childhood obesity
Your Parents’ Love Might Be Ruining Your Waistline and the Planet
Parents who express their love through food may be contributing to food waste and negatively altering the environment.
Teenagers Are Eating Junk and It’s Britney Spears’ Fault
New research from New York University Langone Medical Center claims that the majority of pop stars with food advertising deals are endorsing “energy-dense, nutrient-poor products,” and it's impacting young fans' health.
What It Was Like to Grow Up Fat
I asked my family what it was like to raise an overweight kid during the childhood obesity epidemic, but it seems no one noticed.
Fat Toddlers Are a Tiny Problem That's Getting Huge
The World Health Organization says the number of children under the age of five-years old who are overweight or obese is now 41 million. That’s 6.1 percent of all infants and toddlers worldwide.
This Study Says Daydreamers Could Be More Likely to Get Fat
A new study from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has found that those who daydream may have a higher risk of obesity, due to the way their brains are wired.
The British Government Is Under Even More Pressure to Tax Sugary Drinks
Following last month’s review on sugar from Public Health England, a new report from the Commons Health Select Committee has called for a 20 percent tax on sugary drinks and restrictions on junk food advertising.
A 5-Year-Old in Britain Was Taken Into Protective Custody for Being Too Fat
Childhood obesity isn't just a problem in America anymore. It's also an increasingly worrisome issue in Wales, where a 5-year-old girl was taken into foster care after ballooning to 145 pounds. Since being removed from her home, she's lost over 3...
Science Has Good News for Chubby Gamer Kids
Good news: gamers can have their cake and eat it too. It's no big secret that kids, American kids anyway, are fat. Like, all of them. When's the last time you've been to a shopping mall? And with nothing whatsoever to back it up, I blame video games...