As Adams wrote this morning, it seems that a large number of American parents are in denial about how large their kids are. We're not talking tall, ... Read More »
Big surprise this week, as a new study concluded that watching large amounts of television can increase blood pressure in kids. While the American ... Read More »
If you're aware of any obese kids in your family (maybe even your own), you may want to have them checked for an iron deficiency. A new report ... Read More »
It's enlightening to hear that family programs that encourage children with weight problems to make lifestyle changes are being endorsed by many ... Read More »
Do fat kids have it easy? Far from it, and overweight youngsters experience extreme bias from schoolmates, teachers, friends and even parents. A new ... Read More »
How do we predict obesity? Methods like Body-Mass Index (BMI) and other objective methods are often used, but how about the size of the folds in our ... Read More »
A recent Swedish study concluded that growing girls are six times more likely these days to be obese compared to 20 years ago -- which is quite a bit ... Read More »
As Bethany wrote on earlier, a recent study out of Australia found a striking correlation between a father's parenting style and the size of their ... Read More »
It's really not news to me that watching TV causes more incidences of childhood obesity (think: less regular exercise). British researchers have said ... Read More »
As the number of obese kids in the U.S. rises, the number of obese kids in Europe and China is also rising. What is going on -- why are so many kids ... Read More »

















