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They Say: You’re Making Your Kid Fat
Hey, you know how everything that ever goes wrong with your kid is totally your fault? Yeah, add another thing to that list. Researchers are looking at the role parents play in childhood obesity, and finding some interesting links between how infants are fed and those babies’ weight when they are older. Dr Elsie Tavares of Harvard Pilgrim Heal...
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The New Bad Boy On The BPA Block
If you were one of the parents who went racing around for a new BPA-free alternative after the big Sigg water bottles announcement a few months ago, sit down. We’ve got another one for you - and this one's a doozy. Z Recommends - who initially broke the story of how bogus Sigg’s BPA-free claims were - has a new story of water bottles...
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Five-year-old Can’t Stop Eating
Suman Khatun is eating herself to death, according to her doctor. The five-year-old from West Bengal weighs in at nearly 168 pounds, despite her average height. And the stress of her insatiable hunger is taking its toll on her family. Her mother, Belly Bibi, tells the UK Telegraph: Read more...
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Fat? Your Kid Is Too
Are you fat? And do you worry about your kids getting fat? Well, if you’re a mum of boys or a dad of girls, you probably don’t have much to worry about, if a new study is an indication. A British study of more than 200 families showed that obese moms are 10 times more likely to have obese daughters and obese dads are six times more likely to...
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They Say: Childhood Obesity Has Plateaued, But Still Bad
Do you want the good news or the bad news? The good news is that, despite constant hysterical media, the rates of childhood obesity don't seem to be rising. In fact, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures show the prevalence of overweight children attending general practice didn't change in the decade to 2008. The bad news? Twen...
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Babble Wrap: Learning Helps Keep A Check On Figures
Education not only expands the mind but shrinks the waistline, an OECD working paper has found. The Australian School Designs 'Outdated' As Rushed Kevin Rudd Rebuild A Missed Opportunity The global head of architecture giant Woods Bagot's educational division has called for a move away from outdated school design templates and towards modern, c...
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Gimme Sugar
Last month, I took my fifteen-month-old son Leo to his friend Elliot’s first birthday party. It was a mostly adult gathering and as we sat around the table the mother of a seven-month old offered him a taste of ice cream from her spoon. "I’m only giving him a taste," she explained, cheeks flushed. "I almost never give him sugar." Across t...
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My Baby, The Chubster
I was recently harshly reprimanded by a relative for calling my young toddler Chubby, Chubs McGinty and Chubby Chubs and, okay, once Greedy Guts (she eats all the time!). Apparently this relative was traumatised by being called fat names when she was younger. But my daughter doesn't even talk! And babies and toddlers are supposed to be fat! And ea...
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They Say: Parents Don’t Care If Boys Get Fat
A study that set out to determine whether restricting what and how much your child eats would eventually lead to obesity (it doesn't; more on that in a second) uncovered a dirty little secret: Parents care more about keeping their daughters skinny than letting their sons get fat. That actually came as no surprise to me and probably not you ei...
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