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If you are an RN living in the USA, depending on your mailing address, you are entitled to recieve Nursing Spectrum or Nurseweek magazine FREE of charge. Excess weight during childhood increases the risk for developing coronary artery disease as an adult, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine . The rate of heart disease could be 5%-16% higher by 2035, with more than 100,000 excess cases of heart disease due to higher obesity rates, according to a U. Similarly, Danish researchers followed a cohort of nearly 277,000 children born from 1930 to 1976 and found a higher body-mass index during childhood was associated with an increased risk of heart disease in adulthood, especially in boys. Read Childhood Obesity

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By the time today’s teens are middle age, the rate of heart disease could be 16 percent higher because of the extra pounds they are carrying around today, a U. The two reports in the New England Journal of Medicine may well be underestimating the future health effects of childhood obesity, said Dr. The consequences of that are unprecedented and unknown,” said Ludwig, who was not involved in the research. The researchers found that the more overweight a child was between ages 7 and 13, the greater the risk of heart disease was in adulthood. But for a boy of the same age and height who weighed about 25 pounds more, the risk went up by one-third, to 16 percent. Some of those complications are risk factors for heart disease, which could explain the link between childhood weight and a higher risk of heart disease, the Danish researchers suggest. Read Childhood Obesity

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Check out all the physical activities available in our area and, as a family or with a friend, try one new thing each week for the next month. Check out the events calendar in the newspaper, the community calendars on local TV stations, the recreation department winter guides, the YMCA or local yoga or dance studios. As a family or with a friend, take a brisk walk after dinner around the neighborhood to look at all the holiday lights and decorations. Before sitting down for the game, take a long walk in the neighborhood or on one of the area bike trails. Read Childhood Obesity

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The object of the study, Speroni said, was to determine whether children can be taught to make "best choices" with respect to activities and the food they consume. Speroni said she has watched a cafeteria line and observed children opt for, say, the "mac and cheese with wheat roll" over the "ham, turkey and cheese deli sandwich," and then walk straight past the fruit, the vegetables and the milk. Better, she suggested, to put out the "best choice" tray – the child can still choose between the two main entrees, but everything else will already be on the tray. We need to teach the children, Speroni said, that the "object of eating is not to satisfy the pleasure of the moment, but to fuel your body with energy, the balanced diet and food it needs so you can enjoy the things you like to do best, to play and learn, to grow your body and to grow your mind. Read Childhood Obesity

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Parents and children can also walk from food station to food station, trying nutritious snacks and drinks prepared by health-conscious exhibitors, and learn about new products and projects aimed at a healthy lifestyle. Fun and Fit as a Family promises to be a family-oriented weekend where education is thoroughly mixed with entertainment, whisked by exercise and topped by a new understanding about nutritious eating and healthy living. Fun and Fit as a Family presented by South Beach Diet and Travel + Leisure Family is brought to you by the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine magazine. The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is produced by Florida International University and Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida with the support of the Miami Beach Visitors & Convention Authority and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. This study seeks to prevent chronic diseases associated with obesity by tackling obesity in early life through elementary school-based prevention strategies that thematically integrate healthy dietary offerings, nutrition and healthy lifestyle educational curricula, increased levels of physical activity, and other school-based projects, such as school gardens in a replicable manner. Read Childhood Obesity

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It is sadly ironic that in a global community where so many people, particularly children, are suffering hunger and malnutrition, almost one third of children in Australia are seriously overweight. The Australian Medical Journal , which describes childhood obesity as modernity’s scourge, says that in the past decade the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of obese children has trebled. Overweight children are subjected to ridicule and social isolation and suffer decreased self-esteem and reduced confidence. The pressures and costs these issues will ultimately place on the national hospital and medical systems are transparent and unambiguous. Increasing physical activity at schools, as well as increasing awareness of the importance of exercise at home and controls on tuckshop food are achievable. Read Childhood Obesity

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Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb, better known as Major Nelson, has revealed as part of a new post in his popular weblog that Microsoft is offering an Xbox 360 Points gifting system, currently U. Now, when purchasing Microsoft Points online at the official website (linked via Hryb’s post ), users may also elect to gift points to other U. Users sign in as usual to the Microsoft Points site using their own Windows Live ID, and instead of purchasing points for themselves, may put in a friend as a recipient at the point of sale. Major Nelson adds, “I have asked the team to add the ability to gift points based on Gamertag, and they said they’ll work on that for the future, but for now. Anyway, I thought you guys may want to try if you have someone on your list you want to send some Points to this Holiday season. Read Childhood Obesity

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Unless you made your child’s lunch or live in one of the more affluent areas that offer vegetarian choices, chances are your children were treated to a full course of high fat, high cholesterol and high calories with little fiber. But for the most part schools don’t have the money to spend on good nutrition,” she told The Final Call . While young Tyrone is not overweight, a diet of just pizza and other high fat, high caloric foods without the right amount of physical activity could easily usher him into obesity. Over the last 20 years, obesity rates have tripled in children and adolescents, and only two percent of children eat a healthy diet, according to Agriculture Department nutrition recommendations. Read Childhood Obesity

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December 18, 2007 · Bill Winton sits in for the real Santa at a shopping center in Edinburgh, Scotland. He says he’s not wearing the pillow under his Santa Suit anymore. He tells the BBC, if Santa is a role model, then his body shape is where it should start. Are you a member of your local NPR station? Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? May we contact you with information about NPR programming and services? Read Childhood Obesity

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Allowed comments are not the opinion of Northern Life or Laurentian Media but only of the writer. Spelling and grammar errors will not be corrected. We will also not allow comments that make false or unsubstantiated allegations; comments that purport to quote people or reports where the purported quote or fact is not publicly known; or comments that include vulgar language or libelous statements. Read Childhood Obesity

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