I have a really hard time wrapping my head around this, but a new study says that almost “one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese.” The study also says that children of color are more likely to be obese as well.

The thing about this study was that it was before the kids even got into school! This has to do with less physical activity and eating more foods that are bad for you. As a kid, the only TV programs I watched were Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. I didn’t watch them every day or even back …read more

It appears that stress doesn’t just make adults seek refuge in a bag of potato chips. Kids also turn to food to avoid dealing with stressful situations. According to a recent Reuters UK report, children raised in stressful home environments are more likely to be fat.
The data is from a study of nearly 7,500 Swedish families that were tracked from the time the family’s children were born until the children turned 5 or 6. Parents were asked to report on various stress factors including family accident or illness, death, divorce, unemployment, exposure to violence, as well as parenting difficulties, spouse …read more