We found, for example, in research from the Rand Institute that the density of fast food outlets in areas was not necessarily correlated with how fat children were in those areas.
That change is aimed at reducing the amount of saturated fat consumed by children, according to the Agriculture Department.
It also called for a "traffic light" system in stores to mark out healthy and unhealthy foods, and for annual fat tests for children.
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Children born underweight have a substantial risk of central obesity (big stomachs, the worst kind of fat) as adults, while children born too big risk greater overall fatness as adults.
They also found that very thin children who became fat adults were more at risk of serious health problems.
Even the kids are fat: 13% of children ages six to 11 and 14% of adolescents ages 12 to 19 are overweight.
She is tall and willowy, a former fashion model with beauty, charm, two healthy children and a fat divorce settlement from her ex-husband, a wealthy TV and movie producer.
With billions spent in advertising high-fat, sugary foods to children, it's no wonder parents have to take a kid outside for a good talking-to to persuade them to eat the healthy stuff.
Meanwhile, six of the seven cereal bars targeted at children were high in saturated fat, the study found.
Layers of fat make veins hard to find in small children and obese adults.
Nancy Churnin, the health columnist for the Dallas Morning News, says she can put a fat American finger on what is making our children more corpulent: high school sports.
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Rosie Dodds, policy research officer for the National Childbirth Trust, said she believed there were some mothers who were concerned about their own fat intake who were also worried about their children's.
As they age rapidly, these children suffer from a loss of body fat and hair and an inability to gain weight.
Example: A senior female executive with a first-rate resume and a fat pension doesn't have the husband and children she once hoped for.
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But it wasn't the normal-weight children who were drinking the most skim or 1% fat milk.
The proposal addresses how toys and other marketing freebies entice children to buy fast-food meals that are high in fat and calories, Mar said.
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This would help parents protect their children from foods which contain excessive levels of sugar, salt and fat in a way that a tax wouldn't.
In a nationally recognized and industry-leading decision, Kellogg's announced that it would stop advertising these very same products to children unless they met specific nutrition guidelines for calories, sugar, fat and sodium.
In a nationally recognized and industry-leading decision, Kellogg's (nyse: K - news - people ) announced that it would stop advertising these very same products to children unless they met specific nutrition guidelines for calories, sugar, fat and sodium.
In the United Kingdom, the Food Standards Agency, described as a food watchdog, wants to defuse the so-called obesity time bomb and is considering such methods as a ban on TV advertising aimed at children, health warnings on foods high in salt, sugar and fat, and requiring school vending machines to offer healthy alternatives, according to press reports.
Ms. AUSTIN: We know on the days when children and teens eat fast food, they consume more calories, more fat, more added sugars and fewer fruits and vegetables.
Once children begin drinking cow's milk, they should be given full-fat milk until they are five.
County supervisor Ken Yeager said Tuesday that the ordinance "prevents restaurants from preying on children's love of toys to peddle high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium kids' meals, " and would help fight childhood obesity.
"Although this report focuses on one sandwich from our children's menu, the full Applebee's children's menu provides many options that are significantly lower in calories, fat and sodium" and meet the Kids LiveWell standards, said spokesman Kevin Mortesen.
Fat-cat moves that can get you in trouble with the AMT nowadays include having too many children or living in a high-tax state (since state and local taxes are not deductible under the AMT).
It will not be allowed in news, current affairs or children's programmes - or for alcoholic drinks and foods high in salt, sugar and fat.
"These children's lives are all about negativity - it's all about people saying they are fat and unfit, " says Mr Horridge.
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