Doctors Warn Against Childhood Obesity
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Time to report Kate Horton to the kind folks at uni-berlin. They forbid the use of alias and Kate Horton uses a different one every day. They also require their users to post with their full name. <m…@privacy.com> – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->From:<m…@privacy.com> >Newsgroups: >soc.support.fat-acceptance,misc.health.diabetes,al >t.troll,alt.support.sleep-disorder >Subject: Doctors Warn Against Childhood Obesity >Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:18:59 -0700 >Organization: Altopia Corp. – Usenet Access – >www.altopia.com >Lines: 82
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Path: uni-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!newscon06.news.prodigy. com!prodigy.net!news-feed01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net !nntp.frontiernet.net!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!ne wsfeed.telus.net!cyclone.bc.net!news.alt.net!usene t From: deathaftermidni…@sleepapneagluttons.com Newsgroups: soc.support.fat-acceptance,misc.health.diabetes,al t.troll,alt.support.sleep-disorder Subject: Doctors Warn Against Childhood Obesity Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:18:59 -0700 Organization: Altopia Corp. – Usenet Access – www.altopia.com Lines: 82 Message-ID: <0svd61tp5hfe8a2239uappjl1grfkkg…@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: uni-berlin.de soc.support.fat-acceptance:270132 misc.health.diabetes:325481 alt.support.sleep-disorder:113299 Altopia again Shawnie is on a roll <deathaftermidni…@sleepapneagluttons.com> wrote in message news:0svd61tp5hfe8a2239uappjl1grfkkg4rc@4ax.com… > Doctors Warn Against Childhood Obesity > By Jamie Stengle > AP > 04/19/05 3:36 PM PT > The prevalence of overweight children and
adolescents has almost quadrupled from > less than 5 percent in the 1980s to about 16
percent today. Overweight children > are at increased risk for problems such as
diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep > apnea and high cholesterol. > Why upgrade your technology? > Because great ideas deserve great technology.
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start creating tomorrow. CDW. The > Mac Solutions You Need When You Need Them. > Warning that the path to obesity can start
during toddler-hood, pediatric > experts say parents should make sure 3- and
4-year-olds get an hour of active > play each day along with five fruits and vegetables. > "We think that may be a vulnerable period to
start excess weight gain," said Dr. > Stephen R. Daniels, professor of pediatrics and
environmental health at > Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. > Daniels was the lead author of a statement
published Monday in the American > Heart Association journal Circulation, which
devoted the issue to the topic of > obesity. > Childhood Obesity Threat > Toddler-hood is "also a time when dietary
patterns may become more like those of > adults, and also when many children develop
physical activity patterns both good > and bad," he wrote in an e-mail message. > Childhood obesity has become such a threat to
public health that it could > reverse the last half-century’s gains in
reducing cardiovascular disease and > death, the heart association said. > Dr. Reginald Washington, a pediatric
cardiologist in Denver who co-chairs the > task force on obesity for the American Academy
of Pediatrics, said that doctors > still need to be educated about monitoring
children that young for signs of > obesity. > "Those of us that have been looking at this
problem believe that prevention is > better than treatment," Washington said. "Once
you become obese it’s very > difficult to lose that weight and keep it off.
If you are in the habit of not > eating large portions, if you are in the habit
of being physically active, > that’s going to stay with you." > Proper Diet > Toddlers should eat five fruits and vegetables a
day along with fiber-rich > grains and should switch from drinking full-fat
dairy to 1 percent or fat-free > dairy products after age 2, according to the
heart association. They should have > an hour of "active play" each day and limited
time not being active, the > statement says. > The prevalence of overweight children and
adolescents has almost quadrupled from > less than 5 percent in the 1980s to about 16
percent today. An overweight child > is at increased risk for problems including
diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep > apnea and high cholesterol. > Even so, Dr. Priscilla Hollander, head of
endocrinology at Baylor University > Medical Center in Dallas, said, "I think it may
be a little shocking to say we > do have to do this for toddlers." > Carina Terry, 39, who lives in the Dallas suburb
of Allen, has been trying to > establish healthy habits among her four
children, ages 2, 4, 5 and 7. > Terry, who home-schools her children, has a food
pyramid posted in front of the > kitchen table. "It really helped them to
understand what food we need to eat and > why," said Terry, whose children do not have any weight problems. > Healthy Habits > She is also making sure that they get enough
exercise. "We ride our bikes to the > park, have a picnic and play," she said. > "They are becoming accustomed to a variety of
foods and also an active > lifestyle," she said. "Those habits that develop
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Doctors Warn Against Childhood Obesity By Jamie Stengle AP 04/19/05 3:36 PM PT The prevalence of overweight children and adolescents has almost quadrupled from less than 5 percent in the 1980s to about 16 percent today. Overweight children are at increased risk for problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and high cholesterol. Why upgrade your technology? Because great ideas deserve great technology. When you
