Childhood Obesity Blogs & Blog Posts
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- Plastic Makes You Fat by Healthy Living For People And Planet Earth on Nov 18, 2009
Plastic is everywhere in our food system. Now comes research that shows that plastic may be contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity.Original Article From: Healthy Living For People And Planet EarthPlastic Makes You Fat...
- Kids Complete Fitness Program and Run Their First 5K! by RunnerDude's Blog on Nov 15, 2009
If you've been following the blog, you may remember a post about a wonderful nonprofit organization called GO FAR (Go Out For a Run). GO FAR is a comprehensive fitness program for children which promotes physical activity, healthy eating and good cha...
- Green Books Campaign: Let Me Out! How to enjoy the school run by Eco Child's Play on Nov 10, 2009
Editor’s Note: This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environmen...
- Is Your Family Watching Too Much TV? (You’re Not Alone!) by Empowering Parents on Nov 6, 2009
A Nielsen Co. reports kids are watching more television than ever and television viewing for children ages 2-11 is the highest since 1995. Kids ages 6-11 watch 28 hours a week with about 4.5 hours on DVD. And worse, kids age 2-5 are watching 32 h...
- News Nugget: Day cares make changes to fight childhood obesity by FatFighterTV on Oct 14, 2009
With more emphasis on stopping childhood obesity, some day cares are making changes in their menus. This article shows how a day care center in Delaware is serving grilled chicken instead of hot dogs, strawberries instead of cookies, and water and lo...
- Family walks help curb childhood obesity by Super Healthy Kids on Sep 11, 2009
Did you know 5% of children age 2-5 were obese in 1980, and today that number has grown to 12.4%! While I don’t like to spend much time on this blog focusing on the problem, this blog post (sent to me by Lisa) offered many solutions! Runnerdu...
- Childhood Obesity On the Rise by RunnerDude's Blog on Sep 10, 2009
In 2004, the National Center for Health Statistics showed that 66% of US adults between the ages of 20 and 74 were overweight or obese. According to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and...
