found that in lowbirth-weight babies whose growth was restricted in the womb, the level of appetite-producing neuropeptides in the brain's hypothalamus the...
View ArticleStarting solid foods early linked to obesity risk
NEW YORK — Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new study. Don't miss these...
View ArticleFormula, Early Solids Linked To Obesity
Posted on: Monday, 7 February 2011, 12:08 CST A new study has found that babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than...
View ArticleFormula-fed babies on solids before 4 months have higher obesity risk: study
Anne-Marie Tobin, The Canadian Press Parents who think they're doing their formula-fed babies a favour by getting them started extra early on solid foods might want to think again. A new study has...
View ArticleStarting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new study. The...
View ArticleFood Fights: A juicy update
The following excerpts are taken from the new edition of "Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup" (American Academy of...
View ArticleBedtime bottle leads to obesity later?
London - Toddlers given a bedtime bottle are far more likely to be overweight when they are older, research shows. Those regularly fed a bottle of milk when they are two years old are 30 percent more...
View ArticleBottle Feeding Linked To Rapid Weight Gain In Infants, Possible Obesity...
Posted: June 10, 2012 In a surprise twist to the “breast is best” debate, bottle feeding, and not just formula feeding, increases the risk of rapid weight gain in infants, leading to an increased risk...
View ArticleSkim Milk May Not Lower Obesity Risk Among Children
Got milk? It turns out that low-fat versions may not be the answer to helping kids maintain a healthy weight. Long a staple of childhood nutrition, milk is a good source of calcium and vitamin D,...
View ArticleKimberly Garrison: Parents' bad feeding habits add up to infant obesity
By Kimberly Garrison Philadelphia Daily News Daily News Personal FItness Columnist LAST WEEK, a study was released that found a whopping one-third of American babies are either overweight or obese at...
View ArticleThe downside of formula-feeding
EXPERTS around the globe agree that breast milk is the best food for the baby for the first 12 months of his life. However, there are cases wherein the mother is left with no option but to give up the...
View ArticleBottle-feeding babies can lead to adult obesity, says study
Research shows using formula can cause health problems in later life, as children can develop unnaturally large appetites Bottle-fed babies lie back and drink what they are given, unlike breastfed...
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