Shocking test results show nearly two thirds of Californian youngsters are unfit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233820/Shocking-test-results-nearly-thirds-Californian-youngsters-unfit.html Tests show just 31 per cent of state’s students are physically fit Education department says results present ‘tremendous challenge’ Second year in a row Californian youngsters have scored poorly for fitness By Sam Adams PUBLISHED: 04:57 EST, 16 November 2012 | UPDATED: 04:57 EST, 16 November 2012 Nearly two thirds of children living in […]

Fat teenage boys ‘could be impotent and infertile later in life’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2219480/Fat-teenage-boys-face-increase-risk-infertility-later-life.html Obese young men have around half total testosterone levels of normal weight teens Implications described as ‘horrendous’ because it could leave them impotent and infertile By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 04:41 EST, 18 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:48 EST, 18 October 2012 Obese teenage boys have up to 50 per cent less testosterone than […]

HALF of overweight teens in U.S. are at risk of heart attacks, study reveals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147627/Health-fears-study-finds-half-overweight-teens-U-S-risk-heart-attack.html 3,383 youths aged 12 to 19 participated in study Percentage of diabetic or pre-diabetic teens rose from 9% in 1999 to 21% in 2008 Found that 50% of overweight and 60% of obese youths had at least one risk factor for future heart disease In normal weight kids 27% had a risk factor By […]

Not loving it? Young people who know TV fast-food adverts best are TWICE as likely to be obese

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137186/Adverts-fast-food-make-children-fat-Kids-recognise-chicken-hamburger-TWICE-likely-obese.html Survey of 3,342 young people aged 15 to 23 ‘Exam’ with adverts with brands removed and asked to recognise brand Those who recognised most were TWICE as likely to be obes By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:15 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:59 EST, 30 April 2012 Young people who watch television fast-food adverts […]

Babies treated in the womb for obesity: Overweight mothers-to-be get diabetes pill to cut the risk of having a fat child

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2123700/Babies-treated-womb-obesity-Overweight-mothers-diabetes-pill-cut-risk-having-fat-child.html NHS trial has been started in attempt to halt obesity epidemic If it is a success, treatment could be widespread in five years But there is unease over problem that could be solved by exercise and diet By Julie-anne Barnes and Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 16:33 EST, 1 April 2012 | UPDATED: 13:52 EST, 2 […]

Junk food DOESN’T make kids fat, their families do, says new study

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090217/Junk-food-DOESNT-make-kids-fat-families-do.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:07 PM on 22nd January 2012 There may be vending machines and junk foods in schools across the country – but this is not the reason children are gaining weight, scientists claim. A recent study asserts that the percentage of overweight 13-year-olds in schools where junk food […]

They’re not lovin’ it: Healthy California town fights new McDonald’s against Adventist religion

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:46 PM on 22nd January 2012 The California town of  Loma Linda, a center of the Seventh Day Adventist church, is up in arms against a McDonald’s proposed for the town. Considered one of the healthiest towns in the world with some of the longest-living residents, many church […]

Fury over ‘Big Brother’ plan to fight obesity in children by tracking students with electronic tags

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087400/New-York-schools-play-big-brother-track-movements-kids-order-fight-obesity.html ‘When you get into monitoring people’s biological vital signs, that’s a pretty intrusive measurement’ New York district following in the steps of New Jersey and Missouri By Meghan Keneally Last updated at 5:07 PM on 16th January 2012 Parents and civil rights activists are furious at the new program that will allow school administrators […]