Science news articles about 'overweight kids'

... tests and are less inclined to join sports. OVERWEIGHT kids are at risk for a host of health complications, ...

... Researchers are looking at a variety of ways to help kids stay healthy, lose weight and be more active ... long as it follows a normal, progressing curve. In overweight kids, however, BMI usually increases ...

... of Medicine. "This finding indicates that aerobic exercise may be an effective strategy to help overweight kids reduce anger expression and aggressive behavior." The finding fits with evidence that ...

... anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children, researchers say. Aerobic exercise may be an effective strategy to help overweight kids reduce anger expression and aggressive behavior.

... from kindergarten through third grade displayed more depression, anxiety and loneliness than kids who were never overweight, and those negative feelings worsened over time," said Sara Gable, associate ...

Despite warnings, Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their kids are overweight, a study has found.

... that even though all of the children had elevated BMI, less than 13 percent of the parents of overweight kids reported their child as currently overweight. Fewer than one-third perceived that their ...