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Grossly overweight children may be taken from their families and put into care if Britain's obesity epidemic continues to escalate, council chiefs have said.The Local Government Association argued that parents who allowed their children to eat too much could be as guilty of neglect as those who did not feed their children at all.Last year Cumbria County Council put an eight-year old girl into care as she was dangerously overweight.{tags} Obese Children{/tags} .... More »

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Washington, Aug 15 : A new study has suggested that kids with a history of severe ear infections are at an increased risk of becoming overweight later in life.The study found that the damage caused by chronic ear infections could be linked to people's preference for fatty foods, which increases their risk of being overweight as they age."Middle ear infection is a common childhood disease and obesity is a growing problem worldwide. Any potential association between these two public health issues is of considerable interest," said Linda .... More »

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Children and teens who get less sleep, especially those who spend less time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, may be more likely to be overweight, according to a new report.The obesity rate has more than tripled among children aged 6 to 11 years in the past 30 years, and approximately 17 percent of U.S. adolescents are now overweight or obese, according to background information in the article. Obesity results from an imbalance between calorie intake and energy expenditure from physical activity, but little is known about other facto .... More »

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Millions of parents will be told their child is too fat in warning letters to be sent out within weeks - but officials will steer away from using the word 'obese'.New guidance means all parents will be told how heavy their children are after they are weighed at school - but parents of the fattest children will not get the plain truth as the 'O' word has been banned.The decision to omit the word 'obese' and replace it with 'very overweight' has been branded 'prissy and namby-pamby'.Those in charge of tackling the nation's obesity crisi .... More »

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TRINITY - Instead of just talking about overweight children, James P. Gills Family YMCA and All Children's Hospital decided to do something about it.They are offering the summer program Fit4AllKids at the Gills YMCA at 8411 Photonics Drive in the Trinity area. Registration continues through the first session June 23."Almost every day we come across another report in the media about the growing problem of overweight children and teens," the Web site introduction states. Go to the All Children's Hospital Web site for information.Fit4All .... More »

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Obese children are more likely to have trouble sleeping, a new study has found. Children who are significantly overweight have more problems nodding off and staying asleep than their classmates, American scientists have discovered.Researchers at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia looked at 100 children between the ages of 8 and 12, who were classed as either normal, overweight or obese.The children's parents were also asked about their sleeping habits and quality of life.The scientists found that obese children had more trouble g .... More »

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Children who drink 100-percent juice are no more likely to be overweight and may have a better overall nutrient intake than children who do not drink juice, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.Increasing numbers of Americans, including children, are overweight or obese, according to background information in the article. Food-consumption patterns may play a role in children's weight gain. Drinking juice has been associated with overweight and obesity in some studies but not in others .... More »

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Fat kids are better off doing less intensive exercise if they are to effectively shed pounds, according to a study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.Researchers assessed the rate at which fat was burned during leg cycling exercises in 30 12-year-old boys, 17 of whom were obese while the rest were lean.The intensity of the exercises increased every 3.5 minutes to find the level of exercise intensity required to burn off the most fat, known as the "Fat Max."The results found the Fat Max peak varied considerably between the group .... More »

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A monitoring device that cuts TV and computer time in half helped young, overweight children eat less and lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Monday.And it worked without creating a lot of conflict between parents and their kids, they said."It reduces all of those battles. The parents have to make one decision. After they make the decision, the device does the rest," said Leonard Epstein of the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, whose study appears in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent M .... More »

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Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore (April 14, 2008) -- Despite studies that assert otherwise, 100% fruit juice consumption is not related to overweight in children, according to the authors of "A Review of the Relationship Between 100% Fruit Juice Consumption and Weight in Children and Adolescents" in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), published by SAGE.The statistics about overweight children are alarming. Over the past 20 years, there has been an increased prevalence of overweight and .... More »

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Health, psychological issues more likelyWASHINGTON - An epidemic of obesity is compromising the lives of millions of American children, with burgeoning problems that reveal how much more vulnerable young bodies are to the toxic effects of fat.In ways only beginning to be understood, being overweight at a young age appears to be far more destructive to well-being than adding excess pounds later in life. Virtually every major organ is at risk. The greater damage is probably irreversible.Doctors are seeing confirmation of this daily: boy .... More »

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MERSEYSIDE children could soon face drastic weight loss surgery in a battle against the region's spiralling obesity problem, according to a hospital chief.Children as young as two admitted to Alder Hey are being classed as obese, and for the first time teenagers are developing diseases such as type two diabetes, normally seen in people 30 years their senior.The hospital has already started issuing sleep apnea masks to children for the first time.Medical director at the hospital, Steve Ryan, says he is "almost certain" bariatric surger .... More »

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Chemicals found in baby bottles and other everyday products could be condemning children to a lifetime of obesity, experts have warned.Three studies suggest that exposure early in life to "gender-bending" chemicals widely used in plastics, non-stick pans and water pipes can lead to fatness in adulthood.It is thought the chemicals alter the genes and hormones involved in maintaining a healthy weight.Young children and unborn babies are likely to be particularly vulnerable, with just one dose potentially altering metabolism for life, th .... More »

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MONKLANDS parents who have overweight children are being invited to take part in a TV documentary.Channel 4 has commissioned independent production company Twenty Twenty Television to produce an observational documentary series exploring the realities faced by young children growing up overweight.The series will raise awareness of what it is like to be an overweight child, from the children's and families' perspectives, as well as seeking to understand a condition that has reached near-epidemic proportions nationally.In 2007, the Fore .... More »

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WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of weight-loss drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain should be used with caution in children, U.S. scientists report.In research with mice, they found this class of drugs also suppresses the adaptive rewiring of the brain necessary for neural development in young animals. The findings are in the May 8 issue of Neuron.One such drug is rimonabant (Acomplia), which was developed by Sanofi-Aventis and is awaiting approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Adm .... More »

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