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Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears is a 2007 children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Gravett, published by Macmillan.It won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians as the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. [2] [3] It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years.
Rates of overweight among children 2 to 19 years in the USA. From 1980 to 2013, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children increased by nearly 50%. [102] Currently 10% of children worldwide are either overweight or obese. [2] In 2014, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission to end childhood obesity. [103]
The Leffler formula is used for children 0–10 years of age. [1] In those less than a year old, it is = + and for those 1–10 years old, it is = + where m is the number of kilograms the child weighs and a m and a y respectively are the number of months or years old the child is.
Annotated by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre from the Literature, Arts, and Medicine database, "It's a useful book for looking at fat as a social issue, a family issue, and a problem that bears reframing". [12] According to an anonymous reviewer, he believes "Life in the Fat Lane is a life-inspiring book. It deals with real life problems and things ...
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]
Data concluded from the Bogalusa Heart Study demonstrates that approximately 60 percent of overweight children five to ten years of age had at least one cardiovascular risk factor. [8] A few examples of other health risks include Blount's disease, skin fungal infections, Acanthosis Nigracans, Hepatic Steatosis, in addition to both psychological ...
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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World is a 2003 non-fiction book by Greg Critser describing how 60% of Americans came to be overweight and exploring the relationship between the relentless rise of fast food corporations and increasing sizes in the American diet, along with misguided government policies and poor nutritional education in schools.