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Tax junk food, drinks to fight child obesity: report
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 02 09
A strongly worded report on child obesity released on Tuesday recommends that state and local governments tax junk food and soft drinks, give tax…
Hosts National Summit on Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 02 09
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., will call for greater research and policy action to help prevent obesity among Latino…
Children with Cancer Face Unique Nutritional Needs
• Children's Health • • Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 31 09
Proper nutrition is important for all children, but especially for those undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Some treatments for cancer and…
Childhood obesity: The increasing vascular drama
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 31 09
Obesity is one of the most important health problems in industrialized countries irrespective of socio-economic status, age, sex or ethnicity. The prevalence of…
Kids Headaches, Migraines Increase as New School Year Begins
• Children's Health • • Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 31 09
As children and teens begin school again, they are more susceptible to the pain and discomfort of headaches and migraines. The change in…
Restricting a child’s eating may not thwart obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 27 09
Trying to control your child’s weight by making certain foods off-limits? That oft-used and seemingly common-sense approach can backfire, especially for kids who have…
Parents important in teens’ smoking risk
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 26 09
Friends have a strong influence over whether teenagers move from experimenting with cigarettes to becoming full-fledged smokers - but so do parents, a new…
Managing Children’s Anxiety Before and After Surgery
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Surgery • Aug 25 09
The prospect of surgery for a child is a frightening unknown for child and parent alike, and the pre-operative process that most children go…
Five Signs Your Child May Have a Foot Problem
• Children's Health • Aug 24 09
Foot and ankle problems in children often go unnoticed. Signs and symptoms can be subtle, and sometimes children can’t explain what’s wrong. But it’s…
Headaches in kids may resolve over time
• Children's Health • • Headaches • Aug 19 09
Most children who suffer chronic daily headaches may outgrow the disabling condition, a long-term study hints.
“Our results suggest there is hope for children…
Tackling childhood obesity at the local level—IOM report releases Sept. 1
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 19 09
What steps have public officials in your state or community taken to combat childhood obesity? The percentage of American adolescents who are obese has…
Children with headache
• Children's Health • • Headaches • Aug 17 09
Family quarrels and a lack of free time can promote headaches in children. This is what Jennifer Gassmann and her coauthors concluded in their…
Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy at risk for cognitive problems
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • Aug 13 09
Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according…
First seizure may fuel thinking trouble in kids
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • • Neurology • Aug 13 09
Children who are intellectually normal may have problems with language, memory, learning and other thinking or “cognitive” skills at or around the time they…
Preschool thinking skills linked to weight
• Children's Health • • Neurology • • Obesity • Aug 12 09
Smarter youngsters may be less apt to be overweight, a new study hints.
In the study, researchers from Spain found that preschool kids…
Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S.
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Aug 12 09
The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.
Using data…
Too much TV time bad for kids’ blood pressure
• Children's Health • Aug 04 09
You knew too much TV could be bad for kids in general. Now, hints a study released Monday, too much time in front of…
Preschool Depression May Continue Into Childhood
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 04 09
Depression among preschoolers appears to be a continuous, chronic condition rather than a transient developmental stage, according to a report in the August issue…
Millions of U.S. Children Low in Vitamin D
• Children's Health • • Heart • Aug 03 09
Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study…
Research Shows Rates of Severe Childhood Obesity have Tripled
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 29 09
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to…
Expert Alert: Breastfeeding – Is It Simply a Matter of Choice?
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Infections • Jul 27 09
When it comes to the health of a child, every decision a parent makes – before and after birth – can have long-term implications.…
Benefits of adenotonsillectomy persist in kids
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Jul 23 09
In children with sleep-related breathing disorders, removing the tonsils and adenoids - an operation called adenotonsillectomy - is apt to yield long-lasting improvements…
Losing excess pounds may improve balance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 21 09
A small study suggests that obese adults could improve their balance by shedding pounds and boosting their muscle strength - with weight loss being…
When children have breathing problems
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Jul 21 09
Increasing numbers of children around the world are suffering from respiratory problems – coughing, wheezing and asthma attacks. Although the key external causes of…
Internet games influence kids’ snack choices
• Children's Health • Jul 17 09
The Internet games that many food manufacturers use to market their products can influence children’s snack choices - for better or worse, a small…