All Entries in the "Childhood Obesity" Category
Family Involvement To End Childhood Obesity
Ending childhood obesity requires family involvement. At Slender For Life™ I know that children’s weight loss just has to be a family affair. Children are much more successful with lasting weight loss when the whole family is eating healthy and is when the whole family is involved in physical activities. Success is even greater when [...]
Does Junk Food in Schools Matter?
I really do think that the presence of junk food in schools really does matter. If nothing else, it sends a message to our kids that as adults we don’t care enough about them to educated and protect them from the poisons of junk, fast and processed food. It is up to parents to educate [...]
Alliance For A Healthier Generation Waging War On Childhood Obesity
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Hooray for The Alliance For A Healthier Generation for waging war on childhood obesity. The initiative combines healthy food and exercise at school. This is an exciting and important project for our future. American children are growing up fat and sick unnecessarily. Childhood [...]
Some Kids Cereals Have the Sugar Content of Cookies and Twinkies
Why parents are buying kids cereals that have the sugar content of cookies and Twinkies is quite beyond my comprehension. Childhood obesity is a preventable epidemic in the United States and there is simply no excuse that we are doing this to our children. Again, I will quote John McDougall, MD: “The pain and suffering [...]
Teens Don’t Eat Enough Fruits and Veggies
Are your teens eating enough fruits and veggies? Fruit, vegetables and whole grains are essential to the mental and physical development of your children. One way you can encourage your kids of any age to eat healthy is to only buy healthy food for meals and snacks and to set a good example by eating [...]
Kids Get Extra Calories From Food Outside Home
It is the Holidays and its even easier for kids to get extra calories from food outside your home. Seems like everywhere you turn there are candies, cookies and other goodies readily available. It’s really easy to succumb to these temptations – after all, it’s the holidays and these Holiday goodies only come once each [...]
Pizza As A Vegetable?
No, Congress did not declare pizza a vegetable but we do need keep lobbying our congressional representatives to get the school lunch program right. Childhood obesity is a preventable epidemic in this nation and school meal programs play an important role in the nutrition of our kids. Even if you don’t have children or grandchildren [...]
Obese Kids Who Lose Weight Cut Risk of Heart Disease
It is exciting to know that obese kids who lose weight may cut the risk of heart disease. Childhood obesity is in most cases preventable but sadly obesity is occurring in our kids at an epidemic rate. Preventing or ending childhood obesity has to be a family affair. By that I mean that the entire [...]
Children and High Cholesterol: A Wake-Up Call
Another wake-up call to parents is the new guidelines urging that all children between the ages of 9 and 11 be screened for high cholesterol. Our children today are being subjected to obesity with poor diets consisting of fast food and processed food filled with fat and corn sugar (high fructose corn syrup). Kids are [...]
Many Drinks That Sound Healthy Have Lots of Sugar and Calories
Many of the drinks that you may be feeding your children may sound healthy but they really have lots of sugar and calories. And of course the drink companies are targeting our kids with their commercials for their calorie laden sugar water. And, childhood obesity continues to rise. If you or your kids are drinking [...]
Plant-Strong Halloween
So how about a plant-strong Halloween? It is the beginning of sugar season, a dangerous time for children and adults. It is especially a dangerous time for people who are overweight or who are dealing with other health issues. Most of that Halloween candy is nothing more than artificially flavored sugar filled with chemicals and [...]
Less Than Half of Overweight or Obese Kids Get Long-Term Follow-up
It is incredibly sad to me that less than half of overweight or obese kids receive long-term follow-up. And, I think that it is appalling. Childhood obesity is a national crisis that we must address. As a society, we simply cannot afford the unnecessary health care costs of obesity – especially since it is preventable. [...]
Children Who Are Vegan Have Lower BMI
A new study shows that children who are vegan have a lower BMI. IMAGINE THAT!!!! I am sure that I should be excited about another study that supports the teachings of John McDougall MD, Neal Barnard MD and countless others, but knowing that we have been saying this at Slender For Life™ since 1990 makes [...]
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