Simple Lifestyle Changes Could Mean Fewer Obese Preschoolers
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 11:56
in Health & Medicine
Family meals, adequate sleep, and limited TV time may reduce obesity prevelance among preschoolers by almost 40 percent, according to a study in the March Issue of Pediatrics. The new research is the first to assess the combination of all three routines with obesity prevalence in a national sample of preschoolers. Each routine on its own was associated with lower obesity, and more routines translated to lower obesity prevalence among 4-year-olds, according to the analysis. The link between the routines and lower obesity prevalence was also seen in children with and without other risk factors for obesity. read more