Childhood obesity tops the charts of one of the most serious challenges of public health in the 21st century. The current day lifestyle has become so bad that childhood obesity has reached almost epidemic like levels in both developed and developing countries of the world. Being overweight does not only have a grave physical impact on children, but also affects them psychologically. In a study conducted in 2010, 42 million children under the age of 5 were recorded to be obese globally. Out of these 35 million belonged to developing countries.
Greater childhood height before 12 years of age may be a marker for increased risk of subsequent obesity, warn researchers.
Obesity not only affects the heart, but also the brain. Changes in kids' diets and exercise levels at a younger age may help reduce the effects of obesity on their heart and brain.
Watching television and not being active may cause childhood obesity. But parents' lifestyle habits may also make a child obese.
Parents, are you kids obese? Then, you MUST read this. According to a new study, boys and girls who are obese are likely to enter puberty at an early age. Furthermore, it can also can invite depression along with stunted growth.
Dr Suruchi Goyal Agarwal, Consultant Pediatrics, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield, tells you how to prevent childhood obesity.
Following a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits can make you obese. Further, obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes as well. Here, you decode the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Know how milk intake can help obese children.
Physical fitness can increase the volume of gray matter in the brain and improve academic performance.
India had the highest population of "moderate-to-severely" underweight children.
Why obese kids feel better than thin kids after eating food
Girls of diabetic mothers likely to be obese
Revealed -- how to curb childhood obesity!
Stress during pregnancy may turn your child fat!
WHO deeply concerned over childhood obesity
Now, a virtual pet to help obese kids lose weight
Junk food can make obese kids dull
Watch out for what your kids eat after playing
3 risk factors most highly correlated with child obesity identified
Obesity can be predicted when infant is 2 months old
Greater childhood height before 12 years of age may be a marker for increased risk of subsequent obesity, warn researchers.
Obesity not only affects the heart, but also the brain. Changes in kids' diets and exercise levels at a younger age may help reduce the effects of obesity on their heart and brain.
Watching television and not being active may cause childhood obesity. But parents' lifestyle habits may also make a child obese.
Parents, are you kids obese? Then, you MUST read this. According to a new study, boys and girls who are obese are likely to enter puberty at an early age. Furthermore, it can also can invite depression along with stunted growth.
Dr Suruchi Goyal Agarwal, Consultant Pediatrics, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield, tells you how to prevent childhood obesity.
Following a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits can make you obese. Further, obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes as well. Here, you decode the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Know how milk intake can help obese children.
Physical fitness can increase the volume of gray matter in the brain and improve academic performance.
India had the highest population of "moderate-to-severely" underweight children.
Why obese kids feel better than thin kids after eating food
Girls of diabetic mothers likely to be obese
Revealed -- how to curb childhood obesity!
Stress during pregnancy may turn your child fat!
WHO deeply concerned over childhood obesity
Now, a virtual pet to help obese kids lose weight
Junk food can make obese kids dull
Watch out for what your kids eat after playing
3 risk factors most highly correlated with child obesity identified
Obesity can be predicted when infant is 2 months old
