3 schools and 13 students across the country have been named winners in the national Recess Rocks video contest for their suggestions for combating childhood obesity. The contest is component of the nationwide Recess Rocks childhood obesity prevention campaign launched by Community Well being Center, Inc. (CHC) in September 2010.   The video contest, which ran from September 8 to November 30, invited youngsters and young teens in grades 2 through 8 across the U.S. to submit a two-minute video featuring a speech, song, dance or commercial that answers two questions: “How do you feel about the childhood obesity problem?” and “What can you do about it?”.  Children could enter individually or as component of a group from a public or private school or youth-focused community organization or club. Entries had … Read entire article »

The Obesity Epidemic and Juvenile DiabetesThe growing obesity epidemic among children nowadays is considered a number 1 cause in the increase in juvenile diabetes in this country nowadays. Even though not everybody agrees on the causes and affects it’s onerous to argue with the continuing improve of young children with Kind a pair of diabetes who are overweight. Of course as the percentages of obese kids raises therefore will the proportion of those affected with juvenile diabetes at almost the identical rate.There appear to be two main factors for this increase in Sort a pair of diabetes among youngsters. Most children these days have a sedentary lifestyle that revolves around watching TV, playing video games, or using their pc to talk with and email their pals. The second problem for … Read entire article »