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"Effect of the melanocortin-3 receptor C17A and G241A variants on weight loss in childhood obesity. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 85, 950-953. 49. Hung, C. C, Luan, J., Sims, M., Keogh, J. M., Hall, C, Wareham, N. J., O'Rahilly, S., and Farooqi, I. S. (2007). Studies of the SIM1 gene in relation to human obesity and obesity-related traits. Int. J. Obes. (Land.) 31, 429-434. 50. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, O. T. (2007)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Given the epidemic of childhood obesity and the fact that we are seeing heart disease in twenty-year-olds, will we soon see an epidemic of Alzheimer's when (or if) these kids turn forty? However, insulin resistance doesn't lead only to cognitive decline, memory impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Other Problems Created by Insulin Resistance It is well known that depression is more common in diabetics, but a Finnish study of young men found that those who had the worst insulin resistance had an almost threefold risk of having severe depression." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Obesity Over the last decade, the United States has witnessed an explosion in childhood obesity that has gone unexplained. Newsweek carried a picture of an obese child eating an ice cream cone with a subtitle that read, "Fat for Life? Six Million Kids are Seriously Overweight." On closer inspection, there are actually several clues as to the cause for this alarming increase in childhood obesity. Let us travel back to 1968 when Dr. Olney was conducting his experiments on mice fed MSG. (Mice are frequently used as test animals because they react most like humans to MSG." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Mutations in the human homolog PCSK1 were found in individuals with extreme childhood obesity and elevated proinsulin and proopiomelanocortin concentrations but very low insulin levels (for review see [29]). Because the human cases and the Cp/at mouse share similar phenotypes, it can be inferred that molecular defects in prohormone conversion represent a generic mechanism for obesity. The agouti protein, identified in the yellow obese (Ay) mouse, inhibits binding of a-MSH to melanocortin receptors." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "The heritability estimate for BMI in a study of childhood obesity in an Hispanic population was 40% and, in that study, heritability of diet and physical activity phenotypes ranged from 32% to 69% [4]. By using data from all types of studies, it is estimated that 40% to 70% of the within population variation in obesity is due to genetic variation [5] (Fig. 1). Most studies indicate that familial environment has only a minor impact on obesity. Genes implicated in obesity can have major, minor, or polygenic effects. A major gene is a single gene that has a large effect on the phenotype." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Effectiveness of school programs in preventing childhood obesity: a multilevel comparison. Am. J. Pub. Health. 95, 432-^-35. 143. Hill, J. O., Wyatt, H. R., Reed, G. W., and Peters, J. C. (2003). Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? Science 299, 853-855. 144. Wang, Y. C, Gortmaker, S. L., Sobol, A. M., and Kuntz, K. M. (2006). Estimating the energy gap among U.S. children: a counterfactual approach. Pediatrics 118, 1721-1733. CHAPTER 23 Obesity: The Role of Physical Activity in Adults MARCIA L. STEFANICK Stanford University, Stanford, California Contents I." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Susan Linn of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC): "We know that marketing is a factor in the childhood obesity epidemic. It is unconscionable that 8-12-year-olds see, on average, more than 7,600 food commercials a year—the vast majority for candy, snacks, cereals, and fast food."93 We understand that overweight is a risk factor for heart disease in adults, but the situation is more ominous still. Autopsy data from the conflicts in Korea94 and Vietnam,95 the Bogalusa study,96 and the PDAY Study97 all testify to the ubiquitous nature of the disease in young Americans." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"One of the most common, and most troubling, consequences of childhood obesity is diabetes, which has also risen at epidemic rates in this country over the last two decades. Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that affects almost 21 million people in the United States, one to two million of whom suffer from its most severe form, called "Type 1" (also known as juvenile-onset and insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus). One out of every fourteen people in this country has some form of diabetes, which has become the sixth leading cause of death in the United States." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "And actually, the most important predictor of childhood obesity is your basic innate activity level. It's not that you're playing sports for an hour a day, but that your basic activity is higher than the other kids." He went on to give an example of this phenomenon: "If two kids were sitting in a room and the phone rang, one kid will get up, and one won't. The kid who gets up is thin. The kid who doesn't get up is not. It's that simple. That little fidgety movement is very important to the well-being of a child." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "Our appalling diet has contributed to an epidemic in childhood obesity. In the modern world, very few parents take the time to cook anymore. We're too busy, or we've simply gotten out of the habit. In many families, both parents work, coming home just in time to zap some frozen dinner in the microwave. It's considered a luxury to be able to prepare healthy, nutritious, whole-food meals for our families. As a result, our kids' health is suffering. About one in six children between the ages of six and nineteen is considered overweight." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"These links even extend, to a significant degree, to other modern childhood epidemics, including those of learning disabilities, depression, teen suicide, substance abuse, speech pathologies, diabetes, childhood obesity, and recurrent ear infections. It is not your imagination: All of these problems are on the rise, some are running wild, and many are intimately related. Because there is such a strong common denominator of toxicity and metabolic failure among the 4-A disorders, there are many common traits and experiences among the children who suffer from these disorders." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, and Stimulants -Major Underlying Contributors To "Childhood Obesity" I'm glad this issue is finally being brought to the public's attention, as it obviously must be addressed before this serious trend continues to worsen. The fact that these drugs are also a contributing factor to childhood obesity, is something that very few are actually aware of. As you may have noticed, the study reported by Scripts, Inc. was attributing children acquiring diabetes, to their being overweight." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"As a result of the childhood obesity epidemic, even young children in the United States are beginning to develop type 2 diabetes, a disease that until recently was seen only in adults. Perhaps doctors don't put much effort into encouraging patients to exercise and lose weight because they don't believe their efforts will produce positive results. This conventional wisdom is not borne out by the scientific evidence. Two randomized studies, for example, tested the effectiveness of counseling for people at high risk of developing diabetes and came up with exactly the same results." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Potential causes for this trend include rising childhood obesity rates and inactivity, cows' milk- and soy-infant formulas, bovine growth hormones commonly added to milk, hormones and antibiotics in beef, and non-fermented soy products such as soy milk and tofu, which mimic estrogens. Soy's estrogenic effects exceed those produced by the birth-control pill by 4 to 5 times. (Also see Soy and Cancer below." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Pediatricians and family doctors, for example, cannot possibly stem the tide of childhood obesity by themselves when advertisements for fast food and snack foods and vending machines containing high-calorie snacks saturate children's environment, presenting a far more compelling message. Hopefully, in the years to come we will look back and see how ridiculous we were to have believed that biomedicine alone—without considering the health consequences of how we live our lives—could possibly provide optimal health." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"It's far better to just do a happy story on how this is a way to keep kids healthy and to help with childhood obesity. Every time we tell a journalist that that's the story they should do, they're very happy doing that story." Snyder said he would give me the "Reader's Digest version" when I arrived. "It's like asking how chocolate chip cookies are made," he said. "You blend 'em up, throw 'em in the oven and bingo, out comes a cookie. That's how Grapple works. We aren't going to give out the recipe." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Sixty percent of children ages 5-10 had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease according to 2004 data from the Institute of Medicine report "Childhood Obesity, Health in the Balance, 2004." In children as young as eight years old, the increase in Type II diabetes is so high that it can no longer rightfully be called "adult" onset diabetes. People are getting cancer and even heart disease at younger and younger ages. Sometimes athletes even drop dead in their teens." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Glucomannan (page 526) What are the symptoms of childhood obesity? The proper weight for a growing child or adolescent should be determined with the help of a doctor or other qualified health professional, who can also determine whether any unusual medical problems might be contributing to weight gain, whether any current health problems exist that are related to overweight, and appropriate weight control methods. Treating obesity should not include overly restrictive or fad diets that are missing essential nutrients. In fact, weight loss is not necessarily appropriate for a growing child." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "More research is needed to evaluate low-carbohydrate diets for treating childhood obesity. Glycemic index and glycemic load describe the tendency of foods to raise blood sugar. Eating meals containing foods that are low in glycemic index or glycemic load may influence appetite and other body mechanisms that affect excessive weight gain in children.27'28 A preliminary study reported that obese children using a low-glycemic-index diet lost more weight compared with a similar group using a low-fat diet." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Deception in Weight Loss Advertising 2003 Federal Trade Commission Report (PDF File) "Fast Food Linked to Childhood Obesity" CBS News, Health Watch (January 5, 2003) FTC Advertising Guidelines on Disclaimers www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/ad-faqs.htm FTC Information on Diet and Weight Loss Provides various FTC publications on diets, weight loss and other consumer protection issues related to health and fitness. "Given in, but not Completely" Sally Squires Washington Post (Tuesday, November 7, 2006) Discusses new study on cravings and restricting foods." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.) "I know fast food is easy and fun for kids — especially when there is a free toy as an inducement — but it's also easy to form the habit of eating fast food as a staple of their diets, which will direcdy contribute to childhood obesity. There are a lot of fast food restaurants that now offer salads, baked potatoes and other healthy choices instead of French fries. The reality is that people do not go to fast food restaurants to eat healthy. They go for convenience and taste." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Increasingly, adult-onset diabetes is becoming a misnomer: skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity are leading to increasing numbers of children who have Type 2 diabetes.) Some researchers believe that Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease—the body's natural defense system incorrectly identifies certain cells as outside invaders and sets out to destroy them. In the case of Type 1 diabetes, the cells that fall victim to this biological friendly fire are the precise cells in the pancreas responsible for insulin production." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"The Role of Media in childhood obesity," February 2004. http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/The-Role-Of-Media-in-Childhood-Obesity.pdf. Linn, Susan. Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood. New York: New Press, 2004. Ludwig, David. "Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study." Pediatrics 117, no. 3 (2006): 673-80. Mokdad, Ali, et al. "Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000." JAMA 291 (2004): 1238-45. -, et al. "The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Major contributors to childhood obesity include genetics, unhealthy diets, and sedentary lifestyles.4' 5 Overweight children often become adults with weight problems that contribute to a wide variety of health problems,6' 7 but even during childhood and adolescence, overweight can contribute to such disorders as type 2 diabetes (page 152), high cholesterol (page 223), high blood pressure (page 246), insulin resistance (page 273), and liver disease (page 290)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Myth: Parents can just say no to their kids In the public debate over childhood obesity, personal responsibility polemicists like to give parents a bad rap. Since it's rather difficult for food companies to hold young children accountable for their poor food decisions, blaming their parents is a convenient workaround. Common refrains in this context include: "Children don't drive themselves to the fast-food joints"; "Parents just need to turn off the television"; and the ever-popular "Parents should set a better example." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"So much for combating childhood obesity and diabetes! The Web site is divided up into three sections, one for educators, one for parents and one for food service professionals. When I looked at the Web site in July 2003 (the Web site regularly changes its content), in the educator portion of the site, teachers could download lesson plans to teach nutrition to their classrooms. Lesson plans included making hand puppets of cows and dairy foods and doing a finger play." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Similarly, BusinessWeek commentator David Kiley wrote: I happen to think McDonald's, for all the flack it gets about the childhood obesity problem, has a perfect right to sell Big Macs. But here's where the logic of this hip-hop plan jumps the rails for me. McDonald's just kicked off a campaign to advertise healthy eating and promoting physical activity to couch potato kids." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "They announced a new and improved voluntary school policy, this time negotiated with the Clinton Foundation (the former president has made childhood obesity one of his post-presidency causes) and the American Heart Association (AHA).22 While the nutrition standards are marginally better, they still allow diet soda, sports drinks, and other unhealthy beverages in high schools. But what didn't change is that the policy is still completely voluntary and lacking any accountability." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "If the policy was truly reflective of a desire to be "part of the solution" to childhood obesity, why would the ABA need to advertise it? Wouldn't just making improvements in schools be reward enough? What possible purpose could an ad campaign serve, other than to promote soda companies as responsible and caring corporate citizens? If this tactic sounds eerily familiar, it should. Taking a page right out of Big Tobacco's playbook, Big Soda spent more money on promoting themselves as responsible than on actually being responsible." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"This initiative officially endorses longstanding efforts by many school districts to provide only healthy foods, and hopefully reduce the growing incidence of childhood obesity and related diseases. Enforcement of this initiative would be the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is in charge of the current Public School Lunch Program." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

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