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Eight-year-old Hannah McGoey lives in an upstairs apartment on a busy thoroughfare in London. She has no yard to play in, and her school holds physical-education classes just two days a week. Her busy parents tried to be careful about nutrition, giving up their Friday fish and chips, for example. But over the years, Hannah only became plumper. By the time she turned 6, children's sizes no longer fit her. "I would have to buy jeans for 12- and 14-year-olds," her mother Julia remembers, "and then cut a foot and a half...
...things began to change when a school nurse told the McGoeys about a program called MEND (mind, exercise, nutrition, diet), started by Paul Sacher, a dietitian at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Hannah enrolled last September, and by the time the program ended 10 weeks later, she had shed nearly 5 lbs. and grown more than an inch. That wasn't all. Once a shy, clingy child, Hannah, who is now 4 ft. 11 in. tall and weighs 84 lbs., brims with confidence and loves physical activity. "I didn't swim much before," she says...
...Hannah McGoey, unfortunately, is a rare exception to what is rapidly becoming a global epidemic of childhood obesity. More and more countries around the world--even some that have been struggling to prevent starvation--are now wrestling with the dangers of excessive nutrition. The U.S. continues to lead the way, with as many as 37% of its children and adolescents carrying around too much fat. But other countries are rapidly catching up. According to statistics presented recently at the European Congress on Obesity in Helsinki, Finland, more than 20% of European youngsters between the ages...
...population. The difference is that they could have a way out. They have been adopted by American parents. But a civil war stands between them and their new homes. So far, the orphanage where they live has escaped the worst of the war. The woman in charge, Hannah Williams, 59, has heard mortars fly overhead to explode harmlessly in the ocean; none has landed nearby. As Williams shows a visitor around her place, she apologizes for the darkness. The orphanage has a generator, but no gas. Williams shares a double bed on wooden slats with four babies. The older kids...
...outlets are planned for other cities. Whereas Seventeen's spa was designed with teens in mind, most day spas have been able to welcome young people without sacrificing a sophisticated aura and clientele; they merely modify the treatments they offer to adolescents. At the Tiffani Kim Institute in Chicago, Hannah Song, 17, is receiving a Growing Pains Relief massage. "I'm stressed," says Song. "I'm in the middle of SATs." At Tiffani Kim, as at many spas that service youngsters, those under 18 must have a parent present during a massage. At Belle Visage, where 30% of the clients...