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Weekend lieins ward off obesity
(Telegraph 13/11/2009)
Lying in bed at the weekends may seem like laziness but it will actually help you stay slim and healthy claim scientists. New research suggests lazing in bed at the end of a busy week is just what children need to ward off obesity. The scientists, who studied children aged five to 15, found those who slept in on Saturdays and Sundays were much less likely to have weight problems. They believe the weekend snooze is crucial for school-age children to catch up on the sleep.
Leisure centre 'junk food' alert
(BBC 27/10/2009)
Vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks in leisure centres run the risk of fuelling childhood obesity, warn experts. Crisps and chocolate are on sale where children exercise despite being banned from schools and children's TV, the British Heart Foundation found. And children's meals on offer at the 35 venues spot-checked were dominated by chips, nuggets, sausages and burgers. The charity wants stricter regulation over the food choices available.
Stuart Waiton: Fat family are abuse victims not their well-loved children
(The Scotsman 19/10/2009)
MORE than a year ago The Scotsman reported on a story about the 'fat family' of Dundee, a two-parent family with six obese children, who had been instructed by social services to thin their kids down or have them taken away. Now after a reported £114,000 spent supporting the family via the Dundee Family Project two of the children have been taken into foster care and the mother, who is pregnant, may also lose this child, once born...
Fat children 'don't want surgery'
(BBC 12/10/2009)
A survey of clinically obese children says they reject the idea of weight loss surgery. More than half of 100 children, who are on the government backed Carnegie Weight Management Programme, say they view gastric bands as "cheating'" But two-thirds feel they do not get any support to overcome their weight issues when they are at school. An obesity expert said there needed to be better provision of weight loss services to support children.
Sue Gyford: Children need to discover that it's great outdoors
(The Scotsman 01/10/2009)
ONCE upon time, when the phrase "childhood obesity" was but a twinkle in the eye of the nearest paediatrician, kids loved the great outdoors. It's easy, now, to look back with nostalgia to a time when children stretched for their pedals before their PlayStations and preferred the gang hut to Pizza Hut. But, amid growing concerns about a generation being "wrapped in cotton wool", a new drive is being launched to reclaim those days.
Obese Indian girl eating herself to death
(Telegraph 13/08/2009)
Suman Khatun a five yearold obese Indian girl who suffers from a suspected hormonal imbalance is so insatiably hungry she is eating herself to death doctors fear. In just one week, she devours over 10 kilograms of rice, 24 eggs, six litres of milk and five kilos of potatoes. Her hunger even leads her to sneak out and pester her neighbours for food in the village of Metiala in the Indian state of West Bengal. Earning just £6 a week, her parents have reached their wits' end with their daughter.
Obesity link to same-sex parent
(BBC 13/07/2009)
There is a strong link in obesity between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons, but not across the gender divide, research suggests. A study of 226 families by Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School found obese mothers were 10 times more likely to have obese daughters. For fathers and sons, there was a six-fold rise. But in both cases children of the opposite sex were not affected. The findings mean policy on obesity should be re-thought, the team said.
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Sly children uses dogs to fool exercise study
(BBC 10/07/2009)
Children taking part in a study to measure how much exercise they do fooled researchers by attaching their pedometers to their pet dogs. About 200 children in east London were given pedometers to automatically count how many steps they walked and ran. Mile End Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine was surprised by the activity levels recorded in some obese children. Professor Nicola Maffulli said: "Then we realised they were attaching the pedometers to their dogs' collars."
Obesity: One in six kids overweight by the time they reach school age
(Mirror 06/07/2009)
One in six children is clinically obese by the time they start primary school in parts of the UK, figures reveal. Medical experts say there is growing evidence that parents mistake obesity for "puppy fat". The figures released by the Department of Health show that 10% of British children are obese at the age of five. And 20% of pupils have reached that level when they start secondary school. The statistics show huge regional differences in the UK - with "fat ghettos" in poor areas.
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