Obesity
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Weight misconception high in overweight children
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Soda tax could go far to reduce childhood obesity
Key clinical finding: Among three options examined, taxing soda and other sugary beverages has the best potential to lower childhood obesityMajor...
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Gestational diabetes may increase child’s risk of glucose intolerance
Key clinical point: Children whose mothers had gestational diabetes should be screened for impaired glucose tolerance and preventive strategies...
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Gestational diabetes and the Barker Hypothesis
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Eating disorder severity increasing among normal weight teens
Key clinical point: Teens presenting with severe weight loss may have acute medical complications and be at risk of developing an eating disorder...
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Pediatricians take aim at school start times
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Family-based interventions achieve greater child weight loss
Key clinical point: Including overweight parents in child weight-loss programs can result in greater longer-term gains for both.Major finding:...
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Pediatric obesity may be leveling off
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Glucose lights up the adolescent brain
Key clinical point: Reward centers of the adolescent brain may be susceptible to sugar. Major finding: Glucose ingestion increased cerebral blood...
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Tubby toddlers: Don’t delay the tough conversation
Key clinical point: Intervene before the first grade to help overweight or obese children achieve a healthy weight.Major finding: Only 17% of...