Tag: Childhood obesity

  • Nation & World

    Preventing childhood obesity in the first 1,000 days of life

    A new study demonstrates how changing parents’ health behavior and how clinicians deliver care to mothers and infants decreases excess weight gain in infants.

    4 minutes
    Mother with baby.
  • Nation & World

    What we eat and why we eat it

    Harvard Ph.D. students explore the culture and science of food in the latest episodes of the Veritalk podcast. The talks cover veganism, gut health, food and diaspora, and childhood obesity.

    2 minutes
    Indian food buffet.
  • Nation & World

    Tackling childhood obesity with a text message

    Two interventions that link clinical care with community resources helped improve key health measures in overweight or obese children at the outset of a study, as reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Improvements in U.S. diet lower premature deaths

    Two new studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shed light on critical dietary issues facing Americans. One showed how dietary changes have reduced premature death. The second found intervention in childhood obesity less costly than the health care that followed.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Kids are what they eat

    Sugary cereals, oversized soft drinks, and quarter-pound cheeseburgers are among the unhealthy food choices kids face daily. Junk food, most of it highly processed, and sugar-sweetened beverages are major contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Targeting childhood obesity early

    With childhood obesity now affecting 17 percent of American children, the nation is rallying around the concept that serious action is required. Harvard researchers have identified some key triggers for obesity in early childhood.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Chef to receive Healthy Cup Award

    Jamie Oliver, the internationally acclaimed chef of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” will be honored by the Harvard School of Public Health for his substantial achievements in working to end the childhood obesity epidemic.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Not just child’s play

    Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston and UMass studied energy expenditure and enjoyment in schoolyard play, finding a menu of games to address childhood obesity.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Daily battle to improve health

    Harvard School of Public Health student Lyle Ignace hopes to use his experience as an American Indian physician and his new understanding of public health systems to make a difference in the Native American community.

    3 minutes