Wednesday, January 05, 2005
obesity in youth
Obesity Jumps in U.S. Preschoolers (Red Nova)
DALLAS -- The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
A diet on activities (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
This New Year, I've resolved to go on a diet that allows me to pull up to the family dinner table instead of requiring me to pull away from it. And if professor William Doherty of the University of Minnesota's department of family social science is right, this new diet ought to help me lose weight - even though that's not its main purpose.
Today's recommended sites:
Center For Obesity
Central Obesity
Chart Childhood Graph Obesity Statistics
Chart Childhood Obesity
