What’s behind updated guidelines for treating the condition?
Tag: Children and Childhood
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Why the New Obesity Guidelines for Kids Terrify Me
The guidelines are rooted in a premise that should have been rejected long ago: that weight loss is the best path to health and happiness.
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Newport News School Was Warned 3 Times That 6-Year-Old Had a Gun, Lawyer Says
Another child saw the gun at recess, a teacher warned that the boy had a gun in his pocket and an administrator dismissed the threat, according to the lawyer for a teacher who was shot.
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In U.K. Cost-of-Living Crisis, Some Workers Struggle to Feed Children
As inflation hits the pockets of families who already had little to spare, food banks say they are getting much busier and seeing more people with jobs.
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A Dilemma for Governments: How to Pay for Million-Dollar Therapies
A wave of transformative but hugely expensive treatments is challenging the budgets of health systems in wealthy nations. Now countries with far fewer resources are wrestling with how to cover the therapies.