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Limited evidence that COVID -19 infection during pregnancy could lead to a greater risk of childhood obesity. Much more evaluation required to determine is there is a plausible mechanism involved in the process and if this is true.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 30, 2023 Source:Contracting COVID-19 while pregnant could lead to a higher risk of obesity for the child: study Reference:Press release: COVID-19 during pregnancy may increase obesity risk in children
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Study demonstrated that consumption of ultra-processed hyper-palatable foods led to increased daily caloric consumption and weight gain
Health Headlines Commentary for May 17, 2019 Source: Ultra-processed foods ‘make you eat more’ Why Eating Processed Foods Might Make You Fat People who followed a diet of ultra-processed foods ate about 500 more calories a day compared to when they ate a whole foods diet. Reference: Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight…
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Children with obesity should have health issues evaluated with more than just BMI.
Health Headlines Commentary for April 3, 2019 Source: Obesity in children should be defined by health issues, not just BMI: study Reference: Obesity class versus the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics to define health risk in childhood obesity: results from the CANPWR cross-sectional study
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Household cleaning products link to childhood gut bacteria changes and subsequent obesity based on another observational study. Many confounding variables make this link tenuous.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 20, 2018 Source: Household Cleaning Products Could Be Making Children Overweight: Canadian Study Reference: Postnatal exposure to household disinfectants, infant gut microbiota and subsequent risk of overweight in children Analysis: Your kitchen could hurt you, save you, or make your children overweight Do household cleaners trigger child obesity?
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Food marketing normalizing processed and junk food as a mainstay of our diets affecting our children’s health
Health Headlines Commentary for September 18, 2018 Source: Prof calls for nationwide healthy food strategy amid Canadian childhood obesity crisis
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Big Food marketing machine has convinced parents on the merits of their swill, now normalized and convenient for your children’s increasing consumption.
Health Headlines Commentary for December 8, 2017 Source: Canadians, especially kids, get half their daily calories from ultra-processed foods Reference: News release: Time to curb our appetite for ultra-processed food Commentary by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff
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Sunday House Call, #632, October 15, 2017: Childhood obesity rates increasing? Pshaw, keep your dirty sugar tax away from my liquid candy!
Sunday House Call, #631, October 15, 2017: Childhood obesity rates increasing? Pshaw, keep your dirty sugar tax away from my liquid candy! Topics today include: Childhood obesity rates are dramatically increasing yet we still won’t take even a baby step to influence reduced consumption. Granted more than s sugar tax is needed such as massive…
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Childhood obesity rates continue to climb thanks in part to slick marketing and the normalization of the subsequent obesogenic environment it created
Health Headlines Commentary for October 11, 2017 Source: Global childhood obesity rates now 10 times higher than in 1975 Reference: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
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School junk food bans may be having a positive health outcome but data source is limited by self-reporting bias
Health Headlines Commentary for June 26, 2017 Source: Banning of junk food sales in Canadian schools having a positive effect: study
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Sunday House Call, #632, October 15, 2017: Childhood obesity rates increasing? Pshaw, keep your dirty sugar tax away from my liquid candy!
Sunday House Call, #631, October 15, 2017: Childhood obesity rates increasing? Pshaw, keep your dirty sugar tax away from my liquid candy! Topics today include: Childhood obesity rates are dramatically increasing yet we still won’t take even a baby step to influence reduced consumption. Granted more than s sugar tax is needed such as massive…