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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Sends Parents "Fat Letters"

Mark Richards — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:06:30 +0000

A letter comes in from your child's school. You're thinking, "Tardy? Misbehaving? Poor Grades? How about, your child is obese! Quite frankly, we as parents just cannot know everything that's going on with our kids. Sometimes it takes an outsider to point things out to us. We all love our children very much and we want nothing but the best for them, including their health. It appears that this is what they hope to accomplish.

Is Your Baby Overweight? New Study Says Most Moms Can't Tell

Don Deane — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:05:10 +0000

Many parents believe that a chubby baby is a healthy baby, but this may not necessarily be the case. In fact, a new study shows that many moms are oblivious to the fact that their babies are actually overweight, which could be setting the stage for obesity later in life. The study found that nearly [...]

Brooklyn Parents Want to Ban the Ice Cream Man

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:45:07 +0000

Residents of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY know that spring is around the corner when ice cream carts start popping up in the area’s Prospect Park. But according to a number of Park Slope parents, this time-honored tradition is causing them a special kind of ice cream headache. A mother named Sarah explained why [...]

Topic Friday- Should Thin Kids Get Better Grades?

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:18:11 +0000

A nutritionist and author in France is suggesting a radical approach to getting kids to lose weight. He wants to give them extra credit at school. Is this right? Pierre Dukan is urging French presidential candidates to support a bill that would give extra exam points to high school kids who could maintain a body-mass-index [...]

Hey Moms, It Could Be Your Fault Your Kid Is Overweight

Shauna Wright — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:16:34 +0000

Childhood obesity is soaring. In fact, about a third of US children are currently overweight or obese — and a new study may reveal one big cause.

Researchers found toddlers who have a poor relationship with their moms could be twice as likely to be obese by the time they turn 15, possibly because they tend to turn to food as a substitute for motherly comfort.

Fitness Matters More Than Fatness To Many

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:10:56 +0000

While war is being waged on childhood obesity, many have been preaching diets, exercise, fitness training and etc. However some feel that doesn’t matter as much. According to a new study, fitness matters more than fatness. You can be big, but consider fit. If you maintain good physical fitness but are overweight, you can still [...]

New Study Suggest Pediatricians Are Ignoring Childhood Obesity

Dave Wheeler — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:24:14 +0000

Childhood Obesity is a rising concern here in America. Over the past year, parents have been educated even more, and they are supposed to be teaching their children well. But apparently parents aren’t getting the right education in the first place. According to a new study, less than a quarter of parents of overweight children [...]

Should We Be Concerned About Obesity in Kindergarteners? — Health Check

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:38:56 +0000

We never used to think of chubby kids as being anything other than adorable, but researchers are now more concerned about children’s eating habits now that more Americans are being considered obese.

According to a new study, 40 percent of American children enter kindergarten with a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 75 percentile. Anything over the 85th percentile is considered “overweight,” and over the 95th percentile is “obese.”

Doctor Recommends Obese Children Be Taken From Their Parents

Mark Richards — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:29:39 +0000

As heard on your information update this morning with Jim Rondenelli, a leading doctor has proposed putting severely obese children in temporary foster homes.

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston, is advocating the removal of some extremely overweight kids from their home as a last option. In the opinion piece, Ludwig wrote about a 12-year old girl who weighed 400 pounds, and was placed in a foster home because she had developed diabetes, cholesterol problems, high blood pressure and sleep apnea.