Boys & Girls Clubs of America curb childhood obesity with healthy lifestyle programs
New Programming Motivates Teens to Take Steps in a Healthy Direction.Recent data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that nearly one in five school-age children are…
January 28, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cdc, centers, diet, disease, disease-control, from-the-centers, motivates-teens, nutritional counseling, on call diets, prevention, programming, steps, teens
Teen girls: obesity linked to lower academic performance
Obesity carries with it many health risks, such as cardiovascular disease, prediabetes and many types of cancer. But now, a new study has found a link between obesity in adolescent girls and lower academic levels throughout their teens.
March 11, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academic-levels, adolescent-girls, diet, link-between, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, such-as-cardiovascular, teens
State Laws Aimed At Improving School Meals Help Teens Eat More Fruits And Vegetables, New Study Finds
Students’ intake of fruits and vegetables increased when states required schools to offer them at lunch, especially among teens who had only unhealthy snacks available at home Teens in states that required schools to offer fruits and vegetables as part of the meal program consumed more fruits and vegetables than those living in states with no such policies, according to a st…
March 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: available-at-home, diet, meal, more-fruits, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, required-schools, such-policies, teens, the-meal, vegetables-as-part, vegetables-increased
