Evidence seems to be piling up to indicate that children have never been safe from coronavirus, even before it was acknowledged to be present in the U.S.

What is actually known about the identification and diagnosis of this potentially deadly disease?

Those of us who are fortunate and privileged, and even those who are just getting by, must be aware of how many Americans are operating at bare survival level.

COVID-19 is many things, but finished is not one of them. And nobody seems to really have a handle on keeping the numbers current and complete, so they differ.

To call these times uncertain is to put it very mildly. An yet, many states and cities are boldly plunging into what they hope will resemble normalization.

The Navajo Nation is one of the top coronavirus hotspots in the country, dealing with the devastating effects with limited access to running water.

Global water shortages prevent people from following handwashing recommendations, making them more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.

The COVID-19 risk factors seem to vary from one country to another, but in most places, the most significant risk factor seems to be excessive body weight.

Four journalists collaborated on this story from different parts of the globe, and the reports are confusing: Many developing nations with hot climates and young populations have escaped the worst… Many countries that have escaped mass epidemics have …

In these difficult times, people are experiencing different combinations of inconvenience and misery because of the unsettling, frightening instability.

Obesity is associated with the severity of COVID-19 if a person falls ill with the virus, and decreases the odds of the patient’s eventual ability to recover.

Childhood Obesity News has been looking at how officials, sellers and buyers are adjusting and trying to keep the farmers’ markets going during the pandemic.

In a health crisis, a non-essential business is a closed business. The farmers had to make a case for the markets to remain open, with reasonable arguments.

People want to get back to normal, eventually, and that includes farmers’ markets. We must make sure that nothing permanently cripples this commercial format.

One significant side effect of the necessity to shelter in place could be a vast increase in obesity among both adults and children.

In the confined environment we find themselves in right now due to COVID-19, how many reasons for overeating the average American is up against every day?

If kids were not getting enough activity in ordinary times, the need for isolating and social distancing really puts the whipped cream on that hot-fudge sundae.

We are chronicling the history of Brian Wansink, who was entrusted to psychologically manipulate the behavior of children and teenagers in school cafeterias.

There is more to say about Brian Wansink, Ph.D., the inventor of Smarter Lunchrooms, which took over in about 30,000 American public schools.

Why have people been objecting to the content, methodology, and what they deem the low publication standards of work by Dr. Brian Wansink?

The critics of the program point out that universal acceptance of Smarter Lunchrooms might not be the optimal path toward reducing obesity in children.

The discussion of application of choice architecture and other principles used by the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement to fight childhood obesity in schools.

By adding a contrived complication to a school lunch line the managers can prevent the consuming student from choosing the more fattening beverage.

In looking back over the past decade, and how schools need to both feed kids and prevent them from becoming obese, it’s clear that reform needs popular support.

New federal nutrition standards were applied to school meals in 2011, and local districts scrambled to meet the requirements for more health-promoting menus.

How are the schools across America rethinking the new school lunch requirements while adding anti-obesity measures?

A worldwide pattern is becoming apparent, including in the U.S., where the Big Soda industry has manipulated public health policy for its benefit.

The preoccupation with long-term effects of artificial flavor enhancers, voiced by concerned health professionals, is justified for many reasons.

By the time adolescence rolls around obesity is established. So, when it comes to sustaining weight loss over the long term, who is able to succeed?

No matter how earnestly we strive to hear there may be real-world limits on what can be done to help obese kids and prevent childhood obesity.