NYC museum offers portion-size workshop Newsday, NY - Nov 13, 2008 Executive Director Andrew Ackerman said museum officials have been concerned about childhood obesity since before it was recognized as a public health ...
Junk food ads hard to defend, inquiry told ABC Online, Australia - Nov 18, 2008 While Professor Rickwood admits that several factors contribute to childhood obesity, she says children are "awash" with advertising which promotes the idea ...
Mueller design may encourage fitness, expert says Austin American-Statesman, TX - Nov 28, 2008 He is alarmed by soaring childhood obesity rates. The CDC reports that one-third of US kids are overweight or obese based on BMI, a measure of body fat. ...
Portage awarded grant to fight obesity Ravenna Record Courier, OH - Nov 20, 2008 "If a child is obese, it sets him or her up for a lifelong struggle with health problems like heart disease and diabetes," said Suzanne Hughes, MSN, RN, ...
Answers About Hunger in New York, Part 2 New York Times Blogs, NY - Nov 28, 2008 It is also wrong to imply that the food stamp program increases obesity. A major Department of Agriculture study published in 2007 found no significant ...
Drugs you can't have Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Nov 30, 2008 People with Type I diabetes (the kind not caused by obesity and poor diet) produce little or none of the hormone insulin, and thus can't control their blood ...
Obesity expert hits out at global ?hysteria? Sunday Herald, UK - Nov 8, 2008 The rate of childhood obesity has trebled in the past 20 years and, if current trends continue, half of British children will be obese by 2020. ...
11/19/08: Healthful eating starts with children abc11tv.com, NC - Nov 19, 2008 And when I read about ways to prevent child obesity and encourage healthful eating, the things my mother did for me are always mentioned. ...
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— A committee convened by the American Medical Association, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others is studying childhood obesity. Among the proposals is the use of clearer language to define the problem for doctors and the public.
CURRENT TERMS: The CDC doesn't call children obese, no matter how fat they are. And it calls those who qualify as overweight "at risk of overweight." Only obese children are called "overweight."
The CDC defines children "at risk of overweight" as those with a body-mass index in the 85th to 94th percentile for their gender and age. That means they are heavier than 85 percent to 94 percent of children their same age and sex.
The CDC defines "overweight" as those heavier than 95 percent of children their age and gender, a category most experts agree qualifies as "obese."
PROPOSED CHANGE: The clearer language, "obese" and "overweight," would be applied to children as it is for adults. Final committee recommendations are expected in September. Organizations including the CDC will decide whether to adopt them.
