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Do Fast Food Ads Make Kids Fat?

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Does Proximity to Fast Food Make Kids Fat?

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Should the FDA Approve Weight Loss Surgery for Teens?

Getty The obesity epidemic that exists in the United States is no secret. According to the CDC, in ... Read More »

Children On Obesity Billboards: Did Georgia Go Too Far?

With the drastic and dangerous increases in childhood obesity rates, governments are pulling out all the stops to change the health of ... Read More »

Is It Fair to Ban Chocolate Milk From School Lunches?

A school's lunchtime staple -- chocolate milk -- may be banned across the country to help curb rising childhood obesity rates. The ... Read More »

BMI Appearing on Kids' School Report Cards

Your child could come skipping through the door in the near future with a very different type of report card. The new grade index isn't ... Read More »

Jamie Oliver Rolls Out a New Food Revolution Truck

AP / Charles Sykes Jamie Oliver is taking his mission to create healthier meals for children and educate them about food on the road. Oliver ... Read More »

Michelle Obama Spoofed in Political Cartoon

A website called Biggovernment.com created a political cartoon mocking Michelle Obama's efforts to reduce childhood obesity. It portrays ... Read More »

New Study Shows Exercise Improves Math Scores in Overweight Kids

Getty Images According to a recent study, regular exercise improves the ability of inactive, overweight children to do better in math. ... Read More »

Moms React to Study Linking Working Mothers to Childhood Obesity

As the rate of working moms has drastically increased over the past 35 years to 70 percent, so has the childhood obesity rate, according ... Read More »