Date: Monday April 30th Time: 10 a.m. PT The National Collabroative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) published six papers in Childhood Obesity highlighting findings from the Childhood...
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has found through various clinical trials, animal studies, and public health data that through the rise of childhood obesity so has...
A clinical report in the American Academy of Pediatrics, "Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks for Children and Adolescents: Are They Appropriate?" lead authors Marcie Beth Schneider, MD and...
News from Hawai‘i Free Press According to Chld Care Aware® of America's annual report, Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2017 report, Hawai‘i was among states...
From Sharon Weatherly, Director of Prevention, Education & Partnerships: "Tooth decay is the #1 chronic childhood disease in the US, and America's ToothFairy believes afterschool...
Accoriding to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America, Hawaii has the thrid lowest adult obesity rate (22.7%) and twenty-fourth highest high school obesity rate (12.9%) in the...
Pediatricians and other clinicians should routinely check the body mass index of children starting at age six to identify patients who would benefit from weight counseling programs, according to new draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The taskforce report found that programs that last for at least 26 weeks are the most effective.
According to a study published in Atherosclerosis, obese children cut out Fructose from their diets without changing their total calories. After nine days the researchers were able to see an...
Earlier this month, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) will require an update to the Nutrition Facts on packaged food and beverages.
Most of you know the staggering fact that 86 million American adults (more than 1 in 3) have prediabetes and are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, did you know that nearly 90...