Did you know that Less Sleep May Expand Kids’ Waistlines? I’ve written before about how lack of sleep affects children and you all know that I’m in favor of getting as much sleep as possible, up to 9.5 hours per night in the winter.
Most promising, these study results show that for every additional hour [...]

Tags: circadian rhythm, hormones, obesity, serotonin, sleep

Here’s a good follow-up to my recent post on the growing obesity problem amongst kids: Children Eat More Fruits and Vegetables If They Are Homegrown.
The study found that preschool kids served homegrown fruits and vegetables were nearly twice as likely to eat five servings per day than those who rarely or never had homegrown produce. [...]

Tags: children, fruit, gardening, vegetables

This article came through my RSS Reader a few days ago. It is about the significant rise in childhood obesity.
Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published [...]

Tags: BMI, children, obesity

I was directed to this article yesterday. Basically, doctors and parents are debating whether or not to call obese kids obese. Current guidelines are that overweight kids are called “at risk of overweight” and obese kids are called “overweight”. An “obesity task force” is now proposing calling the first category “overweight” and [...]

Tags: children, obesity