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Fattening Flu? Childhood Obesity Linked to Cold Virus

(Sept. 20) -- Researchers think they've found another piece to the complex puzzle of what's causing a rise in childhood obesity worldwide: Kids who've suffered from a common cold virus are also more likely to be significantly heavier than their peers. What the study found In a small study of 124 youths, slightly more than...

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...