July 2008 Linkzine
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
The Centers for Disease Control reports that the prevalence of overweight children age 6 to 11 more than doubled between 1980 and 2004, from 7 percent to 18.8 percent. Our July Linkzine sizes up childhood obesity with articles defining what it is and why it has become such a widespread problem.
Childhood Obesity: Make Weight Loss a Family Affair
Mayo Clinic
Childhood Obesity Rate Levels Off
Time Magazine (in partnership with CNN)
Healthy Youth: Childhood Overweight
Centers for Disease Control
Obesity in Children
Medline Plus
Overweight and Obesity
KidsHealth.org
Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children
Washington Post
Obesity Threatens a Generation
Washington Post
Focus on Obesity
Institute of Medicine
Childhood Obesity: a Lifetime of Danger
USA Today
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The Centers for Disease Control reports that the prevalence of overweight children age 6 to 11 more than doubled between 1980 and 2004, from 7 percent to 18.8 percent. Our July Linkzine sizes up childhood obesity with articles defining what it is and why it has become such a widespread problem.
Childhood Obesity: Make Weight Loss a Family Affair
Mayo Clinic
Childhood Obesity Rate Levels Off
Time Magazine (in partnership with CNN)
Healthy Youth: Childhood Overweight
Centers for Disease Control
Obesity in Children
Medline Plus
Overweight and Obesity
KidsHealth.org
Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children
Washington Post
Obesity Threatens a Generation
Washington Post
Focus on Obesity
Institute of Medicine
Childhood Obesity: a Lifetime of Danger
USA Today
Return to TRACKS Linkzine Home
Return to Triangle TRACKS Home
Last updated by Elizabeth Shugg Jun. 28, 2008.
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