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Articles 1-67 out of 67 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Your Views; RECENTLY released national figures show the rapid rise in child obesity may be levelling off, but do you think parents are doing enough to prevent youngsters from getting fat? Nov 4, 2009 176 Commit 2B Fit[R] Receives Recognition for Best Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Oct 27, 2009 360 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Joins Ad Council and Warner Bros. Pictures to Combat Childhood Overweight and Obesity. Movie review Sep 10, 2009 1128 Positive parental attitude can help stop child obesity epidemic. Aug 9, 2009 428 Health Sector Seminar to fight child obesity in the UAE. Jul 6, 2009 660 5 minutes of sustained physical activity prevents obesity in kids. Mar 18, 2009 331 Design to get kids active. Brief article Mar 1, 2009 285 Physical activity patterns and estimated daily energy expenditures in normal and overweight Tunisian schoolchildren. Zarrouk, Faycal; Bouhlel, Ezdine; Feki, Youssef; Amri, Mohamed; Shephard, Roy J. Report Mar 1, 2009 5615 Fitness boost for city's under-fives; HEALTH: Free play equipment in bid to prevent increase in childhood obesity. Feb 10, 2009 379 Advertising obesity: can the U.S. follow the lead of the UK in limiting television marketing of unhealthy foods to children? Darwin, David Jan 1, 2009 13586 Promoting children's nutrition and fitness in the urban context. Cahill, Susan M.; Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda Jan 1, 2009 3173 Obesity prevention: parenting styles make a difference. Winter, Suzanne M. Report Jan 1, 2009 660 Growing up active: a study into physical activity in long day care centers. Cashmore, Aaron W.; Jones, Sandra C. Report Dec 22, 2008 7131 Win the obesity war ... By banning TV ads? Nov 1, 2008 905 Parents: help kids live at a healthy weight. Johnson, Teddi Dineley Report Aug 1, 2008 784 Congregational exercise programs--part III don't forget the kids (and your brain!). Brief article Jun 22, 2008 162 Choose Health! Winter, Metta May 1, 2008 1503 Public health minister Dawn Primarolo: breast will always be best. Primarolo, Dawn Apr 1, 2008 464 Research update: battling obesity is all in the family: recreation professionals can help prevent childhood obesity. Edwards, Trinity J.; Poff, Raymond A. Mar 1, 2008 1803 Can "Dumping Soda" mitigate global obesity trends? Herro, Alana Brief article Mar 1, 2008 272 PE makes a comeback: lawmakers are looking at physical education to improve kids' health and academic achievement. Winterfeld, Amy Dec 1, 2007 1289 Physical activity--a neat solution to an impending crisis. McManus, Alison M. Sep 1, 2007 4912 Missouri targets child obesity in schools. Arias, Donya C. Brief article Aug 1, 2007 166 School playgrounds, athletic fields often inaccessible on weekends. Brief article Jun 1, 2007 165 Progress still not being made on obesity, overweight in children: new report chronicles continuing problem. Murdock, Russell Report Nov 1, 2006 701 California program making gains in childhood obesity epidemic. Krisberg, Kim Oct 1, 2006 712 Don't sweat it: how some schools do--and don't do--PE. Cullen, Bob Sep 22, 2006 4115 Not your father's PE: obesity, exercise, and the role of schools. Newhouse, David Sep 22, 2006 3468 Stay smart: lost weight: childhood obesity and health education. Kosa-Postl, Linda Report Sep 22, 2006 7246 Making Playgrounds Fit For Children and Children Fit For Playgrounds. Cesarone, Bernard Brief article Mar 22, 2006 65 Three South Florida Health Organizations Join Forces to Fight Childhood Obesity with Nationally Innovative Campaign. Jan 12, 2006 1075 For obesity prevention, turn to your community. Jan 1, 2006 388 Promoting the well-being of children. Burnett, Jeanie Jan 1, 2006 968 Environmental influences on diet and physical activity in childhood: opportunities for intervention. Nelson, Melissa C. Dec 1, 2005 967 The patient's page. McKinney, Jennifer Dec 1, 2005 733 New titles teach healthy eating. Griffin, Andrea Oct 1, 2005 477 Improving adolescent eating habits and prevention of child obesity: are we neglecting the crucial role of parents? O'Dea, Jennifer A. Jun 1, 2005 2346 Childhood obesity: nine million kids in the U.S. are considered overweight. That's three times the number in 1980. Health officials call the growing rate of youth obesity a national crisis. Landauro, Victor Cover Story Mar 7, 2005 1648 That's a lot of frooty pebbles. Peters, Charles Brief Article Mar 1, 2005 113 Make mine marrowbones. Bersch, Carren Editorial Mar 1, 2005 637 A tale of two cities trying to make a difference. Jan 1, 2005 1036 Federal report recommends exercise. Brief Article Jan 1, 2005 184 Weighing in on the issue of childhood obesity: an overweight child often becomes the target of discrimination and ridicule on the playground. Clearly, the problems that overweight children encounter go beyond the physical. Hoot, James L. Dec 22, 2004 3850 Food sector lauds child obesity recommendations from IOM. Oct 11, 2004 494 Are you raising fit or fat kids? Oct 1, 2004 672 The epidemic of childhood obesity: what role do schools play in primary prevention? Baur, Louise A. Sep 1, 2004 2038 Milk wins. Brief Article Dec 1, 2003 108 Preventing childhood obesity at school, at home, and in the community: Cornell nutritional sciences expert presents legislative testimony on the childhood obesity epidemic in the state. Dec 1, 2003 1104 Heel power! Nov 1, 2003 132 Childhood obesity on the rise. Reece, Beth Brief Article Nov 1, 2003 168 CSPI opens campaign to improve school foods. Brief Article Sep 22, 2003 278 Childhood obesity: a "peekaboo" into reality. Hodgkin, Georgia E. Sep 1, 2003 1350 World wide hike. Sep 1, 2003 272 Device curbs kids' TV viewing: ally in obesity prevention. Jancin, Bruce Aug 1, 2003 605 New Zealand's Ministry of Health. (Brickbats). Oliver, Charles Brief Article Aug 1, 2003 54 Getting--and keeping--children active. (The shape Of Things To Come). Jul 1, 2003 944 Obesity in children with special health care needs. Part II. Ekvall, Shirley Jun 1, 2003 1528 Fight Belly Sprawl. (On The Web). Jacobson, Michael F. May 1, 2003 450 Improving youth fitness needn't be tough sledding: the Olympic women's skeleton gold medallist shares her philosophy on physical activity for young people. (Gale Advisory). Ries, Eric Oct 1, 2002 1320 Getting fit for fun: God made our bodies to work and play, so our bodies crave exercise and reward us by great afterward. Gregoire, Sheila Wray Mar 1, 2002 1532 HEALTH AND WELLNESS DAY: HEALTH PROMOTION IN AFTER SCHOOL CARE. Sanchez, D May 1, 2001 27 Little Couch Potatoes at Risk, Too. Nov 1, 2000 66 Beware of Tubby Tots. Jul 1, 2000 95 My husband and I keep hearing and reading about how obesity is such a problem for children in this country. As parents of preschoolers, we were wondering why this is and what we can do to help keep our children from becoming overweight. SerVaas, Cory Jul 1, 1997 381 Helping your overweight child. Pamphlet Jan 1, 1997 2956 My body isn't exactly fat. It's just chubby and needs to be firmer. SerVaas, Cory Jan 1, 1995 292 Look who's watching: "the (junior) couch potato of today is the fat-farm candidate of tomorrow." (includes suggestions for enhancing physical fitness in children) Buchanan, Rebecca May 1, 1991 1359