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Category: Childhood obesity

Are childhood obesity interventions effective?

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Dr. Fred

Two steps forward, one step back — that pretty much sums up the latest move against this country’s snowballing childhood obesity crisis. This one comes courtesy of the U.S. Preventive Services [...]

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The deadly risk that sets in before high school graduation

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dr. Fred

Yesterday I told you how the American Academy of Pediatrics is finally alerting parents to the damage fruit juice can do. As I said in that Reality Health Check, the statement is a step in the [...]

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Research reveals another serious side effect of childhood obesity

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Dr. Fred

Here’s another downside to childhood obesity — as if we needed another, beyond the fact that it puts kids at risk for almost every ailment under the sun. (Including those we used to see only in [...]

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Are we finally ready to tackle childhood obesity?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Dr. Fred

My first book, Feed Your Kids Well, was far ahead of its time. It was 1999 — long before the childhood obesity epidemic was a household conversation topic — and people were not ready to [...]

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The deadly diseases skyrocketing among kids

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Dr. Fred

On Tuesday, I told you that Coca-Cola is facing a lawsuit for deceiving people into thinking their sugary drinks can be part of a healthy diet. But soda isn’t the only culprit in our nation’s [...]

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Sugar is the new tobacco

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Dr. Fred

I swear, it feels like my email is reading my mind these days. Yesterday I told you about a couple of messages I got regarding statins (one that went against everything I believe about these [...]

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Mexico’s soda tax is having a major impact

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Dr. Fred

It seems that every other country in the world is willing to take steps to improve its public health other than the United States. What’s more, they’re doing it without spending billions of [...]

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How much added sugar is too much?

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Dr. Fred

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I came across the following headline: “AHA Says Cap Added Sugars for Kids at 6 Teaspoons a Day.” Six teaspoons! As if 6 teaspoons of sugar per day weren’t already [...]

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One shockingly simple way to ward off childhood obesity

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Dr. Fred

I don’t think it’s ever too early to start paying attention to your child’s weight. I was an overweight child myself. And some of my most traumatic memories stem from that time in my life. [...]

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The gender gap oppresses young girls’ health, too

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Dr. Fred

I devote a lot of space here in the Reality Health Check to the obesity crisis. And if you’ve been a reader of mine for a while, then you know nothing saddens and dismays me more than childhood [...]

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