Word: childrene
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...free diet. It's difficult to maintain and, over the long term, nutritionally unsound; humans need fat to survive. "People don't lose any more weight on a low-fat diet than they do on a high-fat one," says David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children's Hospital Boston...
...past 30 years, obesity rates among U.S. children have more than tripled. A flurry of antiobesity legislation has taken aim at environmental factors that have contributed to the epidemic, and Michelle Obama's sweeping new Let's Move campaign to end childhood obesity will most likely inspire further changes in the coming years. But while healthier school lunches and public-service announcements may help future generations stay fit, they won't make someone like Fedorchalk thin. Our national dialogue focuses on obesity prevention, but what do we do for kids who have already gained the weight? (Watch a video with...
...advertisers aren't the only ones who may start putting sound to greater use. Retailers are also catching on. The 0101 department store in Japan, for example, has been designed as a series of soundscapes, playing different sound effects such as children at play, birdsongs and lapping water in the sportswear, fragrance and formal-wear sections. Lindstrom is consulting with clients about employing a similar strategy in European supermarkets, piping the sound of percolating coffee or fizzing soda into the beverage department or that of a baby cooing into the baby-food aisle. (See the top 10 TV commercials...
Three weeks after being charged with kidnapping for allegedly trying to transport 33 Haitian children--some orphans, others not--out of the country illegally, eight American missionaries were released on Feb. 17. Two others were kept in Haiti for further questioning. A lawyer for one of the released Americans said the move was a good indicator that the charges against those freed would eventually be dropped...
...Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication...