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...group of pediatric-obesity experts convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and co-funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report on childhood obesity, which included a strong argument that the language of weight gain had to change. A decade ago, kids whose body mass index (BMI) tracked at or above the 85th percentile for their age were dubbed "at risk of overweight." The new recommendations urge doctors to cut to the chase and simply call such children overweight. Similarly, a child with a BMI above...
Does dieting even work for kids? Many clinicians say no. "We actually find that children who diet gain more weight than their peers," says pediatrician Dr. Alison Field from Children's Hospital Boston, who has been following the weight-control behaviors of almost 17,000 kids. It's not just that kids who diet tend to gain back the weight later; it's that dieting brings up all sorts of unbidden psychological responses that sabotage the process. After all, self-deprivation is one thing; being told by someone else that you can't eat--even when you feel hungry...
...child eats properly and stays active enough to keep calorie input in line with what's burned off. Kumar says the key to reversing liver abnormalities--not to mention all the additional burdens excess fat places on the heart, bones and other organs--is to detect signs of weight gain in kids early. "We don't want to get to the point where children are so overweight, they have trouble moving," she says. "If that happens, we've lost the battle." As any parent of an overweight child knows, in the war on obesity, every battle counts...
...have a weight problem; obesity is rampant in the 30,000-member community, and half the residents over the age of 40 have Type 2 diabetes. Their genes--and yours, of course--are part of the problem: researchers theorize that Native Americans have a higher than average tendency to gain and store weight, a protection in times of famines past but a risk factor in an America of caloric abundance...
Orange Juice 95 calories 0 mg of sodium 0 g of fat FACT: Fruit Juice is a better choice than soda, but sugary drinks like this can lead to rapid weight gain...