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Those Picked Last, a foundation created to educate and bring together parents, children, clinicians, educators, politicians and businesses to combat childhood obesity, is announcing its first ever conference in honor of Childhood Obesity Month. The conference, “Weaving The Threads of Hope for Change” is being held on Tuesday, September 7 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Hilton Columbus at Easton…

As the U.S. launches its first-ever National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month today, scientists say the problem may be even more widespread than was thought. Researchers have found that parents tend to underreport their children’s weight. Estimates of obesity and body mass index (BMI) based on parent-supplied data may miss one in five obese children…

Some simple interventions used by pediatricians were enough to change a parent’s perspective about a child’s being overweight or obese, and change the parent’s behaviors at home to reduce those risks…

AP - A child obesity epidemic fed by fast food, sugary drinks and too much television threatens to create the first generation of American youths who live shorter lives than their parents, Michelle Obama said Monday.

Family doctors and pediatricians can influence when parents wean their children from the bottle, thereby helping to reduce tooth decay, obesity and iron deficiency, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)…

Adolescent girls who think they are overweight, but are not, are at more risk for depression than girls who are overweight and know it, according to Penn State sociologists. “Parents often worry about overweight girls’ mental health, but our findings show that it is girls who have a healthy weight but perceive being overweight who are most likely to feel depressed,” said Jason N…

AP - Most parents think childhood obesity is a problem. Just not their kids’ problem.

Migrant children are at increased risk of obesity, but a new study shows that a program teaching multiple lifestyle changes to predominantly migrant preschoolers and their parents helps the children reduce body fat and improve fitness. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego…

LiveScience.com - Most parents don’t realize if their preschool-age child is
overweight or obese, a new study suggests.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — They’re out there on the
Web: Sites that offer tips to successful purging or water-only fasts;
others that list methods of hiding rapid weight loss from parents and
doctors.

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