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Childhood obesity — a comprehensive look at screening, complications, treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. ... Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height.
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/DS00698
www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/DS00698
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Causes of Childhood Obesity ... Obesity is present when total body weight is more than 25 percent fat in boys and more than 32 percent fat in girls (Lohman, 1987). Although childhood obesity is often defined as a weight-for-height in excess of 120 percent of the ideal, skinfold measures are more accurate determinants of...
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www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html
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This Web site provides information about childhood overweight and obesity, including how overweight and obesity are defined for children, the prevalence of obesity, the factors associated with obesity, and the related health consequences. ... Trends in Childhood Obesity...
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www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html
www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html
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Make a Difference at Your School: Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity outlines 10 evidence-based strategies for schools to implement in addressing childhood obesity.
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www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/obesity/
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/obesity/
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Childhood obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often bas...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity
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The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has risen dramatically in the past several decades. Although 25 to 30 percent of children are affected, this condition is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Hormonal and genetic factors are rarely the cause of childhood obesity;
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www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/861.html
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Childhood Overweight ... Consequences of Childhood Overweight; Both the short term and long term effects of overweight on health are of concern because of the negative psychological and health ... Ebbeling CB, Pawlak DB, Ludwig DS. Childhood obesity: public health crisis, common sense cure. Lancet 2002, 360:473-82.
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www.obesity.org/information/childhood_overweight.asp
www.obesity.org/information/childhood_overweight.asp
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