Stretch-n-Grow Blog

Children are more likely to be fat if their parents are inactive, according to a new study that rigorously measured the movements of Kiwi families.
Sundy Star Times Article

Health Minister Tony Ryall said the Government wanted "a greater balance between healthy eating and healthy action". "Unhealthy weight is a problem this Government takes seriously. The previous government focused on nutrition, but we will be taking a more balanced approach and announcing a greater role for physical activity and sports programmes in curbing the obesity problem."

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey talks about the foundations campaign against childhood obesity and its efforts to cope with the downturn.

A new study finds that, contrary to conventional wisdom, preschoolers don't move around a lot, even when they're playing outside.

Dr Robyn Toomath warns, obesity may worsen again with the stress of the current economic meltdown.

Children, ages 8 to 18, spend more time (44.5 hours per week) in front of computer, television, and game screens than any other activity in their lives except sleeping (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005).

The researchers used several statistical models to link obesity rates to the amount of time spent viewing fast food advertising, finding that viewing more fast food commercials on television raises the risk of obesity in children. The study appears in this month’s issue of The Journal of Law and Economics.

We're not talking kids stuff - the booming children's market is serious business, and franchisees are reaping the rewards.

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More Kiwi children are being treated for sleep disorders after overloading on technology before bedtime.
Specialists say computers, gaming consoles and texting disturb sleep patterns and cause learning, concentration and growth problems.

56 per cent of New Zealand adults are obese or overweight and the percentage is rising, fuelling fears of a blow-out in future health-care costs.
NZ Herald Article 9 Jan 2008