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Strategies When Addressing Child Obesity
Here's a guide to understanding and dealing with childhood obesity. If you're overweight or obese, you are not alone – you're among nearly 130 million other U.S. adults. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death and is closely linked to conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, gout, asthma, and gum disease. WebMD has created a weight loss clinic to addresses this public health epidemic.
The WebMD Weight Loss Clinic starts with an in-depth assessment of your personal goals, your eating habits, and your food preferences. Then we create a balanced, easy-to-follow meal plan that includes the foods you love -- so you'll stick with it, and achieve your weight loss goals. |
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13 Weight
Loss Tips for Kids
Newspaper articles and television reports constantly remind us that a growing number of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese. And many parents are being told to put their kids on a diet or risk that they will develop serious health problems. But what is the best way to get a child to lose weight and keep it off?
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