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Study ranks Ill. 4th for obese children (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
By admin at 3 July, 2009, 2:48 am
Study ranks Ill. 4th for obese children (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
CHICAGO (AP) - A national study puts Illinois among the top 10 states with the highest percentages of overweight or obese teenagers. The Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report ranks Illinois 10th for overweight children ages 10-17.
More than 1/3 of Georgia Children are Obese (WMGT Macon)
By admin at 3 July, 2009, 2:48 am
More than 1/3 of Georgia Children are Obese (WMGT Macon)
Georgia is ranked third in the U.S. for having the most obese children and now state and local leaders are trying to reverse the trend.
Illinois ranks 10th in nation in rate of overweight and obese children (Chicago Sun-Times)
By admin at 3 July, 2009, 2:48 am
Illinois ranks 10th in nation in rate of overweight and obese children (Chicago Sun-Times)
Illinois ranks 10th in the nation for its rate of overweight and obese kids and has the 27th highest rate of adult obesity, according to a report released Wednesday by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. [...]
Study: Minn. has lowest rate of obese and overweight children (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
By admin at 1 July, 2009, 9:04 pm
Study: Minn. has lowest rate of obese and overweight children (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Click here for more take KARE of your HEALTH A study released Wednesday found that Minnesota has the least obese and overweight children in the country.
Report Finds One In Five Illinois Children Obese (WGN Radio Chicago)
By admin at 1 July, 2009, 9:04 pm
Report Finds One In Five Illinois Children Obese (WGN Radio Chicago)
(WGN-AM)- With 34.9 percent of Illinois children checking in as overweight or obese, the state has landed on an unenviable Top 10 list.
Report: Arkansas Ranks 2nd in Rate of Obese Children (Arkansas Business)
By admin at 1 July, 2009, 9:04 pm
Report: Arkansas Ranks 2nd in Rate of Obese Children (Arkansas Business)
Arkansas ranks second in the nation in its percentage of obese children and is tied with Ohio at 10th place in the percentage of obese adults, a new report says.
Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
By admin at 30 June, 2009, 1:49 pm
Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
BC-US–Seals-Kid Fitness, 1st Ld-Writethru,0701 Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals Eds: UPDATES with quote from exhibit curator, seal expert, statistics on childhood obesity, description of exhibit. Moving on general news and lifestyles services.
Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (AP via Yahoo! News)
By admin at 30 June, 2009, 1:49 pm
Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (AP via Yahoo! News)
Yes, he’s obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He weighs in at 350, eats 16 pounds of food at a time and he’s only 9 years old. And he’s a [...]
Aquarium in Boston hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (C-Health)
By admin at 30 June, 2009, 1:49 pm
Aquarium in Boston hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals (C-Health)
BOSTON - Yes, he’s obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He weighs in at 350 pounds, eats more than seven kilograms of food at a time and he’s only nine years [...]
Texting obese children thin (Times Online)
By admin at 28 June, 2009, 2:53 am
Texting obese children thin (Times Online)
Technology gets the blame for a lot of health problems: cars make you lazy, video games make you violent and MP3 players make you deaf. Now researchers at the University of Southern California are hoping to prove that mobile phones, at least, can have a positive effect.
