Archive for 2008
Recommended Terminology Change for Adolescent BMI Percentiles
Posted on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
In an article entitled, “Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report,” published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommendations are made by an expert committee regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adolescent children. [...]
Shaping Food Preference and Taste of Young Children:
Posted on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
“We are What We Eat” this old Indian saying can accurately describe the current situation facing most of the world.
As it states we are what we eat, meaning eating high fat, high sugar unhealthy food will make us fat, unhealthy people. In turn, this will lead to increasing number of obesity-associated diseases such as [...]