a schedule, and using food to calm infant’s fussiness—and fatness at age 5. They also found that mothers who were more … concerned about their infants overeating or eventually being overweight were more likely to have fatter children by age 5. They …

With the prevalence of obesity on the rise, keeping young children physically active is an important strategy to … promote their health and well-being. But survey instruments to measure physical activity in preschool-aged children are … have not been evaluated. This study compared a direct measure of children's physical activity with two parental …

promising, evidence-based clinical and community-based strategies to prevent and treat obesity for children and families. …

With the prevalence of obesity on the rise, keeping young children physically active is an important strategy to … promote their health and well-being. But survey instruments to measure physical activity in preschool-aged children are … have not been evaluated. This study compared a direct measure of children's physical activity with two parental …

.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to examine three areas of school food environments: policies and practices, availability of … schools in 38 states. Researchers found that the overall food environment becomes significantly less healthy as students … schools and 92 percent of middle schools sold food and beverages a la carte, and nearly 80 percent of these secondary schools …

examines the contribution of school meals to the food and nutrient intake of children in food-secure, marginally secure, and … food-insecure households. The study finds that children from food-insecure and marginally secure households receive a … larger proportion of their food and nutrient intakes at school than do children from highly secure households. …