Stress Eating Roundup, Continued
This post wanders down memory lane to revisit some highlights of emotional consumption lore.
Low-Quality Sleep As Obesity Villain
Studies shows insufficient sleep in children creates risk for not only obesity but cardio-metabolic instability, which could lead to diabetes and heart disease.
Kids, Fitness Trackers and Holidays
It is possible that some grownups still haven’t shopped for holiday gifts for children, so here are a few interesting things about fitness trackers.
Welcome to Childhood Obesity News
Welcome to Childhood Obesity News, the blog of Dr. Robert Pretlow. This site explores the many physical, social, political, and personal effects of the global childhood obesity crisis. We look at new research that points toward addictive eating behavior and also look at Dr. Pretlow’s research in the field. An overview of recent topics: Sugar Addiction […]
Halloween — Distract and Divert
Childhood Obesity News has been exploring the possibility of a society-wide adjustment in the theory and practice of Halloween. Every year it becomes more popular as a secular holiday with an enormous potential for enjoyment. As individuals and families — and as a society — maybe, one year at a time, we can inch it further […]
Childhood Obesity in Taiwan
The first thing to know is that “ED” stands for Emotional Disturbances, and the second thing is that there is a standardized test called the SAED, which stands for Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance. Researchers from Australia’s Monash University collaborated with teams from three Taiwanese medical and educational institutions to study more than 2000 Taiwanese […]
Doctors and Regular People, Part 3
Childhood Obesity News has been looking at some of the mistakes doctors make, but what could they be doing differently, and correctly? Dr. Pretlow believes in the usefulness of asking obese kids about their lives and feelings, especially the feelings that make them seek food. He has been doing this for many years, through the […]
Dr. Pretlow at the European Congress on Obesity
Over on the right-hand side of the page, under the heading of Presentations, there is a link to the presentation given by Dr. Pretlow at the 2013 European Congress on Obesity. It concerns the first trial of the iPhone W8Loss2Go application, and if you want to jump right into it, the description of the app […]
Behind the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Childhood Obesity News discussed the publication of Mrs. Obama’s book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, which received a lot of publicity when it first became available, and continues to do so. Just a couple of weeks ago, the First Lady was a guest on a TV show […]
Holidays and Childhood Obesity
This week, Americans are squeezed between two holidays typically observed by indulging in excess. No doubt, many people already look forward to January 1, when the new personal regime of health will begin. But first, there is still a whole lot of eating and drinking to get through. The Christmas trauma still lingers, as some […]