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Leveraging the digital era for fitter, healthier, happier children
Leveraging the digital era for fitter, healthier, happier children

Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Obesity, Uncategorized

Leveraging the digital era for fitter, healthier, happier children

PhD Candidate Diana Zhu, Senior Lecturer Zoe Davidson and Associate Professor Simone Gibson, Monash University Overweight and obesity is the second-largest contributor to Australia’s disease burden and health costs, including significantly driving Australia’s high-cost diseases (for example, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers). It’s estimated to cost the Australian economy $11.8 billion, and if obesity rates continue to [...]

By Generation Next|2022-06-07T13:47:48+10:00June 6th, 2022|Categories: Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Obesity, Uncategorized|Tags: Article|0 Comments

How gardening at school can tackle child obesity
How gardening at school can tackle child obesity

Obesity

How gardening at school can tackle child obesity

Matluba Khan, Cardiff University Childhood obesity is a major public health concern in the UK. Surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018 showed that 28% of children aged from two to 15 in England were overweight or obese. Overweight and obese children have a greater chance of staying obese as adults. They are at risk of [...]

By Generation Next|2020-12-15T10:05:51+11:00December 15th, 2020|Categories: Obesity|0 Comments

Kids spend nearly three-quarters of their school day sitting. Here’s how to get them moving — during lessons
Kids spend nearly three-quarters of their school day sitting. Here’s how to get them moving — during lessons

Education, Obesity

Kids spend nearly three-quarters of their school day sitting. Here’s how to get them moving — during lessons

Natalie Lander, Deakin University and Jo Salmon, Deakin University Regular physical activity is linked to improvements in physical and mental health including anxiety and depression. It can also improve cognitive functioning such as attention and memory, and academic achievement in children. But only 14% of Australian children get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity [...]

By Generation Next|2020-09-07T15:02:12+10:00September 7th, 2020|Categories: Education, Obesity|0 Comments

Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself
Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself

Body Image, Eating Disorders, Obesity

Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself

The Fast Track to Health study is a year-long dietary trial in adolescents with obesity. Since it started in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of 2018, it has been criticised for increasing the risk of eating disorders in people who may be especially vulnerable to these conditions. Sydney-based clinical psychologist Louise Adams started up [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:29:25+11:00April 8th, 2019|Categories: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Obesity|Tags: dieting, disordered eating, eating habits, fasting, weight loss|0 Comments

Obesity Link to Depression and Anxiety in University of Newcastle Research
Obesity Link to Depression and Anxiety in University of Newcastle Research

Mental Illness, Obesity

Obesity Link to Depression and Anxiety in University of Newcastle Research

The rise in cases of obesity and mental illness has coincided, suggesting the two may be linked, a University of Newcastle researcher says. “There is substantial overlap between addictive eating with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression,” Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics Tracy Burrows said. Dr Burrows said mental-health disorders including depression [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-02T16:32:10+11:00June 7th, 2018|Categories: Mental Illness, Obesity|Tags: anxiety, Depression, obesity, research, university|0 Comments

Experts Encourage Exercise to Protect Against Depression
Experts Encourage Exercise to Protect Against Depression

Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Obesity, Suicide

Experts Encourage Exercise to Protect Against Depression

What’s your one hour a week? The Black Dog Institute is challenging Australians to complete at least one hour of physical activity a week to help improve their physical and mental health as part of ‘Exercise Your Mood’ week, until May 6, 2018. The campaign follows a recent study led by the Black Dog Institute [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:27:20+11:00May 7th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Obesity, Suicide|Tags: Depression, exercise, prevention, Regular activity|0 Comments

Dentists Plead to Reduce Children’s Sugar Intake
Dentists Plead to Reduce Children’s Sugar Intake

Obesity, Society & Culture

Dentists Plead to Reduce Children’s Sugar Intake

Dentists are pleading with parents to cut the amount of sugar in their children's lunch boxes, as figures show NSW is in the grips of a child tooth decay crisis. More than 100 children are having multiple rotting teeth extracted, filled and capped under general anaesthetic each week, the latest NSW hospitalisation data shows. Tooth [...]

By Generation Next|2018-01-29T16:22:13+11:00January 29th, 2018|Categories: Obesity, Society & Culture|Tags: decay, dentist, lunch, NSW, sugar, teeth|0 Comments

High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Obesity in Children
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Obesity in Children

Obesity, Society & Culture

High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Obesity in Children

High blood pressure during pregnancy poses serious risks to mothers and babies. It may also increase the risk for childhood obesity, a new study reports. Chinese researchers studied 88,406 mother-child pairs, with complete data on maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and multiple follow-ups between ages 4 and 7 for the children. About 10 percent of [...]

By Generation Next|2017-09-29T14:11:32+10:00September 29th, 2017|Categories: Obesity, Society & Culture|Tags: blood pressure, hypertension, pregnancy|0 Comments

Disney Branded Non-Alcoholic Drinks Marketed to Children
Disney Branded Non-Alcoholic Drinks Marketed to Children

Eating Disorders, Obesity, Uncategorized

Disney Branded Non-Alcoholic Drinks Marketed to Children

A CONTROVERSIAL Disney branded product designed to look like champagne is still being marketed to children despite a company pledge to ban it. A RANGE of Disney branded non-alcoholic drinks that resemble champagne are being marketed in the UK and Europe despite the company pledging to ban such products from sale more than one year [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:38:12+11:00September 25th, 2017|Categories: Eating Disorders, Obesity, Uncategorized|Tags: alcohol, children, sugar drinks|0 Comments

Is a Low-Carb Diet Safe for Kids?
Is a Low-Carb Diet Safe for Kids?

Eating Disorders, Obesity

Is a Low-Carb Diet Safe for Kids?

Low-carbohydrate eating plans continue to be popular. And while there is no official definition of a low-carb diet, most advise curbing or eliminating some or all grains, fruits, legumes and vegetables. Preteens and adolescents may be particularly interested in trying carbohydrate-restricting diets due to the promised weight loss. Or, maybe an older relative is following [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:37:40+11:00September 4th, 2017|Categories: Eating Disorders, Obesity|Tags: kids and carbs, kids diet|0 Comments