A new way to prevent childhood obesity: For the first time in Australia, researchers can accurately predict if babies are at risk of childhood obesity by the age of eight to nine years of age. Researchers from The University of Queensland have developed and validated the i-PATHWAY model, which uses simple risk factors mostly gathered […]
Tackling child obesity risks becoming “lost amidst reorganisation and delays”: Responding to the National Audit Office’s report on childhood obesity which found that it is not clear that the Department of Health & Social Care’s (DHSC) current programme will be able to make the step change needed in the timescale available, Dr Layla McCay, director […]
Childhood obesity linked to poor heart health signs at 11-12 years. Toddlers who were obese or overweight show concerning signs of cardiovascular disease at 11-12 years of age, according to a new study led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). The study, published in Pediatrics, found Australian children who were obese or overweight very early in life already […]
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Action Amanda wants to get your children moving! Watch this new music video with your kids. Its time to fight obesity levels which have alarmingly increased ten fold in children and teenagers over the last four decades according to new research in the Lancet […]