Dec
14
Childhood Obesity News - Recommendations to prevent childhood obesity - Laconia Citizen
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The recommendations include legislative and policy strategies to make healthy eating and physical activity choices more available to children in school, after-school programs and daycare settings. By October 2010, the New Hampshire Board of Education should create statewide rules regarding the sale and distribution of all food and beverages sold in schools that are not part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s school meals program. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services should develop guidelines and an accountability procedure to ensure that all children in the direct care of the state receive a body mass index percentile-for-age assessment, at least one hour of daily physical activity and that meals served to them meet federal dietary guidelines. A law that requires all insurance carriers in New Hampshire (both Medicaid and private insurers) to provide a minimum of four registered dietitian visits, if clinically recommended, for all children with a BMI percentile-for-age equal or greater than 85 percent. Read Childhood Obesity
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Dec
13
Gene for Type 2 Diabetes Also Linked to Childhood Obesity - About - News & Issues (blog)- Childhood Obesity News
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Obesity is thought to be a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 typically occurs in adults over 40, although in recent years the incidence of type 2 diabetes is affecting younger adults and even kids. More studies on genes associated with type 2 diabetes are needed, but if the same genes that cause diabetes also cause childhood obesity, then it may someday be possible to prevent diabetes, by treating obesity in kids. Top Warning Signs of Diabetes Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes Understanding Diabetes What are the Right Numbers? Learn how to save money on medications with these recommendations. Keep yourself, and your family, happy and healthy this fall with these tips. Read Childhood Obesity
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Dec
12
Rare copy number variant causes childhood obesity - PHG Foundation(Childhood Obesity News)
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Obesity in the East of England. Professional disclosure of familial genetic information. Read Childhood Obesity
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