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05/16/2018 / By David Williams

Conflicting messages: Study finds junk food promoted through sports leagues is a harmful contributor to the childhood obesity epidemic

It’s a well-known fact that the media plays a part in the spread of potentially harmful messages to children that might be watching. Now a new study has looked even further into this, and the researchers behind it have singled out the world’s biggest sports leagues as major culprits. According to the study, most of […]

12/07/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Drink water, eat fruit: Fruit drinks marketed to children found to have shockingly high amounts of sugar

According to research published in the online journal BMJ Open, the sugar content of fruit drinks is “unacceptably high.” These refreshments include fruit drinks, and smoothies are some of the worst offenders. The findings revealed that at least half of the products assessed contained almost all of a child’s entire daily recommended maximum sugar intake of 19 grams […]

12/07/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

The evolution of body size: New study explores how height and weight of humans has changed over time

Have you ever wondered why people are of different heights and weights? A new large-scale study attempted to answer this by exploring the evolutionary patterns in humans. For the study, researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed the height and weight of 311 hominin specimens, the ancestral lineage of which Homo sapiens alone still exist, dating from […]

10/27/2017 / By Janine Acero

Fatty liver disease on the rise in children—from too many sweet treats

A sweetener used in ice cream and soda may cause potentially fatal liver disease, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that high fructose consumption is triggering an early form of fatty liver disease in children, a condition that is normally associated with alcohol consumption, which can lead to cancer, stroke, and heart problems. Clinically […]

10/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Children are more obese than ever, and the numbers are still growing; there are 10 times more overweight kids than there were 40 years ago

International experts from various fields are all saying the same thing: STOP. Stop denying that there isn’t an obesity crisis. Stop feeding your children junk. And most of all, stop practicing unhealthy lifestyle habits. The slightly desperate plea made by researchers at the Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) comes at the […]

10/17/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Escapism is bad for kids mentally, emotionally, physically: Parents should remove electronics if they want to improve health, behavior, grades

Parents should be aware of another boogeyman in the closet. A team of researchers from the Iowa State University are concluding that placing a TV along with a gaming console in a child’s bedroom could result in developmental and social problems later on. The effect is not a correlation but a relationship; meaning that while […]

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