HEALTH TIPS: Overweight from toddlerhood 4

Health Tip – Audio Version - Overweight from toddlerhood 4
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step: The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents (Department of Health and Human Services)

Dr. Philip Nader of the University of California, San Diego says parents can act to help their children control weight.

“Make sure that the children have access to healthy foods, less fast foods, less screen time, TV and computers, plenty of exercise and safe places to play, such as parks and bike trails, and quality physical education programs in schools.”

Health Tip courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Last revised: September, 26 2006

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