Last month, the Heritage Foundation had some fun with what it called a "flip-flop" by the Obama administration: Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a campaign against childhood obesity, which is interesting considering Pr...

Science news links for March 12-15, including the latest on my SpectroscopyNOW.com column: Feverish New World X-ray – X-ray crystallography has allowed US researchers to discover exactly how one type of New World hemorrhagic fever ...

Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware of local recreational opportunities, but can even help increase their own physical activity. That's the result of a study e...

$40,000 prize enlists leading talent in fight to end childhood obesity. ...

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama played indoor soccer with children at a Washington, D.C. school. The friendly match was organized as part of Mrs. Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity....

Health Affairs this month is devoted to the topic of childhood obesity, with the first study of the group - National, State, And Local Disparities In Childhood Obesity - pointing out that "new data from the 2007 National Survey of ...

Yesterday's top story: After CA banned soda and restricted the sale of junk foods in school cafeterias, the rate of childhood obesity decreased significantly.From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News (REF3076322B7)Lab Notes: Ban on Junk ...

New policies that eliminate sugary beverages and junk foods from schools may help slow childhood obesity, according to a new study.

We all know about the problems with childhood obesity around our country. And this upcoming week, KID HEALTHY-Steps to Healthy Living will kick off their 2010 campaign in the first of many daily 10,000 step walks. Over 100,000 South...

Michelle Obama joins in on a youth soccer clinic to help promote the national fight against childhood obesity with her ‘Let’s Move!’ campaign in Washington, DC on Friday (March 5). The 46-year-old First Lady played soccer, sprinted,...

Michelle Obama played soccer today in D.C. to promote her Let's Move campaign to fight childhood obesity. And she wore workout clothes! They included black boot-cut yoga pants, a black, ruched, relaxed, long-sleeved tunic top, ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first in a series of web videos and public service announcements to promote First Lady Michelle Obama's national initiative, Let's Move, to solve childhood obesity with...

Before developing specific anti-obesity strategies, lawmakers and advocates should review the evidence on program effectiveness and costs in order to avoid policies that either won't work or will waste money, says Cornell economist ...

Randy Newman’s sardonic first album covered father/son dynamics, childhood obesity and pork-barrel politics, and in less than four minutes told the story of a young couple from marriage to death. The record’s trenchant humor and cha...

Last week, Michelle Obama encouraged Americans to cut out that cookie or can of soda, in order to combat childhood obesity. Her message: even small changes can lead to big weight loss. Personal experience told me, this was not true....

Community support of school obesity prevention programs is critical to achieving a significant decrease in obesity among children, according to researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which ...

It’s almost impossible to keep up with what’s being written about childhood obesity.  The papers and commentary pour in.  Much of this is well worth reading.  If you want to keep up on the latest thinking about the issue, here are s...

A report published in the journal Health Affairs calls for increased body mass index surveillance as a tool to combat the childhood obesity epidemic and urges state and federal action to implement effective BMI surveillance systems ...

New policies that eliminate sugary beverages and junk foods from schools may help slow childhood obesity, according to a San Francisco State University study released today and published in the March issue of the journal Health Affa...

Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move fitness initiative, the rallying cry to end obesity in children in this generation, is rooted in her own childhood, she says. The current emphasis in discussion of the initiative has been on the nutrition...