MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'family weight issues'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376276&cid=t_237498_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FXm48PQvqjnU%2F We’ve written here about childhood obesity before, but I just caught this statistic: “About a third of children today are obese starting at age 2,” according to Joseph Skelton, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at Brenner Children’s Hospital. A third? Apparently so. One organization says that the way to prevent childhood obesity is by the entire family embracing a healthy lifestyle. A spokesperson for TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) says “parents are the single most influential factor in children’s lives when it comes to weight.” I believe that. Parents can encourage children to get exercise, or can belittle them and cause them problems with their self-image and weight. It’s up to the parents to be the support group. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Bli... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376276 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:50:05 +0100 2376276