For kids facing stress at home or school, comfort food may lead to unexpected and unwelcome side effects. According to a study from Belgian researchers, that extra eating can lead to increased body fat — and increased obesity risk. That might seem like a straightforward finding, but it is new information. We’ve known about the … Continue reading Stress Eating Leads to Weight Gain for Kids
Category Archives: Rising Obesity
Florida Nutrition Experts Seeing Higher Numbers of Type 2 in Children
Three decades ago, type 2 diabetes wasn’t associated with children, but with middle-aged adults. In the 30 years that have passed since the advent of the Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef” ad campaign, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Apple’s Mac computer, however, a lot has changed. And today, kids are being diagnosed with type 2 … Continue reading Florida Nutrition Experts Seeing Higher Numbers of Type 2 in Children
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Southern States Have Highest Obesity Rate
A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control says that 12 states now have adult obesity rates of 30 percent or higher. Seven of those states are in the South. The CDC data are from the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010 phone survey of 400,000 US adults. Obesity is defined as a … Continue reading Southern States Have Highest Obesity Rate
