Dec
4
(Childhood Obesity News) Systemic pain - Financial Times
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The US health system costs more than the GDP of Italy, faces growing long-term problems from ageing baby boomers and childhood obesity, and leaves one in six Americans without coverage. The FT’s Christopher Bowe examines what needs to change if healthcare reform is to succeed. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below. Read More
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Dec
4
'Long overdue' guidelines set for childhood obesity - USA Today- Topic: Childhood Obesity News
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Money matters when it comes to whether doctors give parents the guidance they need to keep kids at a normal weight, says William Dietz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The specialists, convened by government agencies and the American Medical Association, call for weight checks at least yearly, counseling about weight even if children aren’t overweight, and a four-stage treatment plan that could end in medication or surgery for the most persistently obese children. The recommendations, to be published in Pediatrics , “are long overdue,” says Melinda Sothern, a pediatric obesity specialist at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and author of Trim Kids . For overweight kids (85th to 94th percentile) and the obese (95th percentile and above), diet and exercise guidelines are more specific and follow-up times are shorter. Prevention, emphasized in the guidelines, was hardly mentioned in the far vaguer 1998 recommendations they replace, says Reginald Washington, an author of the new report and chief medical officer at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver. Treatment of childhood obesity must be a family affair, adds William Dietz, director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More
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Dec
4
Second bill seeks ban on junk food ads - Media Guardian- Topic: Childhood Obesity News
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Supporters of a pre-9pm watershed ban on junk food advertising are increasing pressure on the government through the introduction of another private member’s bill. Griffiths’ The Promotion of Food to Children Bill, which has the support of campaigning groups including the British Heart Foundation, Which? However, Isba, the industry body for UK advertisers, said that the bill and its backers are “misleading” the public into thinking there is a “quick fix” to child obesity. In February this year, not long after Ofcom had announced a package of restrictions on TV ads for junk food, Labour backbencher Baroness Thornton introduced a private member’s bill in a bid to win a pre-watershed ban. The new bill has been introduced by the supporting organisations following the publication of the Foresight report that determined that by 2050, 70% of girls and 55% of boys will be overweight or obese. Agricultural experts are scrambling to quell fears of a global shortage of avocados following last week’s Californian wildfires which burnt a path through the heart of American growing territory. Read More
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