Overweight Kids: Some Root Causes of Childhood Obesity

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Overweight Kids: Some Root Causes of Childhood Obesity

A few years ago, the Australian Government launched a $6 million campaign to reduce Child obesity and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) welcomed the focus on kids' health.

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Tags: Obesity, Healthy Living, Children's Health, American Medical Assn, Medical

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Are Your Kids Overweight? Blame It On Product Placement

science20.com — “It seems that everything except the causes of childhood obesity receive blame for childhood obesity. While common sense and plenty of research indicate that parents and social setting are the primary influences on children's eating habits, the effort to pin the problem on food manufactures never ends. Recently, the authors of a study in Pediatrics continued the charade by suggesting that product placement in movies may bear some of the responsibility for the expanding waistlines of America's Chi” View full resource at science20.com