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Live From AOL Health: Michelle Obama Talks Childhood Obesity

AOL Health talks live with first lady Michelle Obama about "Let's Move," her campaign to combat childhood obesity, Tuesday July 13 at 10 am.

Opinion: Time to Embrace Anti-Obesity Campaign

(March 24) -- There are far too many fat children in America. It's impolite to say this so bluntly, but it's better to be impolite than sit idle as our youth repeat the same mistakes we as adults have collectively made. Following Sunday's historic vote on health care, it's only right to point out that the eating and...

Opinion: The Challenge of Childhood Obesity

(Feb. 22) -- For many years, educators, nutritionists and researchers have been trying to call attention to the crisis of childhood obesity. And now, with Michelle Obama sounding the clarion call, we finally have a real opportunity to turn the tide on this growing public health threat. But all the acclaim the first lady...

Child Obesity in US Higher Than Ever

(Feb. 9) -- It's easy to see why Michelle Obama has launched a campaign to prevent America's children from putting on too much weight. Just look around the nation's schools and malls. Or, more to point of the first lady's Let's Move program, look at the kids sitting motionless in the glow of video screens from coast to...

The NCAA Is Unnecessarily Worried About Your Child's Obesity

Be sure to check out the link and see their theme picture: cheeseburger guy. Among the range of topics addressed at the "NCAA Gender Equity and Issues Forum" this week was childhood obesity. How so?[NCAA] administrators are wondering whether increased obesity rates may have an adverse effect on the quality of prospective...