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Controversial Anti-Obesity Ad Campaign Forces Look at Obesity’s Financial Toll (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – Craig Johnson at HLN wrote an article about the controversial health ads being put out by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The ads feature overweight children and teenagers and point out uncomfortable results of being fat: bullying, health problems, and doses of shame and stigma

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Georgia Taking Wrong Tactic to Combat Childhood Obesity (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | An ad campaign by the organization Strong4Life and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has raised the question as to whether it is better to shame and belittle someone into losing weight. The ads feature overweight children and slogans such as “It’s hard to be a little girl if you’re not” and “Big bones didn’t make me this way.

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Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec.

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Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma
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Breastfeeding Reduces Childhood Obesity, Diabetes Risk (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – Children who are breastfed through age 18 months have healthier growth patterns and reduced incidence of diabetes and obesity, says a new study from Denmark. Here are findings from this study about breastfeeding child health benefits and implications for parenting.

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