Articles Tagged: overweight children

Gastric bypass teenager sheds 10 stone and finds love in time for Christmas

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Dec 12, 2011

Britain's youngest gastric bypass patient is celebrating her trim new figure this Christmas after shedding a whopping TEN STONE.

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Three hours exercise a DAY for under fives says Government

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jul 11, 2011

New guidelines suggest TODDLERS should be exercising for at least three hours a day.

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Three-year-old boy weighs almost TEN STONE

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 24, 2011

Lu Hao is only three years old, but weighs much the same as a fully grown woman. The little boy tips the scales at a ...

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Overweight kids

By parentdish.co.uk, Jul 10, 2010

More and more children are becoming overweight and even obese, which can lead to bullying and health problems. Here's our ...

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Parents 'don't realise' their children are obese or overweight

By Jennifer Laville, Jan 28, 2010

A new study has found 75 of fathers think their overweight child is normal size. Half the mothers, and 39% of fathers with ...

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Missing DNA may be the reason behind some childhood obesity

By Emma Cossey, Dec 7, 2009

Children who suffer from serious obesity may be able to attribute it to missing DNA, according to researchers. The missing ...

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It's Walk to School Week - get out of your car!

By Jenny Cornish, May 21, 2009

It's Walk to School Week, and it has been revealed that around half of primary school children currently don't walk to school ...

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