More Awareness Month Hints
Parents can model the desired eating behavior for their children, let them know they believe in them, and provide a supportive environment.
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month — Slippery Slope?
Saying no this one time is an important step when it comes to parenting and making healthy food choices.
Coming Up for Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
One study showed kids follow the optimal habits demonstrated by their moms, and it significantly reduces their likelihood of becoming obese.
Professionals and Nutritional Awareness
As highly-regarded authority figures doctors are often expected to lead by example, and nutrition education in med school cannot be underestimated.
Everything You Know About Obesity Awareness Is Wrong
A University of Liverpool study found that when people are aware of being overweight they’re more likely to gain weight. Is ignorance bliss?
Too Much Awareness?
Is there such a thing as too much awareness? One study showed that people who perceive themselves to be overweight are at greater risk for weight gain.
Childhood Obesity Awareness in New Jersey and Beyond
In New Jersey, nearly one child in four is overweight or obese. The local YMCA’s Healthy U program offers parents anti-obesity guidelines.
Awareness Month — a Good Time for Change
In honor of the Childhood Obesity Month, Childhood Obesity News has been looking at long-term effects of bad parenting decisions.
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Is In Session
September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Let’s look at the childhood obesity prevention suggestions found at HealthFinder.gov.
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
One obstacle to activism is the human tendency to become fed up. A cause can raise awareness, then reach a point of diminishing returns and even develop an emotional backlash. People get compassion fatigue. More than five years ago, Neville Rigby wrote for The Guardian: We have obesity awareness with almost daily headlines, and continual […]