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FAT BABIES (Click Here)

Obesity risk for babies who sleep less,” is the headline in The Daily Telegraph today. The article says that “babies and toddlers who sleep for less than 12 hours a day are twice as likely to be overweight by the time they are three years old”. The research also shows that if this lack of sleep is combined with more than two hours of TV a day then that “increases the risk even further,”

WAYS TO REDUCE OBESITY (Click Here)

Strategies To Overcome And Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Proposes Plan To Address The State Of The Union's Obesity CrisisStrategies To Overcome And Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Proposes Plan To Address The State Of The Union's Obesity Crisis.

TEENAGE OBESITY (Click Here)

Teenage obesity is an increasing concern; an alarming concern. As of the year 2000, 9 million American children were overweight, and the same numbers again are at risk of becoming overweight.

The causes of teenage obesity are many.
For one thing, the American lifestyle has become more and more sedentary in recent years. People spend more time watching television.

Nearly everyone spends at least some time sitting in front of a computer, and some teens spend quite a bit of time doing it. Video games for the TV and games for the computer are wildly popular. Much of their "play" and leisure time is spent sitting in front of a screen instead of outside bicycling, playing sports, skating, or any of the multitudes of possibilities.

FACTS THAT ARE NEEDED (Click Here)

Avoiding childhood obesity

This factsheet is for parents who have obese children or want to know more about childhood obesity.

Children need lots of energy because they are growing. A varied and nutritious diet is essential for their development. However, like adults, if they take in more energy - in the form of food - than they use up, the extra energy is stored in their bodies as fat.

In the UK an estimated one in four 11 to 15 year olds are overweight or obese - and the problem is growing every year.

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A serious problem
Why are more children overweight?
What is a healthy weight for a child?
Maintaining a healthy weight
The emotional factors
Prevention
Further information
Sources

WHAT CAUSES OBESITY (Click Here)

What causes it?

Obesity is caused by two simple factors - an unhealthy diet (typically too rich in sugar and fats) and not doing enough exercise to burn off the calories consumed. Occasionally, there are other factors, for example in a rare genetic condition called Prader-Willi syndrome there may be problems with controlling hunger. Hypothyroidism and Cushing's syndrome can also cause obesity.

JUNK FOOD MARKETING

Children are constantly bombarded with junk food marketing. £480m is spent each year advertising products high in fat and sugar on television alone. Junk food marketing contradicts all the messages about healthy eating children recieve, undermining their ability to choose better food and their parents effort to feed them healthily.

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CHILDREN DIET CRISIS

It is no exaggeration to say there is a crisis in the childrens diets. The national diet and nutrition survey found that.

1. 92% of children consume more saturated fat than is recommened.
2. 86% consume too much sugar.
3. 72% consume too much salt.
4. 96% do not get enough fruit and vegatables.