{"id":12681,"date":"2009-10-06T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=12681"},"modified":"2009-10-06T09:46:20","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T14:46:20","slug":"obese-kids-see-big-benefits-from-small-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/obese-kids-see-big-benefits-from-small-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Obese Kids See Big Benefits from Small Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kid<\/a>A little effort goes a long way when it comes to weight loss. And that goes for your kids, as well. A new study examined the consequences of family health programs on very obese children<\/a>. They found that even modest weight loss had significant health benefits.<\/p>\n

According to the researchers, there hasn’t been much research done on these kinds of programs for severely obese children.<\/p>\n

“Modest weight loss is associated with real health benefits. That’s the take-home message, it’s worth doing,” says Dr. Marsha D. Marcus of the University of Pittsburgh, one of the authors of the study.<\/p>\n

The study examined children in the upper one percentile of obese children. Most weight loss was modes – just five to 20 percent of the excess weight that they carried. But what they got out of it was a significant reductions in their waist size<\/a>, and systolic blood pressure.<\/p>\n

The downside was that once the children left the intervention program, they returned to their previous weight pretty quickly – less than a year.<\/p>\n

Dr. Marcus asserts that the only way the childhood obesity<\/a> crisis can be reversed is through a synergistic approach on all levels of society – families, schools, health policy makers, and the rest of the community.<\/p>\n

(via: Yahoo<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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