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...evidence to suggest that she's right. One study of preschoolers, for instance, found a link between overeating and overweight children--and an even stronger link between overeating and kids whose parents regularly control their portions. And so, Satter says, we need to start making the process of eating less fraught by letting kids decide whether they are hungry and how much to eat of the foods we provide at the times and in the places we provide...
...breeding grounds of Olympic athletes, principal Qiao Xiangdong credits Beijing 2008 for spurring the local government to build a new $30 million campus for his 600 students. "Before, some parents were worried about sending their kids to sports schools because they thought their children would have to eat too much bitterness," Qiao says, using the Chinese term for enduring hardship. "But the Beijing Olympics has made people willing to contribute to the nation's glory...
...cells, and gaining or losing weight is simply a matter of filling or emptying them. But things are more complicated than that. As children develop, they continue to add fat cells to their body--at least until a certain age. Scientists don't yet know if kids who eat more food accumulate more cells, but studies in the 1960s pointed in that direction. However many fat cells you have, it becomes increasingly hard, as that fat bank grows, to pare it down, even in adulthood...
...nation of dietary extremes: even as a third of American teens are overweight, more than a million others suffer from undereating disorders. But sandwiched between those who eat far too much and those who voluntarily eat too little are millions of American teens in the moderate middle. Because their eating habits are varied and so difficult to study, it's easy to lose track of what's on their menus--but it's worth trying to find out. In a few years, those teens will be making food decisions not just for themselves but also for their own kids...
...snapshot of the choices they're making now, Time found three teens willing to let us glimpse a day in their lives, then reported back to Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition at New York University and author of What to Eat, for her opinion. There are worrisome signs in what we saw, but hopeful ones too. Teens, clearly, are aware of the epidemic of inactivity and excess calories threatening their generation and--now and then, at least--are trying to fight back...