Are wholesale markets at schools, like the Lions’ Den Pantry at Lincoln Elementary in Anaheim, the answer toward combatting childhood obesity?
Tag: childhood obesity
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
No More Avoiding That Fruit Cup
New rules set by the USDA require schools to make students put at least one serving of fruits or vegetables on their lunch trays.
Posted inTop Stories
Read, Write, Drop and Give Me 20
As budget cuts continue to squeeze out physical education classes, a program designed by the county Department of Education gives teachers a way to integrate fitness into classroom time.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Understanding Kids’ Fitness From in Utero to the Soccer Field
Questions for Dr. Dan Cooper, director of UC Irvine’s Pediatric Exercise Research Center.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
The No-Diet Approach to Fighting Childhood Obesity
Dr. Patricia Riba’s nonprofit clinic in Santa Ana combines
clinical treatment, nutritional education and free fitness classes
five days a week.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Increasingly, Californians Aware of Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Nearly a third of those polled statewide rank obesity as top
health threat to kids. But low-income areas still put the epidemic
behind drug abuse.
Posted inInvestigative, Irvine, Newport Beach, Top Stories
Irvine Man Indicted for Childhood Obesity Infomercial Scam
Investors in $2.4 million scheme thought their money was going
toward a product that would combat obesity in children.
