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05/22/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Sugar is dumbing down young children, new study warns; pregnant women told to watch their diet

Consumption of excess sugar has been linked to various health concerns like cancer, diabetes, and obesity, and now another study has revealed that sugar consumption can affect childhood cognition. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, examined the side effects of consuming larger quantities of sugary drinks and foods, focusing […]

02/07/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Conflict of interest: Coca-Cola funded more than 40 studies on childhood obesity – and they all failed to disclose the firm’s financial influence

Childhood obesity is a complex epidemic, with lots of factors playing a role in the problem at the general and individual levels. Nevertheless, many weight problems can be boiled down to two driving forces: inactivity and poor eating choices. When fingers started pointing to soft drinks maker Coca-Cola for playing a role in the problem, […]

01/26/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Experts warn that kids who watch TV see more ads for junk food, consuming on average 500 more snacks per year than kids who don’t

Indeed, advertisements influence the mind. Experts discovered that children and teens who watched over three hours of TV commercials a day consumed more unhealthy foods compared to those who only saw only a few TV ads. The research team based the study on a YouGov survey, which involved more than 3,000 participants who were 11 […]

11/30/2017 / By JD Heyes

Study shows obesity epidemic in U.S. worsening as now more than HALF of all American kids will develop the condition

Despite a renaissance in organic foods and more information available than ever before about how to eat clean and avoid toxic, prepackaged, GMO-laden menus, America’s insatiable appetite for unhealthy fare grows — along with our waistlines. According to the most recent figures, more than half of all children in the country — 57 percent — […]

10/17/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Childhood obesity skyrocketing across America, and Big Pharma can’t wait for future wave of patients needing drugs for everything

Parents lead their children by example, and today’s youth are suffering in a big way because of their poor role models. America has an obesity epidemic, with more than a third of adults now falling into this category. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that childhood obesity is also skyrocketing given the bad example many parents are […]

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