obesity in children

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I woke up to a beautiful project to have better nourished children and seniors.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 4 Mar 23

I was taking my nap and suddenly I woke up to a lady talking about using not so good veggies and fruit to make smoothies for undernourished children at first. They started during the covid watching children that could not be fed...

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deebomb @deebomb (15304) • United States 20 Nov 08

According to the study for banning fast foods on TV would cit the rate of abesity by 18 percent in young children and the number of obese older kids by 14 percent, researchers found. It is estimated children see fast-food...

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Is your child obese?

brandi_girl_16 @brandi_girl_16 (624) • United States 13 Mar 07

Obesity is huge in children in this day!! But it's so preventable and even changeable! If your child is obese then you can do something about it and change their lives!! Children nowadays, I've noticed, eat way too much junk!...

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Woman may lose custody of obese child in England..

enchantedleppard @enchantedleppard (1540) • United States 27 Feb 07

I was listening to the radio and this has been the discussion of the day. There is a mother in England that may lose custody of her 8 year old son because he is severly obese. He is 8 years old and weighs 218 pounds. They are...

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What do you think - should UK schools be 'forced' into informing parents...

shywolf @shywolf (4514) • United States 24 Jan 07

Should UK schools be forced into telling parents that their children are obese? Is this a proper practice for schools in general, whether inside or outside of the UK? I feel that it is up to the parents to 'parent' their...

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Enertaining Children

tnsonshine @tnsonshine (56) • United States 10 Jan 07

What do you do to help enertain your children? I have a 7 yr. old daughter who loves her TV and that's all she wants to do. She has not ever liked dolls, barbies, or girlie things. She will play outside some but hates it most...

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It's expensive to raise healthy kids!

thinkingoutloud @thinkingoutloud (6127) • Canada 28 Dec 06

I have a real problem with the fact that, where I live, I can buy a 2-liter bottle of soda for maybe 87 cents on sale but it costs between $2.50 and $3.00 for a 2-liter of skim milk! We hear in the news, on a regular basis,...

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Obesity in children

jaighose @jaighose (4) • India 7 Dec 06

Obesity in children is a dangerous trend and is a major health hazard for the younger generation. Though we need to take appropriate medical help, it is essential that our attitude towards junk food changes at the earliest.

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