enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Childhood obesity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity

    Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI .

  3. What causes childhood obesity? - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/parents-know-childhood...

    This piggybacks data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that roughly 14.7 million U.S. children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 are impacted by childhood obesity ...

  4. Let's Move! - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Move!

    [3] [4] [5] Let's Move! sought to decrease childhood obesity to 5% by 2030. [6] Despite its goal, the Let's Move! initiative did not cause a decline in obesity rates. In 2008, 68% of Americans were either overweight or obese. By 2016, that number jumped to 71.2%. In 2018, more than 73.1% of Americans were either overweight or obese. [7]

  5. The OrganWise Guys - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OrganWise_Guys

    The concept of schools as "hubs" of obesity prevention was further developed through the work made possible by this grant, and this is the approach that OWG takes in its childhood obesity prevention efforts. [7] [8]

  6. Epidemiology of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_childhood...

    Prevalence of pediatric obesity also varies with state. The highest rates of childhood obesity are found in the southeastern states of which Mississippi was found to have the highest rate of overweight/obese children, 44.5%/21.9% respectively. [10] The western states were found to have the lowest prevalence, such as Utah (23.1%) and Oregon (9.6 ...

  7. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

    highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/...

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 80 percent of adults and about one-third of children now meet the clinical definition of overweight or obese. More Americans live with “extreme obesity“ than with breast cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and HIV put together.

  8. Psychological aspects of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_aspects_of...

    Childhood obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 96th percentile for children of the same age and sex. It can cause a variety of health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, breathing problems, sleeping problems, and joint problems later in life. [ 1 ]

  9. Obesity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity

    In 2006, the Canadian Obesity Network, now known as Obesity Canada published the "Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on the Management and Prevention of Obesity in Adults and Children". This is a comprehensive evidence-based guideline to address the management and prevention of overweight and obesity in adults and children. [96]