Obesity

1723 Stories, most recent news story added 14 minutes ago

Send
- Email
- IM
Share
- Digg
- Facebook
- Newsvine
- del.icio.us
- Reddit
- StumbleUpon
- Technorati
- Yahoo! Bookmarks

WATCH: Childhood Obesity Questions Answered

ABC News - 21 minutes ago

Dr. Richard Besser talks with three Cabinet secretaries about childhood obesity. Obesity - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders - United States

News Stories

Sort By:

The Childhood Obesity Dilemma
ABC News - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Dr. Richard Besser examines how the growing problem of childhood obesity is a personal issue and a community-wide problem. Childhood obesity - Health - Obesity - Conditions and Diseases - Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders
First lady: Childhood obesity fight is about fitness, not looks
CNN - Tue Feb 9, 10:49 pm ET
Michelle Obama says her call for the country to fight childhood obesity isn't about physical appearances, but rather quality of life.
Michelle Obama rallies US to push back child obesity
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 9:54 pm ET
First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors, the food industry and media to take on the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.
WATCH: 'Let's Move' on Childhood Obesity
ABC News - 2 hours 46 minutes ago
Michelle Obama talks about her campaign to curb childhood obesity.
First lady Michelle Obama: 'Let's move' and work on childhood obesity problem
Washington Post - Wed Feb 10, 12:00 am ET
In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service...
Michelle Obama aims to end child obesity in a generation
USA Today - Tue Feb 9, 6:24 pm ET
Today the first lady launches Let's Move, a campaign to help parents deal with the national health crisis of childhood obesity.
Fact Check: The cost of obesity
CNN - Tue Feb 9, 5:24 pm ET
The White House on Tuesday unveiled its campaign to fight childhood obesity. First lady Michelle Obama is spearheading the effort.
Michelle Obama says 'Let's Move' on obesity in American kids
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 4:25 pm ET
Michelle Obama on Tuesday announced a new nationwide “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity. But will it really help? Can Washington do anything about a complex problem that involves the individual food and exercise choices of millions of families across the US?
First lady begins fight against childhood obesity
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 4:19 pm ET
Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled "Let's Move" — her national public awareness campaign against childhood obesity, a problem she says concerns her both as first lady and as a mom.
Michelle Obama launches anti-obesity program
Los Angeles Times - Wed Feb 10, 3:09 am ET
The first lady's public-awareness campaign is aimed at getting children to eat better and exercise more. Food and beverage groups pledge to improve calorie labeling and cut fat. First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched "Let's Move," a public awareness campaign aimed at conquering childhood obesity, and announced early support for her initiative from the food and beverage industry and the ...
Michelle Obama, Hannah Montana fight US child obesity
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 3:50 pm ET
First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday harnessed iconic media groups and stars as she launched an ambitious program to end the epidemic of childhood obesity, which affects one in three US children.
Prepregnancy, obesity and gestational weight gain influence risk of preterm birth
EurekAlert! - 38 minutes ago
( Boston University Medical Center ) Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine's Slone Epidemiology Center and Boston University School of Public Health have found that prepregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain are associated with an increased risk of preterm birth in African-American participants from the Black Women's Health Study. This study currently appears online in ...
Soothing infants with food focus of childhood obesity study
EurekAlert! - 14 minutes ago
( Penn State ) Both genetics and parents who comfort their infants with food are the focus of a study funded for $1 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestion and Kidney Disease investigating risk factors for childhood obesity. The grant is part of the National Institutes of Health American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.
First Lady Strikes Back Against Childhood Obesity
redOrbit - 2 hours 42 minutes ago
With childhood obesity affecting around one-third of every child in the U.S., First Lady Michelle Obama has begun a major crackdown on the epidemic.
Michelle Obama's anti-obesity plan feels at home in Colo.
Denver Post - Wed Feb 10, 3:30 am ET
Colorado, with its reputation for thinner people and outdoor exercise, is well-positioned to take on the fight against childhood obesity announced Tuesday by Michelle Obama, state health experts said.